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The Immortal Games of Capablanca
by Reinfeld, Fred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Chess Review, 1942. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1942. Chess Classics Series. Jose Raoul Capablanca (1888-1942) was a Cuban world champion chess player from 1921 to 1927. This biography of Capablanca includes tournament and match records details. Hardcover, red cloth over boards, 8vo. gold gilt and black titles on cover and spine. No jacket. Enclosed in page 35 is a newspaper clipping of the beginning of the matches between USA and Russian chess masters in the New York Roosevelt Hotel, June 16-23, 1954. Also included is a brief detail of that match. g+ (bumping to cover edges and both spine ends, water spots on spine, light dustsoiling, gilt to spine rubbed-series notation almost completely gone, cover sunnedand heavy wear on all edges. binding is tight and intact aside from slight cocking of boards) No dj. pp 238
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- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40534
- Title
- The Immortal Games of Capablanca
- Author
- Reinfeld, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chess Review
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 238
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Gilt
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- G+
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- 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...
- Cloth
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