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Changing Fashions: 150 Chess Problems
by George Hume (1862-1936)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This 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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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS006119
- Title
- Changing Fashions: 150 Chess Problems
- Author
- George Hume (1862-1936)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Chess Amateur
- Place of Publication
- Stroud
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 208 pages with frontispiece and diagrams
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess Ajedrez Schach Echecs
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