RARE 1stED 1920 MY CHESS CAREER Jose Capablanca WORLD CHAMPION Un Signed FreeS&H

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Rare 1920 1st Edition - First Printing - MY CHESS CAREER by Renowned World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca - published in 1920 the year before he became World Champion in 1921This very rare old My Chess Career by Jose Capablanca is in quite good condition as is a scarce find for collectors plus chess players and card lovers of all kinds. The esteemed Mr. Capablanca is known to have been World Chess Champion from 1921 - 1927 and is considered one of the greatest of all time. He was known to have been exceptionally difficult to beat, including at one point in his career from the teens into the 1920's he went undefeated for more than 8 years in a row. It is also said that his style of chess was influential to future world champions Bobby Fischer Anatoly Karpov and many other chess players worldwide. This is a scarce first edition by one of the greatest chess players in history, and one that simply does not come up for sale often, so take a good look then make a fair offer and it'll be yours, wait and it'll be gone for sure!There is foxing inside front and back covers and facing pages and some very small and very light foxing type staining in a few other areas inside, otherwise the condition is quite remarkably good in our opinion for a book of this rarity.This super rare old book was attained through the estate of a historic 19th read more