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The Queen's Gambit.
by Tevis, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394528018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528014
- Seller
-
Providence, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House Inc. Good+. 1983. Hardcover. 0394528018 . Some shelf wear to the edges of the spine and slight discoloration to the black cloth. Former owner's bookplate on the front blank endpaper. A clean and tight copy.; 6.25 X 1 X 9.5 inches; 243 pages .
Synopsis
Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio. He is the author of seven books, including three that were the basis of major motion pictures: The Man Who Fell to Earth , The Hustler , and The Color of Mone y . His other books include Mockingbird, Far From Home and The Steps of the Sun . He died in 1984.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Orrin Schwab Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46032
- Title
- The Queen's Gambit.
- Author
- Tevis, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394528018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528014
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0394528018, LG23, Literature, Chess
Terms of Sale
Orrin Schwab Books
Postage is $4.00 for the first book. Books are returnable for full refund if not as described.
About the Seller
Orrin Schwab Books
Biblio member since 2005
Providence, Utah
About Orrin Schwab Books
Orrin Schwab Books has been selling used and rare books full-time for 14 years. I specialize in Americana, Western Americana, Military, Childrens, and Historical topics of all time periods and regions. I also sell scarce and rare children's books and general antiquarian titles.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...