Search Results: the adventure of chess by edward lasker

xviii+296 pages with diagrams and photographs. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published in 1949. The history of chess is traced in fact and fable from Oriental beginnings in the Indian four handed game of chaturanga, through its role in medieval romance, to its maturity today. Among the colorful figures is the arrogant Deschapelles, who claimed to one need observe but three games to learn all he will ever know of chess. Famous amateurs are discussed, including Napoleon, who was a bad player and a worse loser, Benjamin Franklin, who wrote an essay on the morals of chess, and the great pianist Rosenthal who was loath to leave watching a tournament for a concert tour. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.

NY: DOVER PUB. SECOND REVISED EDITION. . VG. PAPERBACK. 1959.

Dover, USA, 1959. Softcover. Good Condition. Book Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean & unmarked. Binding still very good. Edges browned slightly. Minor marks and wear to book.. ** This book is NOT held in shop and will add up to 7 days to advertised shipping days **.

Doubleday & Co., 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Doubleday & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 296 pages including some photos and illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The prior owner wrote their name and date on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling or tears. The copyright page shows 1950 as the published date. The dust jacket is over 99% intact with some very light chipping on the spine edges, light edgewear and light soiling (No Chips). I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

New York: Dover, (1959). 2nd. revised ed.. Near Fine. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xviii + 296pp., text ills., index,

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1950. First printing. 296 pp. plus illustrations. The spine is slightly pulled. The bottom edge has a faint stain. In a tight binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dover, 1959. Dover paperback, the stated "unabridged and revised second edition". General wear, some foxing. Three-line INSCRIPTION by the AUTHOR dated April 23, 1959 on the half-title page. Text clean.. Inscribed By the Author. Second Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 5½" by 8".