London: Charles Knight, 1833. Cloth. 12mo. 249pp. Light discoloration & soiling to covers; small sticker remnants to spine; light bumping to spine ends & cover corners; front joint split 2 1/4". From the Library of Entertaining Knowledge series.
Belgrade: Sahovski Informator, 1981. Hardcover. 487 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. "Encyclopedia of the Chess Openings 2" Text in multiple languages, mostly Croation. But majority of textblock made up of annotated chess games. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Binding sturdy. Some soiling to textblock edges. Interior very.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Litton Industries. Paperback. 40 pp., 12mo. Stapled booklet. A small collection of puzzles, illustrated w/ quaint wood-cuts. Light foxing, soiling & wear to covers; some light creases to front cover. Binding sturdy. Foxing to textblock edges & scattered faintly to very clean interior.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, circa 1926. Cloth. Unpaginated, 12mo. Cloth hardcover. Vintage ad-lib book. Slight scuffing, soiling, edgewear & moderate flexing to boards. Sunning, edgewear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some light foxing & soiling to textblock edges. Moderate paste action & some light.....
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1853. Cloth. 288 pp., lg. 12mo. Cloth. Rubbing to boards; sunning to spine. Po inscription to fpd & rpd w/ few sm. pencil marks. Light soiling scattered to textblock but pgs generally cleanr & binding sturdy. Full title: The Book of Parlour Games; Comprising.....
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Paperback. 50 pp., oblong 8vo. Spiral-bound paperback. A collection of 50 Diacrostics* for literary puzzle fans. Some light shelfwear to covers; peeled sticker remains to front cover. Binding fine. Textblock clean & crisp.
London: George Johnson, 1921. Cloth. 16mo. 32 pp. Rebound with original front cover laid on (binding from a different book used - this work pasted in between old end-papers). Small sticker to fpd, former owner's name to ffep erased vigorously with small tear, half-title (from other work) erased. Title on.....
Indianapolis: BradyGAMES, 2005. Paperback. 128 pp., 4to. Paperback. Some scuffing, creasing, po indents & edgewear to covers; price sticker to front cover. Creasing to joints. Slight edgewear to spine. Light wrinkling scattered to clean textblock.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1977. Cloth. 8vo. 217 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Light rubbing to covers. Foxing to top fore-edge. Otherwise book is fresh and clean.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1977. Cloth. 8vo. 217 pp. Light wear to edges, small stain to front cover. Analysis of human chess skill, the complexities of teaching a computer how to play, history of computer chess tournaments.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 360 pp., squarish 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Illustrated w/ 230 photos & 270 diagrams. Light bumps to top board fore corners. Binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Very light shelfwear to dj; very sm tear to front panel.....
New York: Dover, 1975. Wraps. 8vo. 498 pp. "A alphabetical guide to the repetoire, literature and terminology of magic and magicians, with 392 illustrations." Illustrated front cover. Soiling and light rubbing to covers and spine. Light sunning to spine. Rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Rubbing to edges.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. Paperback. 789 pp., 8vo. Paperback. "A definitive study of all the important openings, w/ 2,660 fully analyzed variations & 439 complete illustrative games." Moderate scuffing & edgewear to covers & spine. Some light soiling to textblock edges, but pgs clean & crisp.
Colon, Michigan: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., 1945. Boards. 8vo. 498 pp. Cover has some marks and fading at edges. Hinges slightly cracked.
London: T. and J. Allman, 1818. Hardcover. 239 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. Light musty odor; rippling to textblock. Mild rubbing/scuffing to boards; mild edgewear; spine lightly sunned. Paste action, some soiling/dampstaining to pd/eps & front matter w/ one sm. tear to at top corner; po pen inscription to fep & title.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 12mo. Hardcover in dj. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine; slight cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Moderate foxing/browning to pds & eps, penciled answers & marginalia scattered to very clean interior. Moderate wear w/ chipping, tears (spine bottom.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 12mo. Hardcover. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine; slight discoloration to front board along bottom edge. Slight cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Light browning to eps, & penciled answers scattered throughout mostly clean textblock.
New York: Collier, 1986. Paperback. 131 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Part of the Macmillan Chess Library. Scuffed, slightly edgeworn. Small brown stain to fore edge and slightly to several page edges, faint foxing to top edge. Light browning to pages. Translated by Philip Booth. Updated by Steve Berry.
London: 1764. First edition. Hardcover. 148+ pp., sm 8vo. Hardcover w/ black leather corners & spine. First edition. Extra-illustrated at rear w/ prints & articles re chess. Together w/ short & plain instructions by which anyone may easily play at it without the help of a teacher. Mild scuffing, moderate.....
Medford, MA: Hank Lee's Magic Factory, 2000. Paperback. 511 pp, 4to. Paperback. Lightly shelfworn, lt. soil to back cover and textblock. Interior clean, binding tight. 25th anniversary catalog. B&w illustrations.
Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2010. Paperback. 128 pp, 8vo. Paperback. Minor shelfwear, else fine. Clean and tight. Includes the 1921 World Chess Championship Match, annotated by Jose Raul Capablanca. Foreword by Andy Soltis.
New York and Avenel, NJ: Wings Books, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 161 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Tips & advice for equipment, techniques, special shots, practicing & competing. Including a special section on the art of pool hustling. Light cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Textblock clean.....
Chicago: FASA Corp. 1999. Softcover. 134 pp. 4to. Rulebook to "Vor: The Maelstrom" Very light wear to edges, slight creasing along front joint. Very light soiling to rear cover and fpd. Otherwise clean. With many b&w illustrations throughout and a long set of colored plates...
Koln: Konemann, 1998. Hardcover. 1015 pp., very lg. 4to. Hardcover in dj. Text in English, German, French, Spanish & Hungarian. Mild rubbing, light soiling, few sm. scuff marks to boards; edges lightly bumped; creasing to joints w/ light creasing to spine; light foxing/soiling to textblock edges. Book slightly shaken but.....
London: Frederick Muller LTD., 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. 159 pp. Spine ends and corners are rubbed and bumped. Light rubbing along dj edges, rubbing to dj cover and spine. Black and white illustrations throughout.
