winter william wade (18 Ergebnisse)

Ex-private school library copy. First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xvi, 230 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket (lacking). Red cloth rubbed and soiled; handwritten white ink shelf number near spine heel. Foxing to text block edges. Library stamps/markings on several initial and rear leaves as well as on page 19; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. With Acknowledgements, Foreword by Willie Morris, Introduction, and Notes on Contributors. Features ten essays: "Thomas Rodney: Patriot in the Mississippi Territory" by John Carroll Eudy; "Sam Dale: Frontiersman of the Old Southwest" by Nannie Pitts McLemore; "Greenwood LeFlore: Farsighted Realist" by Emmie Ellen Wade; "Jefferson Davis: Prologue and Epilogue" by Shelby Foote; "L.Q.C. Lamar: Artificer of Reconciliation" by Nash K. Burger and John K. Bettersworth; "William Alexander Percy: Mississippi's Renaissance Man" by Louis Dollarhide; "Governor Martin Sennett Conner and the Sales Tax, 1932" by William Winter; "Jimmie Rodgers: Father of Country Music" by Jack Crocker; "William Faulkner: Transcending the Place Mississippi" by William Boozer; and "Medgar Willie Evers: The Civil Rights Leader as Utopianist" by Cleveland Donald, Jr. Per a notation on the book's copyright page, apparently University Press of Mississippi intended for MISSISSIPPI HEROES to be the first volume in a series but no successive books have been published. {MS-Shelf#4} ISBN 0878051287.

Red Cloth. Zustand: Good. Chess Diagrams (illustrator). 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.

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xvi, 230 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket with some scuffs/nicks, short tears, and bumping at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Red cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With Acknowledgements, Foreword by Willie Morris, Introduction, and Notes on Contributors. Features ten essays: "Thomas Rodney: Patriot in the Mississippi Territory" by John Carroll Eudy; "Sam Dale: Frontiersman of the Old Southwest" by Nannie Pitts McLemore; "Greenwood LeFlore: Farsighted Realist" by Emmie Ellen Wade; "Jefferson Davis: Prologue and Epilogue" by Shelby Foote; "L.Q.C. Lamar: Artificer of Reconciliation" by Nash K. Burger and John K. Bettersworth; "William Alexander Percy: Mississippi's Renaissance Man" by Louis Dollarhide; "Governor Martin Sennett Conner and the Sales Tax, 1932" by William Winter; "Jimmie Rodgers: Father of Country Music" by Jack Crocker; "William Faulkner: Transcending the Place Mississippi" by William Boozer; and "Medgar Willie Evers: The Civil Rights Leader as Utopianist" by Cleveland Donald, Jr. Apparently, per a notation on the book's copyright page, University Press of Mississippi intended for MISSISSIPPI HEROES to be the first volume in a series but no successive books have been published. {MS-Shelf#5} ISBN 0878051287.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. First Edition. Bumped spine-ends. Some tears on the jacket and the bottom inch is missing from the spine. Signed and dated by former owner.

Soft cover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Photographs (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 133 Pages, Dust Jacket Edge Worn O/W Sound. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good (in mylar). Chess Diagrams (illustrator). 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.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.

Soft cover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The titanic struggle between 2 schools of chess. Botvinnik barely holds onto his title. 133 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: Good. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Zustand: 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. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.