New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. Stated Second Printing. Signed on half title with brief inscription by Claire Ruth, Babe Ruth's second wife, dated June 16th, 1949 to media producer and and public relations executive Leonard Safir, brother of journalist William Safire. This volume most recently from William Safire's..... More
Hardcover. [Rahway, NJ]: Privately Printed, 1924. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper with brief inscription dated May 1927, "To Eustace [?] S. Regan, from Becky and Charles D. Lanier." Octavo (7.75" x 5.25"); x, 204p. Blue paper-covered boards with blue paper title card on white cloth..... More
Madrid: Revista Geografica Española, 1958. Octavo; unpaginated [220pp in this copy, see full description]. Tipped-in sepia frontispiece; 38 full-color tipped-in plates; 56 full-page B&W photogravure reproductions of paintings; 24 full-page B&W reproductions of drawings; 67 smaller B&W drawing reproductions (1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 page) embedded within text. Entirely in Spanish..... More
New York: David Turet Publisher, 1941. First Edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To Doctor H.C. Byrd, Frank M. Heath." Octavo; x + 462pp. Front endpaper map of Gypsy Queen's route. Terracotta cloth with gold stamping on front panel and spine. Top edge of textblock stained in same..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Large Octavo. 272 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown boards decorative chess board to front and spine and front in gilt. Top edge gilt. The second in Young's 'Chess Strategetics' series and includes chapters on major tactics, geometric and sub-geometric..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1926. Reprint of the G.P. Putnam's Sons edition. Photographic dustjacket over red cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with a few small tears and a couple scuffs to face. Spine ends nudged with a small tear at head..... More
Jack Murray. First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Stated First Edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); xxxi, 254p. Illustrated throughout with full-color frontis. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering and illustration. Missing dustjacket. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with light shelfwear and some sunning to..... More
Washington, DC: Navy Yard Recreation League, 1921. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto. 124 pages plus advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Original illustrated tan wrappers are chipped along edges with some light staining and soiling. More
Manchester: The Granite State Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; xvi, 432pp. Illustrated throughout. Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Boards bumped at corners with a slight roll to spine and a few stray scuffs and smudges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. In a plain brown paper dust jacket (not..... More
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Detroit, MI: Morris-Systems Publishing Co., 1929. Second Edition. Signed by Banks on front free endpaper dated Nov 12, 1937. Octavo. 201 pages + advertisement. Graphs and illustrations of games throughout. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt, now faded. Light wear to extremities and slight lean to..... More
Fifth Printing. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Fifth Printing. SIGNED by the author on full title. Yellow photographic dustjacket with $27.95 price; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. [xiv], 461p. Illustrated throughout. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint shelfwear and a thin, .25"..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1910. Fifth Edition. Tall Octavo. 301 pages plus "A Supplement to Cook's Chess Players' Compendium" by Alfred Emery, 31 pages. Black and white tables throughout. Lacks the scarce dust jacket. Decorative green publisher's cloth stamped in black, white, and gilt. General staining, worn at spine..... More