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Friday, August 7, 2015

A History of Chess by Jerzy Gizycki

I just came across this wonderful book in a used book store (Green Mountain Books) here in Lyndonville, VT where I live. It's in very good condition, no dust jacket, but no wear on the cover--just fading a little where it was exposed to light. The binding is in excellent condition, no marking in the book and all the plates are attached where they should be. This is the 1972 English translation from the Polish edition of 1960. My cost was $8.He was a film critic and television presenter. He was a chess bibliophile. His great passion was apparently chess.The book contains many stills from German, Soviet and Eastern European films involving chess. A Polish poster on Facebook gave me the following link.

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