heffner august john finley (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Red cloth with gilt titles and embossed checkerboard. Moisture staining to about half of the front and rear covers. Front and rear hinges cracking, but covers and signatures/pages holding well. Previous owner name and address inked on front pastedown. 459 pages, with history, meeting minutes and rules. Bios on the officials and players followed by a recounting of the rounds of the match, annotated with comments and diagrams. Black & white photos of officials and the American tourney champion, Samuel Gonotsky.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. Covers the 1927 international checkers / draughts match. 1st trade Edition / 1st Printing. Lovell 131. Good, no dust jacket. hard cover. 459pp. (shelfwear and light rubbing to outer extremities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Red cloth with gold titles and front decoration; 7.75 inches tall; 549 pages with board position illustration. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with some loss of color on the cloth; front endpages re-attached with white tape. . This is one of the most significant International Tournaments in the history of the game. The games are from some of the best players of the day. A must have for every lover of games and deep analysis. August Heffner does create his magnum opus here. With the rise of future champions and the last of the "old guard" with August Heffner and James Ferrie passing the torches to likes of Newell Banks, Asa Long, Samuel Gonotsky and Sam Cohen.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hb, green cloth covers with gilt inlay, 459pp, b/w photos. Good, lettering on spine dulled, chips/edgewear to corners and spine, light marks on a few pages but otherwise contents clean. Comprehensive coverage of this international checker match involving twelve boards and won decisively by the Americans. Includes profiles of players and team officials, round-by-round reports and 480 games with annotations by Heffner and others. The U.S. team included Long, Gonotsky and Banks while Team GB included Ferrie and O'Connor.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. Covers the 1927 international checkers / draughts match. 1st trade Edition / 1st Printing. Lovell 131. Free front endpaper signed by checkers author and master "M.E. Pomeroy". Good, no dust jacket, spine slightly darkened, wear at top & bottom of spine & corners, both inner hinges cracked and repaired with masking tape, piece of paper taped on top of inside rear cover. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 459pp. 735A Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Association Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. Covers the 1927 international checkers / draughts match. 1st Edition / 1st Printing, #19 of the autograph copies signed by the President & Secretary. Good-, no dust jacket as issued, bound in full dark brown calf leather, lower half of spine barely held in place by a piece of clear tape, top half of rear spine hinge also split but held together with a clear piece of tape at the top of the spine, moderate rubbing to edges of binding, last page has a tear on the inner edge from the bottom to about half way up. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 459pp. B1860 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. Covers the 1927 international checkers / draughts match. 1st Edition / 1st Printing, #5 of the autograph copies signed by the President & Secretary. Lovell 131. Bound in full dark black calf leather, all edges gilt. Very good, slight wear at top & bottom of spine & corners. 16 x 24cm. hard cover. 459pp. A104 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.