No inscriptions or marks. Small creases to front corners, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 176pp.

his volume gives details of every important championship and champion plus major international competitions are documented and crosstables for 120 tournaments. The book also has a detailed look at the exciting and often bitter rivalries that have embroiled the world champions - Staunton, Murphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosyan, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov.