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xvi+[8 plates]+[1 blank]+256 pages with diagrams. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition.The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The 3rd Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad. Final result was: 1.USA (Kashdan, Marshall, Dake, Horowitz, H. Steiner), 2.Poland, 3.Czechoslovakia, 4.Yugoslavia, 5.Germany, 6.Latvia, 7.Sweden, 8.Austria, 9.Great Britain, etc., together 19 teams each other on 4 boards. In the Olympiad took part almost 100 players, among them many top players of that time: Aljechin (Alekhine), Bogoljubov, Kashdan, Sultan Khan, Stahlberg, Flohr, Gruenfeld, Rubinstein, Mikenas, Vidmar, Tartakower, Stoltz, Spielmann, Marshall, Yates etc.… Read More

190 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. His Sacrifice in Chess begins: "A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk." Condition: Near fine.

240 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. The Times' referred to this work as a superior psychothriller and it certainly lives up to the epithet. The central character is Mick Harvey, who has just been released after a spell in prison. He enjoys frightening people – it is his way of gaining a thrill. One day he encounters Laura and Marion, who subsequently report him for dangerous driving. Thereafter, Mick has one thought only on his mind – how to exact revenge. With what might seem a simple plot at first glance, Margaret Yorke manages to keep the reader on tenterhooks right up to the fitting conclusion. Condition: Jacket closed tear at back head edge else near fine in like jacket.

University of Oklahoma Press 1989 Norman, 1989 F/F 1st HB 8vo Mall xviii,158. Hardcover.

103-114 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (10" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Ethnology Volume XXXI Number 2 complete issue. First edition.
Condition: Light edge wear with bumped corners else very good.

107 pages. Octavo (8" x 6") issued in wrappers. From the library of George M Foster. Biblioteca Aportatcion Historia, Segunda Serie. Limited to 100 copies of which this is copy 82. Reprint of the 1877 edition.From a rather early date until shortly before his death Chavero published a series of biobibliographical notes on colonial writers of interest to ethnohistory. Among the first (1877) of these was a pioneering study of Sahagun of an unpublished (and now lost) Sahagun bibliography prepared by Jose Fernando Ramirez. Although reprinted several times later, the Chavero treatment, written without knowledge of the Florentine Codex and several subsequent publications of Sahagun materials, was generally superseded by Garcia Icazbalceta (1886) and later studies. Later Chavero published on Boturini (1886), on Siguenza y Gongora (1886), on Morfi (1903), and, a year before his death, on Veytia (1905). George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at… Read More

141-311 pages + 38 plates with figures, appendixes and tables. Qurato (10 1/2" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. Anthropological Papers of The American Museum of Natural History volume 46, Part 2. From the library of Dr Thomas Hester. 1st edition.The second Afghan expedition of the American Museum of Natural History was organized by Walter A Fairservis, Jr who also led the First Afghan Expedition. The Second expedition was comprehensive in scale. Members of the expedition included: Walter Fairservis director; Rose Lilien, Archaeologist; John Zeigler, geologist; Howard Stoudt, archaeologist; Louis Dupree, archaeologist; George Maranjian, physical anthropologist; George McClellan, naturalist; A Franklin MacKenzie, orientalist; Jan Fairservis, artist; Ann Dupree, botanist and Lawrence Kelsey, radio operator. When the Afghan Government failed to grant permission to excavate in north Afhanistan, permission to examine several caves in Kandahar Province was granted. The cave called Shamshir Ghar, "Cave of the… Read More

374 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Corners creased else very good.

225 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed else very good.

387 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Very good to fine.

199 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Reprint of the 1967 edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. The Chess Informant system of codes for the classification of chess openings, and its system of symbols have set the international standard for organizing chess information and communicating this information across language barriers. The system of codes is explained in ten languages on the front of each issue… Read More

341+[2 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Lightly soiled, points bumped and rubbed else better than very good.

327 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, some edge wear else very good.

455 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Front heal corner creased else better than very good.

335 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Some edge chips else very good.

304 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Volume 27. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Front wrapper head corner creased else very good.

443 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Lusis: 1160) First edition. Chess Informant published two issues per year in 1966 1990, three issues per year in 1991 2011 and four issues per year since 2012. Each issue offers several hundred games or fragments of games from master play, mostly annotated by the players themselves. A board of leading players selects the best games of each issue, and these are republished in the next issue often with more extensive annotations. Each issue since Chess Informant 5 has included a combinations section with problems from recent play. A similar endings section has also become a standard feature. Condition: Spine heal small tear, corners rubbed else better than very good.

216 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over grey boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
When a D. E. A. agent is killed by a car bomb in a small Missouri town, forensic consultant B. F. Hopper must pose as a crooked representative from a missile parts manufacturer in order to gather clues on the case.
Condition: Better than very good in a fine jacket.

xi-105 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original red cloth with cream paper label with black lettering to label in original jacket. First edition.James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first black to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novels, and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of black culture. Johnson's first success as a writer was the poem "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (1899), which his brother Rosamond set to music; the song became unofficially known as the "Negro National Anthem." During his time in the diplomatic… Read More

vii+57 pages with maps, illustrations, tables, plates and cited references. Quarto (10" x 7") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Museum of Northern Arizona Technical Series Number 15. First edition.
The 1960 Cow Springs excavations, themselves a substantial piece of research, can now be seen as part of a larger program of archaeological investigations in the Klethla Valley.
Condition: Former library copy with stamp on front and back wrappers else very good.