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Changing Fashions: 150 Chess Problems
por George Hume (1862-1936)
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Sobre este item
208 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Edited by Alain C White. A C White's Christmas series. (Betts: 33-43) First edition.
Hume provides the introduction on his problem career, including references to those appearing in the book. The 150 problems which follow consist of 37 two-movers; 35 three-movers; 74 self-mates (mostly in two); and a few others. The solutions, with annotations by A C White, appear on pages 153-199. The work is completed by a chess problem story "Uncle Jeff's problem", written by Hume in 1901.
Condition:
Points rubbed, corners bumped, spine sunned, gilt dulled, book plate on front paste down. A very good copy without jacket as issued.
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- Livreiro
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- BOOKS006119
- Título
- Changing Fashions: 150 Chess Problems
- Autor
- George Hume (1862-1936)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First
- Editorial
- Chess Amateur
- Local de publicação
- Stroud
- Data de publicação
- 1925
- Páginas
- 208 pages with frontispiece and diagrams
- Dimensão
- Small octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Chess Ajedrez Schach Echecs
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