Author: Benjamin Glover Laws (1861-1931)
Year: 1923
Publisher: Whitehead & Miller
Place: Leeds
Description:
152 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7" x 5") bound in original publisher's green wrappers with black lettering to spine with black lettering and decoration to cover, housed in a slipcase with gilt lettering to front. (Betts: 30-15). First edition.
The subject is treated in a progressive and explanatory manner, dealing with elementary models and gradually leading to complex work covering 2, 3 and 4 movers, with a chapter on self-mates. Illustrated with 214 positions by various composers.
Condition:
A very good to fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
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