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White, Alain: Memories of My Chess Board, 1909, 1 st.ed.
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Listing Format: Auction
Current price : €250,00
Starting bid: €250,00
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# of bids: 1
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Location: Russian Federation
Started: 2020-07-02 10:00:00
Ended: 2020-07-05 22:30:00
Seller: Problemist67 (675)  
High Bidder(s): Alain Fayard (142)
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 White (Alain C.): "Memories of My Chess Board". Christmas Series No.8. 

Stroud , 1909, Roy8vo, First edition, 115 pages with a lot diagrams, nicely contemporary private red leather cover with gilt lettering on title and spine. One of the rarest books in the series. 

This is an autobiography of Alan C White's life as a composer with many reminiscences of other problemists and prominent figures in the chess world. He also discusses the large chess libraries of Charles Gilberg, Eugene Cook and John G White. 50  problems of Alain Whites are interspersed in the text.

Extremaly rare and very scarce item.

Binding is very tight. Internally very good with no writings.

Excellent condition.


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