The Golden Treasury of Chess
by Francis J Wellmuth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
x+304 pages with frontispiece, plates, diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt to spine and chess board to cover. First edition.
The Golden Treasury of Chess is one of the most popular and most often reprinted and revised chess books ever created. It is filled with hundreds of the most thrilling, exciting and surprising chess games ever played. It also includes articles about chess history and stories about how these great games came to be played. It has also become one of the most controversial chess books ever written. The controversy arises over the question of who is the true author of the work. This controversy is explained by Chess Historian Edward Winter in his column "Chess Notes", in an article entitled "The Horowitz-Wellmuth Affair".
Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, previous owner's name to front end paper, gilt lettering and pictorial rubbed else very good lacking the jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2592
- Title
- The Golden Treasury of Chess
- Author
- Francis J Wellmuth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chess Review
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- x+304 pages with frontispiece, plates, diagrams and indices.
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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