BRITISH CHESS ( BRITAIN IN PICTURES ) by Matthews, Kenneth - 1948

Collins, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8x6x0. B00005XAGT Hardcover. Fair in Fair dust jacket. Evident wear. Tanned pages and very worn, torn dust jacket.

Collins, London, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in good dj. Contents mildly & uniformly age-toned, otherwise clean, no marking, no foxing or "thumbing" to pages, binding & hinges firm. Dust jacket lightly browned, chiefly at rear, w/ spine edges rubbed, small chips at spine ends. 49 p., w/ 4 color plates, 24 b&w illustrations. Includes nine chess-related newspaper articles from the early 1970s laid in: many on Eddie Fischer, one on "Chess supremacy as tool of Soviet Union policy."

London: Collins, 1948.. 1948.. Very good. - Octavo, dark brown paper covered boards, in a matching dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with its spine & rear panel darkened & there is a tear to the top edge of the front panel. 49 & [1] pages. 4 color plates, including a frontispiece, & black-and-white textual illustrations. The edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are darkened with staining along their inner edges. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures No. 127.

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, illustrated black and white paper covered boards; edges and corners scuffed; like illustrated jacket with edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 50 pages.

Very Good.

London: Collins, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. No statement of edition/impression. Hardcover. In near fine condition with a very good dust jacket. Jacket is chipped on top left corner of cover. 50 pages with colored and b+w illustrations and photographs.

Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 50 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over paper covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket Moderate tanning to spine.

Collins. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Chess, Games, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

London: William Collins, 1948. Hb, 50pp, colour and b/w illustrations including frontis. Good with clean contents in a Good dj which has chips edgewear. Browning to endpapers and dj. Part of a series on "Britain in Pictures", this book is a brief introduction to the development of chess in Britain, highlighting topics such as the MacDonnell- De la Bourdonnais match, Staunton's contributions, the prominent 19th and early 20th century British players, the decline of chess in Britain and hopes for its revival after the war. Predominantly narrative with a few chess moves in Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1948. 50 pp. Original black paper covered boards w/ mild rubbing to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. Natural toning to endpapers. DJ moderately soiled w/ light edge wear. Illust. w/ 4 plates in colour, and 24 illustrations in b/w.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.