Author: George Hume (1862-1936) and Alain Campbell White
Year: 1922
Publisher:
Place: Chess Amateur
Description:
xx+418pp with diagrams and illustrations including portraits. Small Octavo (7 1/2" x 7"). Issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Christmas salutations tipped in. White Christmas series. (Betts: 36-5) 1st edition.
In part 1, 175 terms and themes are explained and discussed by the editors, and each is illustrated by four two-movers by members of the Good Companion Chess Problem Club of Philadelphia. Part 2 consists of a supplementary selection of problems, with whole work containing 912 problems by 174 different composers, selected from the Clubs periodical, 1913-1921. Includes and index of composers and portraits.
Condition:
Book plate on front paste down, light rubbing to extremities. A very good copy issued without jacket.
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