Listing # 21928
| Listing Format: | Auction |
| Current price : | €42,00 |
| Starting bid: | €30,00 |
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| # of bids: | 7 |
| Closes: | Auction is closed |
| Location: | Russian Federation |
| Started: | 2020-07-11 07:00:00 |
| Ended: | 2020-07-12 22:23:00 |
| Seller: |
Problemist67
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| High Bidder(s): | Chess1972 (8) |
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Alain White, Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems. Published by Whitehead and Miller, Ltd, Leeds, 1913, 472 pages, frontispiece with photo of the Samuel Loyd, first edition, red linen cover with gilt lettering on spine.
471 pages with frontispiece portrait by Sam Loyd. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") rebound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Alain White's Christmas series. (Betts: 33-50) First edition.The work contains 714 of Loyds problems, with 30 by his brothers. The problems are arranged in three sections, following closely the plan indicated by Loyd before his death for his proposed revision of Chess Strategy. The first 136 accompany the section "Sam Loyd" which comprises a biography with details of his chess activities and anecdotes by and about him. The second section contains 505 problems accompanying extracts from, and commentary on Chess Strategy. The final kinds and problems by his brothers, all accompanied by commentary by the editor and quotation from Loyd.
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