Finley john g (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hb, brown cloth covers, no dj, 95pp, b/w photos. Fair, covers and spine have mottling and scuffs, foxing throughout, previous owner's name on fep and a couple of pages have inked notation. 40-game match won by Asa Long with games annotated by the players, Newell Banks and others. Also includes background, player profiles, various tributes, history about past crowned and uncrowned champions and match preparation.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 459 pages. Some rubbing to boards, but still a nice solid volume. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Zustand: Good. 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.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Good. Hb, maroon cloth covers, no dj, 294pp, b/w photos. Good, light edgewear to corners and spine, browned endpapers, clean contents. Includes player and offcials' bios., numerous photos, an account of the tourney by Finley and 361 games with annotations. Samuel Gonotsky was the winner.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No jacket. Frank R. Wendemuth, 1927. Hardback, 8vo, 459pp, illust. Damp-staining throughout, final pages creased, hinges torn. Original red cloth, gilt, a little bumped and worn. A fair working copy. /0.8us . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. RARE COLLECTIBLE BOOK Second International Check Match Hotel Almac, NYC 1927 America vs. Great Britain February 28-March 10, 1927 Including a record of the Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Congress of the American Checker Association Annotated by August H. Heffner World's Leading Analyst Assisted by a Staff of America's Greatest Players Edited and Arraanged by: John G. Finley Secretary A.C.A. 1922-1927 Published by Frank R. Wendemuth Chicago HC/ no DJ - Leather Bound Gilt to lettering on side, cover design and page edges. Condition: The leather is cracked in some places as pictures will detail, but most important on the spine - which is ripped, and very fragile to the state of binding. Binding IS intact - but very delicate to the touch is needed to keep it further preserved. Autographed Copy No. 37 8" x 5-1/2" and 1" thick PLEASE SEE PHOTOS!!! A.M. - Cons BR - 2.3 - Bks - F (ed) Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 56 pages. Cover photo portrait of Britain's WWII strategy-maker, Gen. Sir Alan Francis Brooke. Features: Pie in the Sky - Bruce Hutchison discusses claims of postwar prosperity made by politicians; Dishpan Daddies - men and dishwashing; Man With a Handshake - P.C. House Leader Gordon Graydon travels a lot and presses a lot of flesh; Destroyer Passage - tale of a bad storm during an Atlantic crossing; Milk - photo-illustrated article on this complex industry which is of vital importance to the nation's health and pocket book; Britain's Strategy-Maker - Alan Brooke; Gospel by Word of Hand - the Evangelical Church of the Deaf in Toronto and its Rev. Alexander MacGowan; Fighter Sweep - Gripping account of a spitfire pilot as told to Flying Officer John Clare; Blitz on Moths in the home. Fiction: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; An Eye on Beulah. Interesting colour American Airlines ad inside front cover shows Uncle Sam locked arms with a Canadian and a Mexican above a map of their North American routes. Editorial - Food May Win the Peace. One-page Ganong chocolates ad with naval motif. Hilarious Kreml hair product ad includes photos of Wild Hair Walter, Slick Sylvester and Billiard Ball Bill. Caterpillar ad shows crawler and troops plodding through Asian jungle beneath caption "What the Little Jap General Forgot". Great wartime black and white ad says "Watch the '43 Fords Go By" and shows Ford military vehicles parading by. Two-page Victory (War) Bonds ad with illustrations of seven Canadians from various walks of life. Nicely illustrated Canadian Pacific (CP) Air Lines ad inside back cover shows man and dog watching passing plane. Back cover Good Year colour-illustrated ad shows desert war scene eerily prescient of recent Middle-East wars. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, April (Apr.) 1 1943, Vol. 56, No. 7 - Sir Alan Francis Brooke Cover Photo Canadian Dairy Industry P.C. House Leader Gordon Graydon travels a lot and presses a lot of flesh; Destroyer Passage - tale of a bad storm d. Illustrated by Finley, Fred; Grassick; Singer, Mal; Caudle, Nancy (illustrator).…