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American Chess Bulletin Volume 26
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) [editor]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
224 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations and pictures of this era. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in white wrappers with black lettering to spine. From the library of John C Owen. Volume 26. (Betts: 7-50) First edition.
Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933.Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963.
John C Owen translated and helped produce the work Budapest 1896 International Chess Tournament published by Caissa Editions and has written a number of articles on chess.
Condition: Wrappers soiled, edge wear, corners bumped, John C Owen's book plate on front wrapper verso else about very good.
Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933.Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963.
John C Owen translated and helped produce the work Budapest 1896 International Chess Tournament published by Caissa Editions and has written a number of articles on chess.
Condition: Wrappers soiled, edge wear, corners bumped, John C Owen's book plate on front wrapper verso else about very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C0225
- Title
- American Chess Bulletin Volume 26
- Author
- Hermann Helms (1870-1963) [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Chess Bulletin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 224 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations and pictures of this era.
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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- Octavo
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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