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McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2005, a reprint of the bound edition first published in 1987, 505+xxii p., paperback, good condition, 760 grams.

"In over 500 pages Chess Personalia A Biobibliography (McFarland & Company, Inc.) aims to provide vital statistics on about 14,000 chess personalities from all countries and periods. Unlike Gaige’s much smaller earlier book, A Catalog of Chessplayers & Problemists, the Biobibliography lists sources of information and suggestions for further reading or research... Little of the information in the Biobibliography is readily available elsewhere... A glance at the six-page list of bibliographical sources confirms the thoroughly international nature of the book...The sources quoted by Gaige are astonishingly far-ranging. Wherever possible he has made contact with the personalia themselves, or with their family; much information has also been obtained from funeral homes, cemeteries, local newspapers, university alumni records, professional directories, etc." - Edward Winter https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/gaige.html