Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess
by Golombek, Harry (1911- )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517531461
- ISBN 13
- 9780517531464
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
360 pages with figures, tables, illustrations, photographs, drawings, bibliography and index. Square quarto (10 1/4" x 9 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. (Lusis: 74) First American edition.
Alphabetically arranged, signed entries covering personalities, organizations, tournaments and other events, aspects of the game, variants, magazines and some other publication, equipment, chess in particular countries, chess related to other subjects, e.g. mathematics, philately, philosophy.
Condition: Jacket with some light edge wear, price clipped else a near fine copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS005029
- Title
- Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess
- Author
- Golombek, Harry (1911- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0517531461
- ISBN 13
- 9780517531464
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 360 pages with figures, tables, illustrations, photographs, drawings, bibliography and index
- Size
- Square Quarto
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About the Seller
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