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The Queen's Gambit
by Tevis, Walter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394528018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528014
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis.. First edition, first printing of The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis. Octavo, [12], 243pp, [1]. Black hardcover, title stamped in white on black cloth spine, chess board illustration on cover. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with number line beginning at 2. A near fine example, faint toning along top edge, clean text throughout. In publisher's very good dust jacket, retail price clipped on front flap, light sunning to spine, a bright example. The Queen's Gambit was adapted into a seven-episode miniseries on Netflix in 2020.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15056
- Title
- The Queen's Gambit
- Author
- Tevis, Walter
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394528018
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528014
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- signed book Walter Tevis, Queen's Gambit Netflix, Queens Gambit, first edition Queen's Gambit
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