Publicado por Caissa Editions, 1997
ISBN 10: 0939433516 ISBN 13: 9780939433513
Librería: Roundabout Books, Greenfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: SNEAB
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 1996
ISBN 10: 0939433230 ISBN 13: 9780939433230
Librería: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: RMABA
Hardcover. Condición: New. B chess: This hardcover is fine, red cloth, gilt spine title.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 2002
ISBN 10: 0939433605 ISBN 13: 9780939433605
Librería: David's Books, Ypsilanti, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: As New. New book from dealer stock.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, Delaware, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 0939433605 ISBN 13: 9780939433605
Librería: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket.
Publicado por Caissa Publishing, Yorklin, DE, 2002
ISBN 10: 0939433605 ISBN 13: 9780939433605
Librería: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. iii+209+[2]pp with photographs, diagrams, table and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x6 1/4") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. The third biennial chess championship of the United States, New York 1940, was the first such championship to be held under the auspices of the fledgling United States Chess Federation. New York 1940 was also the last national championship held under pre-war conditions. The country was still torn between coming to the aide of the AlÂlies and remaining in its isolation. Yet the coming conflict could not be ignored, and before the second championship conducted under the USCF took place the nation would be inextricably involved in the terror spanning the globe. This work places New York 1940 in its broader context, not only in terms of chess but in terms of world events. Even seen in isolation, New York 1940 involved much more than merely the championship tourÂnament leaving Reshevsky once more, for the third time, in possession of the national title. New York 1940 included the woman's championship. It included competitors who had to fight their way through preliminary round robin tournaments. And it included an exhibition match between two giants of an earlier generation, Frank Marshall and Emanuel Lasker. Each of these aspects of what today is recalled as New York 1940 is covered in detail in this work, in addition to extensive coverage of the players themselves, as well as additional games they have left us. Crosstables for the preliminary events appear in the text. The crosstable for the Men's Final appears following Chapter 6, while an Appendix gives in full an article on the tournament originally appearing in the New Yorker for June 15, 1940. This last piece, written by Robert Lewis Taylor, provides an interesting insight into how the non-chess playing public viewed some of the events considered here. Condition: Corners bumped. Near Fine issued without jacket.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, 2000
ISBN 10: 0939433575 ISBN 13: 9780939433575
Librería: OFKE / ØFKE, Voorburg, ZH, Holanda
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 1997
ISBN 10: 0939433516 ISBN 13: 9780939433513
Librería: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 2002
Librería: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 2002
ISBN 10: 0939433605 ISBN 13: 9780939433605
Librería: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 1996
ISBN 10: 0939433230 ISBN 13: 9780939433230
Librería: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, DE, USA, 1997
ISBN 10: 0939433516 ISBN 13: 9780939433513
Librería: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. In the original publisher's FINE cherry-red cloth with Bright Gilt lettering to spine and front cover. No dustjacket as issued. Page fore-edges clean and white - Near As NEW copy. Now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks NEW. Looks Unread. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (4) + (iii) + (2) + 354 pages. Illustrated in b/w with photo and line drawn illustrations and Chessboard/Moves, etc. Contents include: - Introduction; His Life & Various Matches across the world - 1901 to 1905; Hastings 1904. The New British Champion; The Match with Teichmann 1905; Napier's Tournament and Match Record; Index of Napier's Games; Index of Openings to Napier's Games. Index of other Games. "William Ewart Napier (1881-1952) was an American Chess Master of English birth. His parents emigrated to the US when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country, and played Internationally. In July 1904, he visited Great Britain & won a well-attended tournament in London against Richard Teichmann, Joseph Henry Blackburne & Isidor Gunsberg. Subsequently, he participated in the British championship in Hastings, where he was, due to his English birth, entitled to take part, and won the tournament against Henry Atkins, to become the First British Chess Federation Champion." . Gift Quality. See Images; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 1997
ISBN 10: 0939433516 ISBN 13: 9780939433513
Librería: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. New. book.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 2002
ISBN 10: 0939433591 ISBN 13: 9780939433599
Librería: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: New. New. book.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, Delaware, U.S.A., 2000
ISBN 10: 0939433575 ISBN 13: 9780939433575
Librería: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 481 pages. Illustrated. Biography of chess master & habitual criminal Norman Whitaker, teammate of the young Bobby Fischer, blackmailer of Barbara Hutton, resident of Alcatraz. Includes 570 of Whitaker's chess matches, including his victories over some of the game's greatest names. A most fascinating character. Inscribed by author on ffep. Scarce. Inscribed by the Author.
Publicado por Caissa Editions, 2000
ISBN 10: 0939433575 ISBN 13: 9780939433575
Librería: Broad Street Books, Branchville, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by author John Samuel Hilbert on first page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a small open tear at top of spine. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.