Listing # 29895
| Listing Format: | Auction |
| Current price : | €55,00 |
| Starting bid: | €50,00 |
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| Location: | Spain |
| Started: | 2021-10-23 22:35:23 |
| Ended: | 2021-10-25 20:52:00 |
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| High Bidder(s): | hx2 (140) |
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1936 "THE EMERY MEMORIAL"
COPY Nº. 439 (of a LIMITED EDITION)
Rare and scarce, and very hard to find
Dobbs, Dr. Gilbert & Hanna, Edward: "THE EMERY MEMORIAL". COPY Nº. 439 of I assume a limited print run.
Carrollton & Chicago, self-published, 1936. Original stapled softback edition. 36 pages. 21 x 15,3 cm. In English.
Good to very good: 1cm tear base of spine, sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover as well as an ex-libris blind stamp of previous owner. Label on the inside of the front cover, mentioning that this copy was donated by Robert McWilliam to the British Chess Problem Society.
L/N 2781; Kieler Schachkatalog 6268; Betts 33-27. Betts: "The problemist Emery died in 1936, aged 32. This volume is a tribute by his friends. Includes a portrait photograph, tributes by various contributors, a biographical sketch by Dobbs, and 24 two- and three-move problems especially contributed; with solutions on inside back cover."
A memorial to the Canadian problemist George Emery (1904-1936) which includes a biographical sketch, tributes from various people, 24 specially commisioned two- and three-movers as well as a previously unpublished problem by Emery himself on the front cover.
Robert C. McWilliam (12-07-1919 - 12-02-1997) Bob McWilliam was a British twomover composer specialized in the Schiffmann theme. He wrote about this a brochure "Schiffs with Everything", published in the "Chessays" series by G.P.Jelliss. He was a chess bibliophile.
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Item weight 72g
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