Isbn: 9780312054595 - the last gambit (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: FINE. First US printing. A chess mystery - "a case for Jacob Horowitz" set at a tournament in Philadelphia. 169 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Bob Scott. Fine in fine dust jacket (tiny remainder dot - if that is what it is - on the bottom edge.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Topedge lightly foxed else fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Delman on the front fly.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. A smart first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with small remainer mark to bottom edge in Very Good+ dust-jacket with light edgewear and a tape repaired one inch closed tear to upper right corner; Jacob Horowitz's life is a mystery. He is brilliant, but he has no biography. He has never spoken to the media. He is known only to a select few, and even they don't know everything about him. In this book, David Delman tells the story of Jacob Horowitz, who is one of the most brilliant mathematicians of our time. Delman tells the story of Jacob's life, his work, and his mysterious disappearance. He also reveals the logical, mathematical reasoning that led Jacob to his incredible discoveries.; Remainder; 8vo; FSA.…