"Like a long-legged fly upon the stream Her mind moves upon silence." - Yeats

Tevis, Walter (1928-1984)

The Queen's Gambit

New York: Random House, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 243 pages.

A compelling chess novel by the author of "The Hustler." Beth Harmon, orphaned at a young age, becomes a brilliant chess prodigy who battles addiction and personal struggles as she climbs to the pinnacle of the chess world. Basis of the 2020 Netflix series of the same name.

Bound in black paper over boards with black cloth spine, white titles and designs stamped to spine and upper board. Prior gift inscription to front free endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket.

Item #1751
ISBN: 0394528018

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