Checkers
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The Moon and Sixpence
by W Somerset Maugham
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. The story is told in episodic form by the first-person narrator as a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle aged English stock broker who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
Checkers Books & Ephemera
Draughts or Checkers for Beginners
by Spayth, Henry
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 88 pages; Physical desc. : pp. 88. 16º. Subjects: Draughts. Checkers.
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£24.28
The Game Of Draughts
by Henry Spayth
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Slim octavo in dark brown cloth. xii+67 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's adverts. Illustrated with checkerboard diagrams. The Fourth Edition. A tight example, some fade to the spine and loss to the rear board. Some scattered light foxing to the first few leaves. Includes sections in instructions, diagrams of men placement and board numbering, the move and its changes, laws of the game, games and variations, critical positions.
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£16.19
The Modern Encyclopedia of Checkers
by William F. Ryan
New York: The American Checkerist, 1943. Hardcover. Good. 1943 Reprint. Hardcover. Good. No Dust Jacket. Bumped corners. Wearing and some damage on covers and spine. Some staining along edge of pages. Some cracking evident in the binding. Interior is unmarked. PO's bookplate to endpapers. 236p.
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£21.81
Draughts Or Checkers For Beginners
by Spayth, Henry
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers. Good. 1866. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The covers have fading and wear, especially to the spine joints and edges. There are several patches of missing cloth, mostly to the front cover. The text pages are clean and mostly bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name on...
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£20.23
Rambles With The Switcher
by William Timothy Call
W.T.Call Brooklyn, 1916. Hardcover. Good. 1916. No Edition Remarks. 72 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and thumb-marking present. Slight dog-eared pages throughout as well. Boards have minor rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as well.
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£5.12
Draughts or Checkers for Beginners
by Spayth, Henry
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. brown cloth, gilt titles. Cloth is sunned and stained, spot of wear to spine, spine ends and corners, spine tilted. Ffep lacking. Damp stain to top edge of text block. Some pencil marginalia.
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£23.68
The American Draught Player : or the Theory and Practice of the Scientific Game of Checkers
by Spayth, Henry
Buffalo: Privately Issued. Very Good. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. P36 .
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£121.40
Fourth American Tourney at Cedar Point, Ohio August 8th to 15th, 1920
by Lieberman, Harry (Editor)
Hannible, Missouri: E.h.green, Publisher, 1921 Sub-titled: ".For the Championship of America'. Dark blue cloth: (very slight trace of faint mottling), 8vo.,250pp. A few photos of entrants, officers and the winner, John F. Horr. No d/j, else V.Good.
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£22.66
Draughts Praxis or Modern Match Games; a Practical Guide to Scientific Checkers
by Dunne, Frank
New York: David McKay. Very Good+. 1912. 2nd Revised Edition. Hardcover. Foxing spotting on some pages - does not affect the legibility of the text nor the diagrams. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, dated 1914.; Book is in excellent condition - exceptions noted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages .
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£16.19
Guide to the Game of Draughts
by John Robertson
Dick & Fitzgerald, 1923. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Complete with cobbled together photocopied title page. Interesting notations inside rear cover with purchase history and page replacement history. The replaced title page and the several others are from the first US ed NY 1923 . The rest of the book is original UK second edition Bishop and Collins 1888. Rare. 308 pp.Dust jacket...
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£54.22
The Checker Player
by Spayth, Henry
New York; (1895): Dick & Fitzgerald. First Edition. Octavo. 158pp., (6)pp. publisher's catalog at rear, illustrated, containing approved lines of play on the sixteen standard openings, with elaborate play on irregular games, traps and shots, practical positions, full instructions, the move and its changes and laws of the game. A fine copy bound in brown pictorial depicting a checker board and lettering in gilt, spine lettering gilt. Very nice.
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£40.46
The Nineteenth American Checker Tourney of the American Checker Association at Lakeside, Ohio, 1954 for the Championship of America
by Basil ; Long L. L. Caee
L. L. Hall, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the other. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Inscribed and dated by Tom Wiswell (Free Style World Champion) in checkers to PO. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£45.32
Win at Checkers
by Millard Hopper
Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1956. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.99
Complete Record of the Games Played in The First American Tourney: March 18th to 24th, 1907, at Boston, Mass
by HEFFNER, August J., edited by
Boston: Angel Guardian Press, 1907. Hardcover. Good. Limited edition, this is number 127 of 300 copies. 92pp. Gilt-stamped green cloth. Illustrated with diagrams. Hinges cracked, front fly creased, spine ends and corners frayed a bit, still very good. The Boston Checker Club.
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£101.16
The Game of Draughts
by Henry Spayth
Dick and FitzGerald, 1863. Hardcover. Good. 1863. Fourth Edition. 67 pages. No dust jacket. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Crinkling to gutters. Stamp mark to back pastedown. Front endpaper has faint red pencil marks. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends; resulting in loss. Tanning to spine and...
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£5.38
GUIDE TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS
by ROBERTSON, John
New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1888. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 308 pages. Reprint. Good. No dustjacket. Medium edge and corner wear. Spine slightly darkened. Front endpaper with lower corner torn away. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper and title-page. Text-edges browned. Red, cloth boards with gilt stamping on cover and spine. SPORTS-GAMES.
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£24.28
The British Draughts Player; A course of studies on the principles and practice of the game of draughts being an analyses of all the openings with copious notes, variations and instructions to learners and students
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
London: E. Marlborough & Co, 1883. 3rd edition. Cloth. Very good. 12mo. Decorated cloth with gilt text and decorations. Red stained edges. Diagrams throughout. 432 pp. This is an uncommon guide to the game of draughts (or checkers).
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£20.23
