Author: Pierce, James (1833-1892) and William Trimbrell Pierce
Year: 1873
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co
Place: London
Description:
xiii+381 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5") issued in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped covers. (Betts:33-64) First edition.
302 problems by both authors, comprising 22 two-movers, 143 three-movers, 91 four-movers, 19 five-movers, 9 others and 18 end-game studies. Solutions appear on pages 305-380.
Condition:
Corners gently bumped, some occasional pencil marginalia else a very good copy.