Author: Martindale, Frank W (1854-1909) signed
Year: 1872
Publisher: O A Brownson
Place: Dubuque, IA
Description:
54 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in marbled paste boards, with cloth strip spine. Preface by O A Brownson. signed in pencil below portrait frontispiece.(Betts: 33-57) First edition.
101 problems, mainly direct mates in 2, 3 and 4 moves, but also including some self-mates and conditionals. Solutions appear a back.
Condition:
Front inner hinge cracked, corners bumped and badly rubbed, previous owner's prize inscription on front end paper for winning solution, back end paper beginning to separate else a good copy.
Year: 1872
Publisher: O A Brownson
Place: Dubuque, IA
Description:
54 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in marbled paste boards, with cloth strip spine. Preface by O A Brownson. signed in pencil below portrait frontispiece.(Betts: 33-57) First edition.
101 problems, mainly direct mates in 2, 3 and 4 moves, but also including some self-mates and conditionals. Solutions appear a back.
Condition:
Front inner hinge cracked, corners bumped and badly rubbed, previous owner's prize inscription on front end paper for winning solution, back end paper beginning to separate else a good copy.