My Fifty Years of Chess

Marshall, Frank J.

Published by Horowitz & Harkness, New York, N. Y., 1942

About this Item

:: Chess Classics :: Limited to 500 Copies of which this is No. 164 :: Signed by author, Frank J. Marshall, United States Chess Champion 1909-1936, on limitations page. :: Includes 140 Best Games. :: Grandmaster Frank J. Marshall, famous for his brilliant style of play - his slashing attacks, his extraordinary sacrifices - presents a magnificent collection of games played in international tournaments and matches, thoroughly annotated for the first time. :: Bound in publisher's red cloth, front board bears title and author in gold upon a rectangle of black. Theme repeats upon the spine, with title, author, and publisher lettered in gold. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 145 millimeters). 242 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good- dust jacket. Wear upon edges and corners, and at the crown and foot of spine. Touches of sun-fading to the cloth, a little wrinkling of the cloth along the bottom of the boards. Spine slightly cocked. Endpapers and pages toned, front paste-down has former owner's address label and front free endpaper bears her handwritten name. Interior clean & lovely. Dust jacket is worn and frail, notably is missing the top inch & 1/2 (40 mm) of the spine. Edges have small tears and chips, hinges flaking, wrinkles and abrasions, jacket is age-faded. Please do visit our photographs, as they best illustrate.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Fifty Years of Chess
• Publisher: Horowitz & Harkness, New York, N. Y.
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)