A Chess Silhouette: One Hundred Chess Problems by the Reverend Gilbert Dobbs (In Dustjacket)
by The Reverend Gilbert Dobbs
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1942. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. A very sharp copy of the 1942 1st edition, limited to 150 copies. Tight and Fine in a clean, VG+ example of the publisher's fragile glassine dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the front panel's top-edge. 16mo, edited by Richard Cheney, Otto Wurzburg, Vincent Eaton and Alain White.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20500
- Title
- A Chess Silhouette: One Hundred Chess Problems by the Reverend Gilbert Dobbs (In Dustjacket)
- Author
- The Reverend Gilbert Dobbs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Overbrook Press
- Place of Publication
- Stamford, CT
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- rare chess books, rare Overbrook Press, rare Overbrook Press chess titles
- Bookseller catalogs
- chess;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.