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Book Condition: Used Good
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

United States
About Item: 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.
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