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Modern Analysis Of The Chess Openings; Signed (and Signed By All 14 Players Of The 1913 New York National Tournament)
by Marshall, Frank J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Magalia, California, United States
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About This Item
Self Published, Printed By J. R. Vrolijk. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Inscribed by author to Peter A. Franklin on FFEP; 2nd blank page has the signatures of all 14 chess players of the 1913 New York National tournament; those players are: Jose Raul Capablanca, Frank James Marshall, Charles Jaffe, Dawid Markelowicz Janowski, John Homer Stapfer, Oscar Chajes, Abraham Kupchik, Edward Tennenwurzel, Norman Tweed Whitaker, Harry P. Kline, Solomon Rubinstein, John Stuart Morrison, H. Liebenstein, LB Zapoleon. Jose Raul Capablanca was the World Chess Champion from 1921-27; Frank Marshall was the U. S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936; Norman Tweed Whitaker was convicted of several crimes, and his most infamous criminal escapade was a confidence trick involving the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932. He also befriended Al Capone while serving time at Alcatraz. The book has mild rubbing to edges of covers w/couple tiny tears, tiny bit of light soiling to covers, tiny bump to fore-edge of rear cover, pages toned, tiny crease to 4 page corners, page 77 has very small chip where page was uncut from page 79 (piece is still attached to page 79) ; 82 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books of Paradise
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HM5151
- Title
- Modern Analysis Of The Chess Openings; Signed (and Signed By All 14 Players Of The 1913 New York National Tournament)
- Author
- Marshall, Frank J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- Self Published, Printed By J. R. Vrolijk
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Games, Chess Masters, Jose Raul Capablanca, Frank James Marshall, Charles Jaffe, Dawid Markelowicz Janowski, John Homer Stapfer, Oscar Chajes, Abraham Kupchik
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About the Seller
Books of Paradise
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Magalia, California
About Books of Paradise
Books of Paradise was established in January of 1988. We operated a 'mom & pop' general used bookstore until June of 2011 when we closed our doors and "retired" to internet bookselling only. We specialize in used rare and out-of-print books, as well as local history books.
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