The Squares of the City

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Overview:

Title: The Squares of the City
Author: John Brunner
Year: 1965
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price: $0.75
Pages: viii+319
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Squares of the City
Notes:
"First Printing: December, 1965", no number line. The artist is not credited, BFoster is on the artwork Pieces assigns each character to a particular black or white chess piece, followed by which are "Taken in the course of play—White" and "Taken in the course of play—Black".