GROVER, KENNETH M (27 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good.

Condición: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 7th printing. (checkers) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condición: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Coauthor Tommie Wiswell. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy annotations and marginalia to occasional pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Binding remains firm. Moderate tanning overall.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Red buckram w/black lettering and knight vignette. Text is clean and bright no marks, evenly tanned, front endpaper shows small label removal scar. Unclipped DJ is chipped and worn. Here is a complete and popularly written description of the time honored game of Chess. It will enable the reader to understand the game and also gives to the accomplished player suggestions on how to improve his game." (from the jacket blurb) Illustrated throughout with Chess Board diagrams.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without jacket. A few light marks on boards. Very light wear on upper edges; leading corners are bent, with split rear upper. Spine ends are bumped and a little frayed. Page block is slightly tanned and has a rough face. All content remains clear on sound, clean pages. TS. Used.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear and fading to spine.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition / Unstated Printing. First Edition / unstated printing. Lovell 234. Very Good, no dust jacket, slight wear at top & bottom of spine and corners. 13.5 x 20cm. hard cover. 188pp. 512Y Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (games, board games, checkers, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard Ilustrador. Later printing of the 1940 original. New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1964. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with checkerboard diagrams. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. . Later printing of the 1940 original. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 188pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition / Unstated Printing. First Edition / unstated printing. Lovell 234. Good, no dust jacket, small sticker ghost on lower left corner of front cover & bottom of spine, small piece of paper stuck to middle of front edge of front cover, slight fraying at top & bottom of spine, light rubbing at corners, endpapers slightly darkened, blue ink spot on bottom of edge of last section of pages, both jacket flaps loose at rear. 13.5 x 20cm. hard cover. 188pp. B1681 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Frayed & Chipped. Ninth Impression. 188pp Illus "A progressive guide for the student." "The authors are two of America's foremost checkerists" Checkerists?

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 186 pp; Minor edge wear on corners and spine ends, previous owner's initials on front pastedown. DJ has some scuffing, chipping and edge wear. Binding is tight, DJ protected in clear Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 5th edition. 92 Pages. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn with closed tears and chips along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Poor. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 6th edition, no dust jacket. Heavy DJ rubbing, corner tears, edge wear. Prev. owners name inside front cover, internally, no flaws. POOR/VG.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; Description: 186 p. Front. (group port. ) illus. 25 cm. Subjects: Checkers 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 210 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good condition. No jacket. Second printing of 1940 original. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay, 1941. A square, tight copy. Light endpaper browning. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with many checkerboard diagrams and a frontispiece photo of Grover playing against world champion Asa A. Long for the 10th American Checker Championship in Flint, Michigan. Bound in the original red cloth, decorated in black. Includes chapters on the various openings; mid-game structures; end-game themes; a problems section (with 100 selected problems and solutions); biographical profiles of America's 10 best active players; etc. Second printing of 1940 original. Hard Cover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 190pp.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; Description: 186 p. Front. (group port. ) illus. 25 cm. Subjects: Checkers 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 239 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. ; ISBN 9780918678256, 0918678250 ; LCCN 15790931 ; LOC No NA7235.R4 E16 1987 ; White pine series of architectural monographs ; illustrated boards ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Newport, Rhode Island: an early American seaport / Kenneth Clark -- The houses of Bristol, Rhode Island, part one / William J. Burleigh -- The houses of Bristol, Rhode Island, part two / William J. Burleigh -- Some old houses of Warren, Rhode Island, part one / J. Fenimore Russell -- Some old houses of Warren, Rhode Island, part two / J. Fenimore Russell -- Little Compton and Tiverton Four Corners / John C. Halden -- Tiverton, Rhode Island, and some of its early dwellings / Roderick H. Parker -- Providence and its colonial homes / Norman M. Isham -- The houses and villages of North Smithfield, Rhode Island / M.S. Franklin -- Dwellings in northeastern Rhode Island and the Smithfields / Grover L. Jenks -- Rhode Island houses along the Blackstone River valley / Frank Chouteau Brown -- Rhode Island mill towns / A.N. Fowler -- Some early "single-room houses" of Lincoln, Rhode Island / George W. Gardner -- A Providence, Rhode Island Georgian mansion, founded by John Brown / Frank Chouteau Brown ; "From material originally published as the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, edited by Russell F. Whitehead and Frank Chouteau Brown." ; ownership stamp ; else FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. Second printing, dated February 1941. 188 pp. Light tanning to the text. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a large chip at the spine tail and rear panel. Smaller chips elsewhere. The price, $1.00, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good-. 10th Printing; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 188 pp; Light edge wear and soiling on wraps. Binding is tight.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First edition, Sixth printing. Expert instruction, Problems etc. Contents include Opening, Mid Game and End Games, Problems etc. Frontispiece has a B&W photo of the co-author playing against Asa A Long, World's Champion. Red cloth cover with Black checker board design to front. Black lettering to front & spine. 188 Pages, Illustrated with Checker Board Diagrams. 310g, 7 3/4" Tall. Small black marks at bottom of spine and front (see photo). Slight edge wear. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. This is the 9th printing of the original 1940 edition, with checkerboard illustrations throughout; light stains on cover, no markings in text, tight red coth binding, d/j is price-clipped and has chips and wear at edges, now Brodart-protected.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition / 1st Printing. Inscribed & Signed By Author on the front endpaper : "8-9-50 / Fraternally, / Tom Wiswell / Brooklyn, N.Y.". 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Lovell 234. Very good, no dust jacket. 13.5 x 20cm. hard cover. 188pp. B1134R Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed & Signed By Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Very good tight condition, shading on end pages, extensive ink writing on pages & in page margins and underlining, rough cut pages, red cloth, dustwrapper has some wear, tear and chipping to edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Collectible; Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First edition / 1st Printing. Inscribed & Signed By Author on the front endpaper : "3-10-52 / For Vance Herzog / best wishes, / Tom Wiswell / World Champion / (Free Style) / 355 45** St. / Brooklyn, N.Y.". First Edition / 1st Printing. Lovell 234. Good in good dust jacket. Book : rubbed along front spine hinge and front edges of both covers, slight wear to rear cover. Jacket : rear flap hinge split from bottom to about 2/3rds of the way up, 1 inch tear at top of rear flap hinge, jagged 1.75 inch tear at top left of front panel, small chip at bottom center of front panel, 1 inch tear & small chip at top of rear spine hinge, small chip at tear at bottom of rear spine hinge. 13.5 x 20cm. hard cover. 188pp. A4896X Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed & Signed By Author. Book.