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The Year-Book (Yearbook) of Chess 1907
by E A Michell (1879-?) editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good to very good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
viii+256+[4 ad] pages with diagrams, tables and indices. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Betts: 8-14) First edition. Articles On odds by G W Richhmond. The Ostend Tournament, by I Gunsberg. Some chess celebrities I have met by R A Bowles. Harry Nelson Pillsbury by L Hoffer. Leading events of the year 1906 (reports with annotated games on 10 national and international tournaments) Statistics (masters' averages 19006, prize winners of tournaments since 1851, county and club champions 1906). Problem section, competitions proposed, 8 prize winners of current years competition edited by P H Williams. Chess club directory of Great Britain. Condition: Soiled with some stains, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, book plate to front paste-down and prize gift inscription to front end paper, hinges rubbed with small crack else good to very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2315
- Title
- The Year-Book (Yearbook) of Chess 1907
- Author
- E A Michell (1879-?) editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E A Michell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Size
- Small octavo
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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