The Chess Bouquet; or, the Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems; with portraits, biographical sketches, essays on composing and solving, and over six hundred problems, being chiefly selected masterpieces; to which is added portraits and sketche
The Chess Bouquet; or, the Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems; with portraits, biographical sketches, essays on composing and solving, and over six hundred problems, being chiefly selected masterpieces; to which is added portraits and sketche
The Chess Bouquet; or, the Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems; with portraits, biographical sketches, essays on composing and solving, and over six hundred problems, being chiefly selected masterpieces; to which is added portraits and sketche
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The Chess Bouquet; or, the Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems; with portraits, biographical sketches, essays on composing and solving, and over six hundred problems, being chiefly selected masterpieces; to which is added portraits and sketche

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Author: Gittins, Frederick Richard (1867-?) [editor]

Year: 1897

Publisher: Feilden, McAllen & Co, Ltd

Place: London

Description:

[9]+10-257pp with frontispiece, illustrations (portraits) and diagrams. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover, pictorial gilt chess board on cover, black boarders, beveled edges. (Betts: 32-19A) First edition.

Includes biographies of 77 British problem composers with a selection of their compositions (totaling 663 problems), an article by B G Laws entitled "A few remarks on the problem art". Solutions appear at the end.

Condition:

Pages 91-4 and 239-242 xeroxed and tipped in, some marginalia, soiled, corners bumped, gilt dulled, inner hinges reinforced, spine sunned, some soiling else a good copy.

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