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Cornerstone Library, 1973. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. **STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** This is a used book in GOOD condition. May have minor defects such as wearing to outside cover, a name written on inside cover, or a few notations throughout. Paperback soft cover edition.

Cornerstone Library, 1973T. paperback. Good. 0.5000 7.8000 5.1000. majorly yellowed pages

x+166 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8" x 5") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published by David McKay in 1953. Modern Ideas was published in 1953 so the term "modern" is somewhat relative in this case. I'm not sure from when the term originated, but these days it really just describes a particular era in chess history rather than a proclamation of anything new to the chess world. An interesting part of this book is what Horowitz refers to as "chess movies." These are chess games that are narrated both in text and images with the snapshots of the board displaying positions after every few moves of the players. This is quite useful and very effective. The reader needs to visualize only a few moves between each snapshot, so it's a fairly simple act to follow along without having to resort to a board or computer program. As a side benefit, even if you are playing along with a board and chess set, life is made a bit easier by way of the "movie frames" as you can quickly be sure… Read More

Cornerstone Library, 1973T. paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 7.8000 in x 5.1000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Cornerstone Library. paperback. Very Good. Minor surface wear to cover. Small tear in back cover, about 2.5 inches. Pages yellowed. Otherwise sturdy copy in great condition.

Cornerstone Library. 1965. good. Paperback. 205 diagrams; 7-7/8" tall; 167pp; pp browning; small tear fold of spine at foot .

New York: David McKay Co., 1953. Boards are very scuffed and rubbed, spinecover laid in. Usual library/discard markings. No markings in text. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex Library.

David McKay, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cornerstone Library, 1953. Reiissue . Trade Paperback. Good. Previous owners initials on the front cover and name on top edge pages tanned

Used; Good. Cornerstone Library 1968 Paperback. Pages have some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Good . 1968. TRADE PAPERBACK.

Cornerstone Library. Good. 1976. Soft Cover. (W142) .

New York: Cornerstone Library, 1968. reprint. Near Fine. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers viii + 167pp., text ills.,

A tight and unmarked copy-considered as a collector's item-205 Diagrams.

Simon & Schuster, 1972. Paperback. Used: Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good 8vo paperback, tanning present, minor nicks creases and fading to cover, owner stamp to front free end page, spine glue visible at front free end page, else clean pages, prompt shipping and tracking "with 205 diagrams