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The Minor Tactics of Chess; A Treatise on the Deployment of the Forces in Obedience to Strategic Principle
by Young, Franklin; Howell, Edwin C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. [5], 6-221, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine, a chessboard in gilt and black on the front board. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several in-text diagrams of various chess board configurations. Betts 659. A charming guide to the thinking person's game, with detailed exposition on effective strategies to win. A touch of rubbing to the front board and some foxing to the edges of the pastedowns.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013059
- Title
- The Minor Tactics of Chess; A Treatise on the Deployment of the Forces in Obedience to Strategic Principle
- Author
- Young, Franklin; Howell, Edwin C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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