About this title: This book is designed to serve as a tutorial for the complete beginner, explaining the rules and the important principles of good chess, written by a former World Chess champion.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. McKay
Date Published: 1934
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay
Date Published: 1935
Description: Fair. 110 pages [box 51 al.5] Hardcover without DJ; does not appear to have been originally issued with DJ. Staining to boards. Browning to inside covers. Bumped corners. No highlighting or underlining within. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay
Date Published: 1935
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 110 pages. No date. Light wear to edges; tight book; pages tanned else clean. The dj is foxed, tears and wear to edges. $1.50 price intact on front flap. "An elementary text book for beginners, which teaches chess by a new, easy and comprehensive method. " Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Chess & Games Inventory No: 060547. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay Company
Date Published: 1934
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Vintage chess primer. 110 pages. Maroon cloth hardcover. David McKay Company. No edition indicated; undate except for 1934 date on introduction by W H Watts. Book: Good. Complete and intact, with firm hinges. Underlinings on Page 24. A little fraying at spine ends; mild wear elsewhere. Browned at hinges. Dust Jacket: None. 1e. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA
Description: Near Very Good in Good+ jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (No Date) 110 pp. Original red cloth covers, moderately rubbed. Light discoloration to rear cover. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and short tears to edges. Mild chipping to spine ends. Contents nice. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Batsford Ltd
Date Published: 05/11/1988
ISBN-13:9780713462418ISBN:0713462418
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David McKay
Date Published: no date
Description: Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/chipped, foxing, pages browning, 110 pages, good condition. An elementary text book for beginners, which teaches chess by a new, easy and comprehensived method. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: David McKay Company, Philadelphia
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Red cloth binding, black lettering and design. Circa 1934. Includes Diagrams. pgs 110. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B.T. BATSFORD LTD
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780713462418ISBN:0713462418
Description: Hardback, no D/J. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printing-Craft, London
Date Published: 1934
Description: 110 pp, b&w photographic frontispiece, b&w diagrams, very good copy in illustrated, orange, cloth boards. Nice Melbourne University Chess Club inscription on front end-paper. read more
Description: Lasker, Emanuel. LASKER'S CHESS PRIMER. With an introduction by W.H. Watts. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, n.d. 110pp. frontis. sm. 8vo. Fine copy in VG+ d/w. read more
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