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Breaking Through: How the Polgar Sisters Changed the Game of Chess
by Polgar, Susan (SIGNED); with Paul Truong
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1857443810
- ISBN 13
- 9781857443813
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London: Everyman Chess / Cloucester Publishers PLC, 2005. INSCRIBED with one word greeting in Hungarian and SIGNED by 4-time Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, as "Polgar," directly on the title page. Laid in are two printouts of her signature for authentication. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (one 2 inch long scrape to the jacket's edge -- clear tape reinforced on the blank side). NOT bad -- PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with chess board diagrams. 2005. First Edition. Has separate sections of "games and combinations" for the 3 Polgar sister --Susan, Sofia and Judit. Also a chapter -- Women's Chess: Questions, Comments and Answers. Index of Opponents. Index of Openings. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright silver on the spine. From the publisher: "4-time Women's World Champion Susan Polgar provides a candid inside view of the lives of the Polgar sisters. She takes readers through the incredible development of the three sisters: becoming chess prodigies, growing into contenders, winning World titles and Olympiad gold medals, ending the Soviet dominance in women's chess, breaking through the gender and age barriers, and generally revolutionizing the game.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Susan Polgar. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 320pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026816
- Title
- Breaking Through: How the Polgar Sisters Changed the Game of Chess
- Author
- Polgar, Susan (SIGNED); with Paul Truong
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857443810
- ISBN 13
- 9781857443813
- Publisher
- Everyman Chess / Cloucester Publishers PLC
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- Chess; Feminism / Women's Studies;
- Size
- 8vo. 320pp
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