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The Closed Ruy Lopez
by Wade, Robert Graham (1921-2008); Blackstock, Leslie S and Booth, Philip J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
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About This Item
256 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. (Lusis: 584) First American edition. The authors have set out as if to brief a leading grandmaster in all the important variations, games sources and analyses that would need to be digested before any one of the systems could be adopted in a critical game and before serious work could be started on preparation of new ideas. Thousands of sources in many languages have been sifted in order to provide the information. Include are many background games, with brief annotations at critical junctures. Condition: Page ends soiled, shelf wear. Jacket edge wear, corners rubbed else a very good copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS001306
- Title
- The Closed Ruy Lopez
- Author
- Wade, Robert Graham (1921-2008); Blackstock, Leslie S and Booth, Philip J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Chess Digest
- Place of Publication
- Dallas
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Size
- Octavo
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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