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America's Chess Heritage: From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer- and Beyond
by Korn, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0679132007
- ISBN 13
- 9780679132004
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978. Aged endpapers, otherwise extremely clean and tight textblock. Bright blue cloth binding, bumped head and foot of spine, lightly worn corners. A bit of mildewing to all edges. Unclipped dust jacket, a bit age soiled and shelf worn, in a mylar sleeve. 302pp., including indeces.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Chess Diagrams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB8049
- Title
- America's Chess Heritage: From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer- and Beyond
- Author
- Korn, Walter
- Illustrator
- Chess Diagrams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679132007
- ISBN 13
- 9780679132004
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- United States Chess History, Chess Players biography, Chess History, American Chess Champions, American Chess Masters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games & Humor;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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