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Chess Review Annual -- 1947 (In a Bright, Crisp Dustjacket)
by I.A. Horowitz and Kenneth Harkness, Eds
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Chess Review (Distributed by David McKay), 1947. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of Vol. 15 (1947) of the Chess Annual Review, with all 12 monthly issues nicely bound-in by the publisher and ALSO INCLUDING ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (light bumping to the front tips) in a clean, price-intact ($5,00), VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with very light chipping (much less than usually encountered) along the panel edges and at the spine ends. Quarto, a wonderfully informative monthly Review of all things chess-related, edited and published by the formidable I.A. Horowitz.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16985
- Title
- Chess Review Annual -- 1947 (In a Bright, Crisp Dustjacket)
- Author
- I.A. Horowitz and Kenneth Harkness, Eds
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chess Review (Distributed by David McKay)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- rare chess books, rare chess reviews, rare chess annuals
- Bookseller catalogs
- chess;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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