Chessmen

97 pages with 123 illustrations in color and black & white and map. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with white lettering t spine with color pictorial cover in original pictorial jacket. (Lusis: 2556) First edition. A E J Mackett-Beeson traces the history of the game, and describes the few pieces which… Read more about this item

LONDON: Octopus [1968] Very Good. No dust jacket.Unknown printing. 97 p. ; illus. ; 4to with a list of museums which show interesting chess pieces. Hard Cover. Very Good/Missing DJ.

Illustrated with 123 black and white photographs. The bottom extremities are worn. The text is clean and unmarked.The jacket is rubbed. There is sticker residue on the front of the jacket. The top edge is worn.

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 070640050X .

GB: Octopus, 1973. In excellent condition BUT top text edge spotted and corners and top and base of spine a bit rubbed / frayed. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in nice clean bright condition BUT has a large tear and creasing to to the back cover / base of spine.. 1st Thus. Hardback. nrVG/G+ DW.

Octopus Books, 1973 Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket is a bit rubbed, mild wear to edges and corners of book and dust jacket. One set of initials in front, no other marks in text. Solid clean book. 98 p. Chess has spread throughout the world since its earliest beginnings in the Ganges valley… Read more about this item

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Octopus Books Limited. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Former Library book.

London: Octopus Books, 1973. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. boards a little rubbed along edges, otherwise very good. 97p. : ill. (some col. ), 1map; 25 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Originally published, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.