The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto , Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Stated First Edition with first printing Random House number line. In very good condition, lightly soiled at edges, cloth boards without wear, in a very good dust jacket, creased at flaps, publisher's price intact.
Synopsis
Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio. He is the author of seven books, including three that were the basis of major motion pictures: The Man Who Fell to Earth , The Hustler , and The Color of Mone y . His other books include Mockingbird, Far From Home and The Steps of the Sun . He died in 1984.
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- Bookseller
- Postliterate (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3171
- Title
- The Queen's Gambit
- Author
- Walter Tevis
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...