winter william wade (16 resultados)

Red Cloth. Condición: Good. Chess Diagrams Ilustrador. First Printing. Previous owner got carried away with their ink stamp, five times on the front end papers, and four times on the rear fep and pastedown; Card pocker glued to rear pastedown; Age toned textblock is overall clean and tight; Sunned spine with moisture wear and fraying to head and foot of spine, bumped and frayed corners; Binding lightly character-soiled; Lacks dust jacket; 133p.; Mikhail Botvinnik v. David Bronstein, Russian Chess Grand Champions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. x+133 pages with diagrams, tables and photographs. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. (Lusis: 2273) Originally published by Turnstile Press 1951. The 1951 World Chess Championship was between 39 year old defending champion Mikhail Botvinnik of the Soviet Union and 27 year old challenger David Bronstein who was also the defending champion. The match was a best of 24 games. The first player to reach 12 1/2 points would be the winner. If the match ended in a 12-12 tie, then the defending champion (in this case Botvinnik) would retain the title. The match took place in Moscow. The first game was played on March 14th, 1951. The match ended on May 11th, 1951. After a draw in Game 24, the match was tied 12-12. Since the match was tied, the defending champion (Botvinnik in this case) retained his title. Condition: Very good to fine.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Photographs Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Ix, 133 Pp. Analysis And Commentary About One Of The Great Modern Chess Matches. Red-Orange Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine Book, Trace Of Use And Bookplate Of A 1962 Rhodes Scholar; Dj Complete, Lightly Used, Edges Browned, A Few Very Short Edge Tears, Priced 15S.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good (in mylar). Chess Diagrams Ilustrador. First Edition. Former owner's name in green ink along upper edge of fep, faint age toning to the end pages, else textblock is clean and tight. Bumped head and foot of spine, bump on front top corner. Unclipped, spine-sunned dust jacket, moderately soiled, chipping at head and foot of spine, some tears to the edges, small chips to corners, mylar sleeved for safe-keeping. 133pp, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. DJ with some edge wear, toning, small tears and creasing.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. The titanic struggle between 2 schools of chess. Botvinnik barely holds onto his title. Embossed seal of noted chess historian. 133 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Hb, ix + 133pp, b/w plates. Good in a Good(-) dj which has foxing and a ring mark. Contents clean, light foxing along edge of page block. Includes: brief history of the world championship, careers of the two protaganists, Wade's impressions of the Moscow venue and general commentary of the tournament, all the 24 games with annotations. Descriptive notation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. The titanic struggle between 2 schools of chess. Botvinnik barely holds onto his title. 133 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition; First Printing. Some shelf wear and tear to price clipped DJ with some loss to rear, tape repairs and foxing, gift message dated 1953 to front endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Red cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. ; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 144 pages; Wonderful book about one of the most closely fought chess matches of all time. The contest took place at Moscow, in 1951, and Botvinnik, the reigning world champion, drew with his young challenger, thus retaining the crown with each player winning five games and the others all drawn.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 133 pp. Original red cloth covers, lightly soiled. Spine a bit sunned. Approx. 1/4" tear to top hinge of spine of rear cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Contents nice.

hardcover. Condición: Good. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First Edition. Account of the contest with full game scores and analysis. Some heavy foxing to wrapper and page edges otherwise VG in VG- jacket.

First Edition. All games annotated with tabulated games leading up to the championship. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket.

Condición: Good. Fading & some bumps/scuffs to cover edges. Poor dustjacket with tanning/foxing/dark marks & scuffs/tears to edges. Dark tanning/foxing to textblock edges. Foxing to endpapers. Light foxing/some marks to pages. Text/images good.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good-. First Edition. Good hardcover in Good- dust jacket. DJ has some chipping and wear and tear. Used with wear and some pencil markings. Appears to be a UK first edition.