The Queen's Gambit

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine, likewise, all outside corners of both panels. Minor curling to top edge of flaps. Several very small closed tears to top edge of both panels. Minor staining/soiling to both panels, primarily at flap folds. Closed/open tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Very good condition. Minor wear and sunning to top and bottom edge, both boards. BOOK: Very good condition. Minor foxing to textblock edges, primarily head, likewise to endpapers. Small moisture stain, bottom of back endpapers at spine/gutter. Please read description and inspect photos closely for condition details.

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Walter Tevis' coming-of-age novel, The Queen's Gambit, a thriller and the basis for the 2020 Netfilx miniseries of the same name. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Random House in 1983. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.

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"Netflix's most watched limited series to date! The thrilling novel of one young woman's journey through the worlds of chess and drug addiction.​

When eight-year-old Beth Harmon's parents are killed in an automobile accident, she's placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a prodigy. Though penniless, she is desperate to learn more—and steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a tournament. Beth also steals some of her foster mother's tranquilizers to which she is becoming addicted.

At thirteen, Beth wins the chess tournament. By the age of sixteen she is competing in the US Open Championship and, like Fast Eddie in The Hustler, she hates to lose. By eighteen she is the US champion—and Russia awaits . . .

Fast-paced and elegantly written, The Queen's Gambit is a thriller masquerading as a chess novel—one that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

'The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it.' —Michael Ondaatje, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The English Patient"

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"Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen's Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages. . . .

Tevis taught English literature and creative writing at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, from 1965 to 1978, where he was named University Professor. Tevis was a member of the Authors Guild. . . .

Tevis spent his last years in New York City as a full-time writer, where he died of lung cancer in 1984. He was buried in Richmond, Kentucky."

The above text was taken from, respectively, RosettaBooks (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.
[Tevis, Walter. The Queen's Gambit. Germany: RosettaBooks, 2014.]

This handsome copy would be a worthy addendum to your 1st editions library.