The World's Great Chess Games by Fine, Reuben (editor) - 1952

Dover Publications, 1983-09-01. Paperback. Good. 5x0x8.

Dover Publications, 1983-09-01. Paperback. Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown. 1951. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First edition / 1st Printing. H Hard Cover -. Good. First edition / First printing. Good in good dust jacket. Book : slight wear to spine. Jacket : light wear along edges, price-clipped. 14.5 x 22. hard cover. 287pp.

viii+287 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original jacket.
An annotated treasury of the greatest games ever played... Now you can savor the strategy, psychology and sheer brilliance behind a host of landmark struggles.... [Dr. Fine] has leavened his tale of master strokes and miscues with delightful anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories of the celebrated combatants, many of whom he knew personally and faced across the chessboard.
Condition: Former library copy with usual extensive library stamps and markings, tape stains to covers, corners bumped and rubbed. Jacket with library label to spine, edge wear with chips and tears, spine head mostly chipped away, price clipped else a good copy in fair jacket.

Dover Publications, September 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Pages appear to be unmarked. Secure pages, solid binding. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

N.Y.: Dover Pb reprint, xii + 397pp. Good, light cover wear, unidentifiable signature on fep. Annotated games from Philidor and Staunton up to Fischer and Karpov. The author provides brief introductions and sample games on over 80 players. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dover Pubns. Used - Good.

N.Y.: Crown, 1951. Hb, 287pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Fair dj which has 3cm of loss at base of spine, 0.5cm loss top of spine and small tears. Price on inner dj flap has an inked line. Annotated games from Philidor and Staunton up to the age of Botvinnik including a section on U.S. players in the 1930s/40s, such as Denker and Evans. The author provides brief introductions and sample games on over 50 players. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., n.d.. 8vo; pp. vi, 287, (viii blank); diagrams; original cloth, previous owner's name on front endpaper, damaged dustjacket, flecking to page edges, a good copy.

UK: UK: Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1952. Good. Hardcover. 1952. pp 287 d/j .