edited arranged jack spence (5 risultati)

Blue Cloth. Condizione: Good+. Photos; Chess Diagrams (illustratore). First Edition. Descriptive Notation; Endpapers and textblock are gently aged but clean and tight; Bound in blue cloth, with a classic chess piece stamped in gilt on the front cover; The cloth is worn and frayed at the spine tips and board corners, and the rear outside gutter is torn along the hinge from the bottom up; Lacks dust jacket: Includes biography of the Russian Grandmaster Vassily Smyslov, his tournmant and Match Record, and his essay on the Problems of Development in Chess. 177p., including index of openings. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 177 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ b/w photos and a b/w frontispiece of Vassily Smyslov. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 256+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Slight bumping to bottom corners. Small "Chess" label on front blank endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Published. The Chess Career of Rudolf Spielmann, 1903-1926 is a rare, highly regarded chess game collection and biographical work edited by Jack L. Spence. Originally published in 1961 by A. Kalnaj, this book serves as an exhaustive historical record of the early-to-mid career of Austrian-Jewish Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann. Spielmann was famously dubbed "The Master of Attack" and "The Last Knight of the King's Gambit" due to his fierce, romantic, and sacrifice-heavy playing style. A very nice copy. Illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 100 pp. Original tan cloth covers, moderately soiled w/ light sunning to spine and edges. Limited Edition copy #96. Contents very nice.