1941 1st Edition BASIC CHESS ENDINGS Reuben Fine 'Queen's Gambit" Book Rueben

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Scarce “First Edition” published by David McKay in Philadelphia.
In the Queen's Gambit, Elizabeth Harmon received Reuben Fine's book "Modern Chess Openings". This is Fine's follow-up publication to that book, " Basic Chess Endings" or BCE.
It’s easy to find a reprint of this important chess book. It’s not so easy to find a true 1st Edition, published in 1941.
Size: 7.5" tall x 4 3/8" wide.
Condition: two minor bumps /bruises on back cover; one small spot on front cover; spine is sunned; binding is super tight; pages are tanned and clean; no mottling; page 559/560 has a slight overhang from publisher/printer; no writing except for original bookseller’s price of “3.50 and initials” in pencil, inside back cover.
Overall, a very fine copy.
BASIC CHESS ENDINGS By Reuben Fine - 1941 First Edition / Hardcover.
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Excerpt from The New York Times on January 25th 1942:
THIS is the definitive work on the end game which all serious students of chess have been waiting for. Disdaining the merely curious or pretty positions to be found in collections of "endgame studies," Reuben Fine, co-winner of the A.V.R.O. tournament and editor of the last edition of "Modern Chess Openings," has declared his purpose in the word "basic" of his title. VIEW FULL ARTICLE IN TIMESMACHINE »