American Chess Art by Korn, Walter - 1975

New York: Pitman Pub, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Lightly bumped at spine-ends and corners.

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.: Chess Digest, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. A beautiful copy.

Chess Digest, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

xi+384 pages with diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. (Lusis: 2474) First edition. This work set forth for players at all levels a marvelous aspect of chess: artistic composition, specifically the composition of the endgame study. Long popular in Western Europe, the USSR and South America, chess art has for the past century been unjustly ignored in the United States, although there have been a number of very gifted American composers. Walter Korn sets the record straight and opens up a whole new area of enjoyment for chess enthusiasts. Condition: Jacket crease at front cover heal, chipped and creased at edges else a very good copy in a good jacket.

E-314: Chess Digest. Very Good. 1995. Hardcover. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Chess Digest, Inc. Dallas, TX. 1995. 384 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Walter Korn ranks among the elders of chess in all its applications. He is FIDE International Judge for Chess Composition, and has been responsible for Modern Chess Openings for the past 50 years. For decades he has been the endgame columinst for a number of internationally known chess periodicals and is the author of the essay on chess in the throughly revised Encyclopedia Britannica III. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

New York: Pitman Publishing, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dustwrapper. Book is rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners. Dustwrapper is rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners, 2" tear at top of spine, soiled and worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Pitman Publishing, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 384 pages; Description: xi, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Chess --Endgame -- Chess problems.

(New York), Pitman Publishing, (1975).. First edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 384; diagrams, bibliography, index of composers and diagrams, original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, chipped and price clipped dustjacket, very good copy.

(New York), Pitman Publishing, (1975).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. xii, 384; diagrams, bibliography, index of composers and diagrams, original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, chipped dustjacket, spine and corners bumped, flecking to head of page edges, good copy.