Baird, W. J. Seven Hundred Chess Problems. Selected from the compositions of Mrs. W. J. Baird. London, Sotheran, 1902. 4th edition. With one portrait plate and 700 two-color diagrams. Approx. unnumbered. 215 pp. Original blue cloth binding with gold line and chess motif decoration on the front cover and gold-stamped title print on the spine. Triangular gilt edges. London, Sotheran, 1902. L/N. 2549; Betts 33 - 5.

630 direct mates (286 two-movers; 315 three-movers; 24 four-movers; 5 five-movers) and 70 self-mates, with solutions at the end The text is printed in blue, the diagrams in blue and red." 

Condition: Original binding. Two pages with a spot (see scan). Otherwise VG. From David DeLucia's Chess Library. 

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