Category: Instructional/How-To

Rate Your Own Chess: Revised Edition. Raise Your Chess IQ in Mate-Rater Competition, Includes Computer Chess Notation

By: Bloss, F. Donald

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY : 1972, 1981

Seller ID: CL002339

ISBN-13: 9780442212612

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1972, 1981, 1st printing of revised edition, (VG), 206 pages, appendix, over 85 b&w illustrations, oblong 8”x 6”, red paperbound, minor edge wear, two small scuffs on back, contents clean and tight, book very good (Provides a standard method for determining the approximate United States Chess Federation rating of a person who solves the Mate-Rater problems.) (VG) 2339 [Hs121EC]
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Designs of Ideal Motor Boats and How to Design a Motor Boat: A textbook containing complete designs of thirty-two Ideal Runabouts, Cruisers and Auxiliaries with arrangement and profile plans, tables of offsets, dimensions with full working drawings and construction details

By: Chapman, Charles F., ed.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: MoToR BoatinG, NY, : 1920

Seller ID: CL005237

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Motor Boating, NY, 1920, revised edition, Vol. 1 of Motor Boating’s Ideal Series, 126 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w measured plans, 8-5/8”x 11-1/2”, hardcover, blue cloth with black illustration & titles on front, corners lightly bumped and worn, front cover slightly warped, a little light chipping, spine slightly darkened, a few light blue paint spots on back cover, no dust jacket, endpapers mottled, pages are just beginning to yellow a bit around edges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good+ (G+/no dj) 5237 [HOal0605/0121ABE]
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Image for Twenty Easy-to-Build Motor Boats: A book of small-boat plans and how to build them. Plans and designs prepared especially for MoToR BoatinG [sic] and in detail enough to permit building from them direct, either by the amateur or professional builder. Volume IV MoToR BoatinG’s Ideal Series (4, Four, 20)

Twenty Easy-to-Build Motor Boats: A book of small-boat plans and how to build them. Plans and designs prepared especially for MoToR BoatinG [sic] and in detail enough to permit building from them direct, either by the amateur or professional builder. Volume IV MoToR BoatinG’s Ideal Series (4, Four, 20)

By: Deed, William J., et al. and Charles F. Chapman, editor

Price: $150.00

Publisher: MoToR BoatinG, NY, : 1922

Seller ID: CL005236

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

MoToR BoatinG, NY, 1922, 1st American edition, #4 in Motor Boating’s Ideal series, 79 pages, many b&w boat plans & measured drawings, 8-1/2”x 11-5/8”, hardcover, blue cloth with dark blue titles, corners lightly bumped & worn, light edge wear, spine darkened, darkening around edges of both covers with some mottling, a little light chipping on covers, rear covers have a 1” black line bottom center, some dark staining upper fore-edge and some pale mottling all over, no dust jacket, some yellowing of endpapers especially the rear one that has staining from a full-page note that was left there (th...
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How to Win in The Middle Game of Chess

By: Horowitz, I. A.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: David McKay Co, NY : 1955

Seller ID: CL005251

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Good+

David McKay Co, NY, 1955, no additional printings, 199 pages, profusely illustrated with 143 b&w chess board diagrams, 5.5”x 8.25”, hardcover, grey boards with black knight and black titles on spine, corners and spine ends very lightly worn, good dust jacket with light corner wear and chipping, two short closed tears and an 1/8” chip top edge front panel, rear panel lightly soiled and/or foxed with a short tear at bottom near spine, front flap price-clipped, dust jacket protected in a new, archival plastic cover, a little foxing on endpapers, pages lightly yellowed around edges, otherwise con...
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Rainbow Party Book: For All Keen Teens Who Go Partying in Juniorette and Teenable Dresses

By: Pepper, Nancy, editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer) : Circa 1950s

Seller ID: CL005272

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer), no place, no date but circa the early 1950s, (VG), unpaginated but 16 pages including the covers, black, white and blue illustrations every page, 5-1/4”x 7-7/8”, paperbound, covers are white paper with blue swashes and black type and black illustration on front, white type on back, some very light creasing on covers that carries through to all the pages, contents clean and tight, book very good {Advertising of just a few lines at the bottom of some pages for Rainbow dresses. “The Dreamiest Date Dresses for the Keenest Teens. *Juniorettes in Regular Teen siz...
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The Art of Pitching

By: Seaver, Tom with Lee Lowenfish, Nolan Ryan, Steve Rogers, Steve Carlton, Mario Soto

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hearst Books, NY : 1984

Seller ID: CL005648

ISBN-13: 9780688026639

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ Ex-Library

Hearst Books, NY, A Mountain Lion Book, 1984, 1st edition, stated and complete number line, ex-library copy with the usual marks, 223 pages, bibliography, index, profusely illustrated with b&w photos and a few drawings, 8-1/8"x 9-1/2", hardcover, dark green boards with gilt titles on spine, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, about an 1-1/4" of glue has stuck some of the library dj cover onto the front cover at the front edge, 1/4" round abrasion center of front cover, very good+ unclipped dust jacket protected in a new archival plastic cover, library stamps on top page edges and front endp...
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Tips for Teens

By: Williams, Elinor and Ruth Underhill, illustrator

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston Herald-Traveler Corp, Boston : 1945

Seller ID: CL005265

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good

Boston Herald-Traveler Corp, Boston, 1945, 2nd edition, (VG/VG), 126 pages, b&w illustrations at the top of every page by Ruth Underhill, four 1-5/8” square film negatives laid-in, also laid-in the penciled rough draft with corrections of a four sheet “letter” entitled “The Real You” which reads like a letter from a Mom to her daughter, 5-5/8”x 8-3/4”, hardcover, turquoise cloth with red titles on front, top outside corners lightly bumped, very good dust jacket with small chips missing at corners and a few short edge tears, 1.5” closed tear top front panel near spine, a little rubbing on fore-...
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Category: Instructional/How-To

Rate Your Own Chess: Revised Edition. Raise Your Chess IQ in Mate-Rater Competition, Includes Computer Chess Notation

Designs of Ideal Motor Boats and How to Design a Motor Boat: A textbook containing complete designs of thirty-two Ideal Runabouts, Cruisers and Auxiliaries with arrangement and profile plans, tables of offsets, dimensions with full working drawings and construction details

How to Win in The Middle Game of Chess

Rainbow Party Book: For All Keen Teens Who Go Partying in Juniorette and Teenable Dresses

The Art of Pitching

Tips for Teens