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Verlag: Stroud, n.p., 1921
Anbieter: Carydale Books, Rhinebeck, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 12mo, bound in red cloth covered boards. The cloth is only lightly worn. The contents are very good. The name of an earlier owner is stamped in a few places with a small ink stamp. There is a quarter page slip after the title page wishiing the receiver a Merry Christmas with Alain White's name printed on it. pp. 235. Overall , a very good copy. Note: due to size and weight, shipping outside the USA will cost less than an average book.
Verlag: Stroud: Office of "The Chess Amateur", n.p., 1921
Anbieter: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, USA
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dj. On front end paper, 8-line message, apparently honoring in 1924 Third Prize winner Leon Rosen at Manhattan Chess Club Covers are soiled with some faded spots. About 3" of cloth on spine have tears across spine.
Verlag: The Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1920
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 239 pages with 2 plates, diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series number 26. (Betts: 33-22)First edition. Contains a biographical sketch of Densmore, by Sim, a 62 page study of his problems by Hume (including 80 examples), 54 further examples of his work (chiefly 3 movers, 4 movers and self mates), an 85 problems by various composers entered in the memorial Tourney. Solutions appear on pages 223-235. Includes an index of composers. Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper. Corners bumped, old book-sellers label to front paste-down else a very good copy.
Verlag: Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1922
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. xx+418 pages with diagrams and illustrations including portraits. Small square Octavo (7 1/2" x 7"). Issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Christmas salutations tipped in. From the library of Edgar Holladay White's Christmas series volume XXVIII. (Betts: 36-5) First 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: Holladay's underlining and notes through out and on paste downs and end papers, corners bumped, some rubbing to extremities, else a good copy issued without jacket.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Complete with the tipped in "Merry Christmas from Alain C. White" slip.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Part of "The Christmas Series" Christmas greeting tipped in. Some fraying to edges and corners. Sunned spine. Bookplate on inside cover. The date and a notation on front endpapers.
Verlag: Chess Amateur, 1930
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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. (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. Condition: Spine and edges heavily sunned, previous owner's pictorial chess book plate on front paste down, marginalia and stamps, lightly soiled, hinges lightly rubbed else a very good copy.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White and George Hume: Valves and Bi-Valves. /A.C. White Christmas Series 38./ Stroud, 1930. Office of "The Chess Amateur". 176 p. First edition. Red cloth. Amateur label on front endpaper. 124 problems by various authors, all in full-page diagrams. About 20 more problems are within solutions, foreword and one as a frontispiece. Index of composers. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. George Hume and Alain C. White: The Good Companion Two-mover /A. C. White Christmas Series 28./ Stroud, 1922. Office of The Chess Amateur. [4 blank] XX. 418 p. 10 t. (pictures) [2 blank] p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. Amateur label pasted on the front endpaper. Altogether 912 problems by 174 members of the Good Companion Chess Problem Club of Philadelphia (the club had over 600 members worldwide). The problems explain 175 problem terms and were originally published in the club magazine 1913-1921. Index of composers, general index. - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.
Verlag: Stroud, Office of The Chess Amateur., 1920
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Malcolm Sim, George Hume and Alain C. White: D. J. Densmore and the Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918 /A. C. White Christmas Series 26./ Stroud, 1920. Office of The Chess Amateur.238 [2] p. 2 t. (D. J. Densmore portrait and S. Loyd and Dj. Densmore portrait) with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. Biography and 130 problems by D. J. Densmore (1867-1917), in the second part of the book 85 problems from the tournament by various authors. Solutions and index of authors in the end. - Darso James Densmore (1867 - 1917) was an American chess composer. The son-in-law of Samuel Loyd, he was also an excellent bridge player. - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.
Verlag: Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1930
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Buch Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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. (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. Condition: Corners bumped, spine and edges sunned. A very good copy issued without jacket.
Verlag: Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1920
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 239 pages with 2 plates, diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4") bound in original publiosher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. From the library of Edgar Holladay. A C White's Christmas series. (Betts: 33-22) First edition. Contains a biographical sketch of Densmore, by Sim, a 62 page study of his problems by Hume (including 80 examples), 54 further examples of his work (chiefly 3 movers, 4 movers and self mates), an 85 problems by various composers entered in the memorial Tourney. Solutions appear on pages 223-235. Includes an index of composers. From the library of Edgar Holladay with his notes through out and new problem tipped on to page 124 with his solution. Holladay was a well known composer especially in the field of helpmates, International Master in composing and an International Judge. Condition: Previous owner's name on front paste down in pencil (not Holladay's). Re-cased with original spine laid on, soiled, edge wear, Holladay's marginalia through out else about a very good copy issued without jacket.
Verlag: Office Of The " Chess Amateur " Stroud, 1929
Anbieter: Deightons, Bournemouth, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
1st edition. viii + 287 + (1)pp. Small 4to. Numerous bw diagrams & set pieces. Publisher's red cloth covers with gilt lettering on front & spine. White eps. Covers : spine water stained, rear cover a few small water spots, front bottom corner slight knock. Contents : faint foxing to eps, foxing to leading outside edges of pages else clean, tight & unfoxed. ***. VG-.
Verlag: Office Of The " Chess Amateur " Stroud, 1911
Anbieter: Deightons, Bournemouth, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
1st edition. 220 + (2)pp. 12mo. Numerous bw diagrams & set pieces. Publisher's red cloth covers with gilt lettering on front & spine. White eps. Neat signature + year " 1942 " on fep. Covers : slight fade to spine, rub top of spines. Contents : eps browning,two small light spots top edges of pages else clean, tight & unfoxed. ***. VG-.
Verlag: Office of the "Chess Amaeur", Stroud, 1928
Anbieter: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, USA
Erstausgabe
129 pp. Profusely illustrated with chess board diagrams. 12mo. Somewhat uncommon title from White's series of Christmas series of Chess books. VG (some soil to cloth/some usage staining to text/po annotation under presentation slip). Original red cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine 1st edition. Tipped-in Christmas presentation slip from White.