Oldbury derek (23 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in ivory and brown buckram, 8vo, 64pp. Lovell 271. (light toning to extremities).

Stapled Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 44 pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Pb booklet, staple-bound, 64pp, portrait frontis. Good, stain on front cover, rusty staples, contents clean. Includes 70 games with full annotations by Oldbury who was the winner.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Edition, unstated printing. Lovel 247. Shelfwaer, rubbing and slight darkening to covers. 12 x 18cm. soft cover. 44pp. Inscription and signature of Matt. L. Long to title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Hb, 126pp. Good in a Fair dj which has tears and some foxing. Endpapers browned with some foxing but contents clean. The author introduces his new approach to draughts. Considered controversial at the time but according to Lovell " this book is viewed as one of the most important ever published on draughts and is required reading for all enthusiasts".…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Edition, unstated printing. Lovel 247. Good to Very good, slight darkening to covers. 12 x 18cm. soft cover. 44pp. 469P Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, 1st printing. Lovell 271. Very good. 12.5 x 18cm. soft cover. 64pp. Signed by American Checker Federation member Leon Kwiatkowski on first page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First American Edition. First American Edition / 1st Printing. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket : top 1/4 inch of spine chipped away, jagged 1.25 inch tear at bottom of spine, slight wear at bottom of spine and corners, 2 inch tear at bottom of front flap hinge, light over-all rubbing. 13.5 x 20. hard cover. 191pp. 519X Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Seven smalll Pb booklets (five issues plus two supplements), staple-bound, each around 20pp, with the supplements being shorter at 10pp-15pp. Good, rusty/"bleeding" staples, clean contents. Produced bi-monthly by Oldbury, this draughts magazine ran from 1965 to 1967 and included articles, games, problems etc. The two Supplements contained a reprint of Richard Twiss' "Miscellanies on Draughts" originally published in 1805 and given a modern text by Oldbury.…

Stapled Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. his stapled pamphlet is square, flat and solid at the staples though the staples are rusted. Wraps have only a a few light soil marks, and these may be actually part of the paper which seems to have a light marble finish. There is a crease on the lower corbner of the rear wrap. Interior pages, illustrated with board diagrams, are toned but unmarked. Laid in are also some loose pages of another work with the label "Index of 'Two-Move' Openings". Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hb, 191pp, b/w frontis. Good in a Good price-clipped dj which has a scuff on the front and light edgewear. Contents clean, light foxing along edge of page block. Includes the games with annotations of a) the 1958 restricted world championship match between Marion Tinsley and Derek Oldbury and b) the 1956 unrestricted world championship match between Tom Wiswell and W.R. Fraser. Plus " The Inside Story" by Fraser and a selection of problems devised as " a short course in strategy and tactics" by Wiswell and Oldbury.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Small Pb booklet, staple-bound, 24pp. No. 436 of a limited edition of 478 copies. Signed by author "Best wishes from Derek Oldbury" on inside front cover. Good(-), rusty/"bleeding" staples, text clean, light cover marks. 35 games from the 1965 3-move championship played in Stamford Connecticut, with annotations by Oldbury. Also included is a list of subscribers to Oldbury's travel fund who received a copy of the booklet which apparently was not intended for general sale so lacks a sale price. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Lovell 355. All 1965 issues of this checker / draughts journal. 6 issues in stapled wraps, 16mo. 95pp. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Book.

FIRST EDITION; Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 126+1pp publisher's advert at rear, illus black & white diagrams, VG (light soiling to boards, light rubbing to board extrems/corners, light-moderate foxing/discolouration to page edges/extrems & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate rubbing to covers, moderate creasing, rubbing & chipping to extrems - resulting in slight surface loss to upper spine with approx. 4cm closed tear with archival tape repairs, moderate soiling/discolouration, lower front flap price-clipped). …

8vo, HB, 191pp. Good condition. No d/w. Grey/blue with red lettering on spine, upper edges grey. Sunned spine and edges, some foxing, a little soiled. Lightly bumped and creased. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. 1st Edition. Frontispiece is photographs of the authors. Illustrations within text. 191 pages. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Blue cloth cover with gilted titles on spine. DJ is whole, top edge is worn, bottom edge is slightly worn. VG/G+. Book. …

Small 8vo, HB, 126pp. Good+ condition in good d/w (price clipped, sunned, a bit grubby, bumped and creased, several small closed tears). Mildly bumped, a little foxed, bookseller's sticker on ffep. Pictures available on request.

Quarto, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 200pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing/soiling to spine & covers, archival tape repairs to top spine extrem, moderate discolouration & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate staining to gutters & inside covers).…

Paperback. Zustand: Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 1st printing, #8 of a limited number of 478 copies. Lovell 357. . In white wraps with black titling, 12mo 24pp. Association copy signed and inscribed by checkerist Bill Fraser on inside cover: "For Bruce, with the compliments of Bill Fraser -- March, 17,1966." (Shelfwear and soiling to outer extremities, players notes to outer covers). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Game Diagrams (illustrator). Association Copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible; Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Includes a complete run of this checker journal / magazine bound in 1 book (Vol. 1, Nos. 1-7). First Edition, 1st printing. Lovell 237. Bound in modern maroon cloth with gold spine lettering, original covers are bound in place. Very good. 14 x 21. hard cover. 184pp. B1694N Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.…

3 volumes. Illustrated Small folio, publisher's cloth in dust jackets. First edition. Slight bumps at a few corners; all volumes clean, tight and sound in jackets with very minor use at extremities of spines.

SCARCE, ESPECIALLY COMPLETE, 6 VOLUME SET, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate discolouration to board edges of each vol, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, occasional ink annotation to inside front flap of vol 4). …