Author: Alain Campbell White (1880-1951) and George Hume [editors] from the library of Kenneth Howard with a signed letter from the author
Year: 1930
Publisher: The Chess Amateur
Place: Stroud
Description:
176 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series volume XXXVIII with Christmas greetings tipped in. From the library of Kenneth S Howard with a letter from Alain White laid-in. (Betts: 31-16) First edition.
White's introduction discusses this area of problem strategy (Valve: where a move, made by black, opens one line and closes another, both affected lines being black; bi-valves: where the lines affected radiate from two black pieces instead of one). 139 examples follow (51 two-movers, 85 three-movers, 3 four-movers) with full solutions. Includes and index of composers.
Kenneth Samuel Howard (1882-1972) one of the founders of the Marshall Chess Club and chess problem composer. He wrote several books about chess composition: The enjoyment of chess problems (1943), How to solve chess problems (1945), and One hundred years of the American two-move chess problem; a collection of 212 compositions by United States problemists (1962).
Letter with envelope from Alain White to Kenneth Howard regarding a chess problem which is included. Posted in 1946.
Condition:
Letter, problem and envelope laid-in. Corners bumped, spine sunned and lettering dulled, spine ends rubbed. A very good copy and an important association copy.