Author: Watts, William Henry (1878-1941) [editor]
Year: 1923
Publisher: Printing Craft
Place: London
Description:
137 pages with 14 plates, 3 tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") issued in red cloth with gilt letter to the spine and blind stamped of front cover. Dust jacket issued with white back ground and black lettering. Annotations by Geza Maroczy. (Betts: 25-70) First edition.
Contains a brief introduction only, most of the details of organization and general impressions of the tournament having been included in Chess News Sheet, and biographies in Chess Pie. Includes all 120 games from the principal tournament, with notes and 5 from subsidiary tournaments; with portraits of the contestants and indexes of players and openings. (1 Capablanca; 2 Alekhine; 3 Vidmar)
Condition:
Light rubbing to extremities, page ends foxed. Dust jacket spine ends and edges moderately chipped. A very good copy in a very good scarce dust wrapper.
SOLD 2023