Pollock Memories: A Collection of Chess Games, Problems

Mrs Thomas B Rowland nee (Frideswide F Beechey (1843-1919) [editor]

Verlag: Printed for the author, Dublin, 1899

Beschreibung

[6]+159+iii pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 7/8" x 6") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover and decorative knight on cover. (Betts: 29-120) First edition. Part 1: Portrait, biography and 70 games played in England, Ireland and Holland; selected annotated and illustrated by the late W E K Pollock before his death in 1896. Includes, in all, 145 games, 8 end games, and 4 problems. Part 2: A selection of games played in the United States and Canada, including his matches with Eugene Delmar, Jackson Showalter and G H D Gossip; end games, problems and items of interest from the British Chess Magazine and the Dublin Evening Mail, connected with the chess career of Pollock. Condition: Corners bumped, spine ends and corners rubbed, some staining to cover. Over all about a very good copy issued with jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOOKS008879

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Pollock Memories: A Collection of Chess ...

Verlag: Printed for the author, Dublin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1899

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition