Alain c white (49 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Fair. 1974; green illustrated paper covers; wear around edges; corners and spine are creased; rear cover has a tear towards the middle; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 210 pages. Photos available upon request.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Zustand: Very Good. 2 issues, each 4 pages; self wrappers, very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 476 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 147 pages, no dust jacket is present, illus., some wear to boards and spine edges, small tears at top edge of spine, binding tight and text bright and unmarked This book was compiled for the Litchfield Historical Society to mark the bicentennial of the settlement of Litchfield, CT. Includes an article on the Beecher by Lyman Beecher Stowe, Esq., as well as addresses by Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb, Ex-Gov. Frank B. Weeks, Ex-Congressman Thomas L. Reilly, Major John L. Gilson, Senator Frank B. Brandegee, Congressman James T. Glynn, Hon. Morris W. Seymour, and Miss Dorothy Bull, among others.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Good condition with light wear to cover. Light inner markings.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. 8vo. 269 pp. bilingual introduction text, english and german. with Christmas slip, small ink stamp (R.F.C Brake) on front pastedown, pencil inscription on front endpaper, foredges and endpapers browned and foxed, otherwise light sporadic foxing and light uniform browning, pages faintly cockled, good in original red cloth gilt, extremities rubbed and faded, spine faded and cloth along hinge split most of length, otherwise good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White: More White Rooks /A. C. White Christmas Series 11./ Stroud, 1911. Office of The Chess Amateur Depot. 220 p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's burgundy full cloth binding. Water staining at the bottom of 20-30 pages at the end of the volume. A sequel to Nr 10, with 400 more Rook problems, 100 of them in big diagrams. Index of composers. - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White: Running the Gauntlet - A Study of the Capture of Pawns En Passant in Chess Problems. /A.C. White Christmas Series 11./ Stroud, 1911. Office of "The Chess Amateur". 269 [3 blank] p. First edition. Red cloth. Ex-libris on the inside of the binding board. Damaged front endpaper. On en passant capture in chess problems, material sorted into 6 chapters. Together 394 problems, of which 100 is in full-page diagram. Introduction is mainly historical, in both English and German, remaining text in English. Index of composers. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White and George Hume: Valves and Bi-Valves. /A.C. White Christmas Series 38./ Stroud, 1930. Office of "The Chess Amateur". 176 p. First edition. Red cloth. Amateur label on front endpaper. 124 problems by various authors, all in full-page diagrams. About 20 more problems are within solutions, foreword and one as a frontispiece. Index of composers. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

1st ed. -113 pages. - With index of composers. - (The Christmas Series ; thirty-first year). - Red cloth, fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White: The White Rooks /A. C. White Christmas Series 10./ Stroud, 1910. Office of The Chess Amateur. 210 [6 blank] p. with chess diagrams. Publisher's red full cloth binding. Small stain at the bottom of the bookplate. 274 problems by 114 composers with white Rook(s) in the main role. 100 problems are in full-page diagrams. Index of composers. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known. ( O,O ) /)__) , .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Malcolm Sim, George Hume and Alain C. White: D. J. Densmore and the Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918 /A. C. White Christmas Series 26./ Stroud, 1920. Office of The Chess Amateur.238 [2] p. 2 t. (D. J. Densmore portrait and S. Loyd and Dj. Densmore portrait) with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. Biography and 130 problems by D. J. Densmore (1867-1917), in the second part of the book 85 problems from the tournament by various authors. Solutions and index of authors in the end. - Darso James Densmore (1867 - 1917) was an American chess composer. The son-in-law of Samuel Loyd, he was also an excellent bridge player. - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. White, A. C.: The Properties of Castling. /AC White Christmas Series 35./ Edited by George Hume. Stroud, Office of The Chess Amateur, 1928. 129 + (7 blank) pages. First edition.Red cloth. (19 cm.) 100 numbered (+1 unnumbered in frontispiece) problems of various authors, each with a castling element. Index of composers. The popular series ran from 1905 through 1936. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White: The Theory of Pawn Promotion. /A. C. White Christmas Series 15./ Stroud, 1912. Office of The Chess Amateur. 237 [11] (2 blank) p. 1 errata. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. The binding is stained and worn in places. Damaged at the edges of the rear board. Amateur label on front endpaper. Stable, good condition. - - Historical introduction with 38 examples is followed by 504 problems, sorted by types of promotion. 100 problems are in full-page diagrams. Index of composers in the end. A study of problems based on pawn promotion and their development from the earliest times. 38 problems (the earliest date ca 850) illustrate the historical development. The main part of the work consists of a collection of 504 problems, with solutions and critiques, arranged by a detailed classification according to whether or not the promotions are made by white or black and for what purpose (direct attack, simple avoidance or stalemate, indirect avoidance of stalemate, direct defense, attempting self-stalemate, in self-mates, etc). - - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 237pp. Gilt titles. Black and white illustrations. Slightly bowed with a faintly cracked front hinge, toning on the first page, an abrasion on the front pastedown and previous owner name else very good. Author's Christmas message tipped in.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Alain C. White: The Theory of Pawn Promotion. /A. C. White Christmas Series 15./ Stroud, 1912. Office of The Chess Amateur. 237 [11] (2 blank) p. 1 errata. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. - - Historical introduction with 38 examples is followed by 504 problems, sorted by types of promotion. 100 problems are in full-page diagrams. Index of composers in the end. A study of problems based on pawn promotion and their development from the earliest times. 38 problems (the earliest date ca 850) illustrate the historical development. The main part of the work consists of a collection of 504 problems, with solutions and critiques, arranged by a detailed classification according to whether or not the promotions are made by white or black and for what purpose (direct attack, simple avoidance or stalemate, indirect avoidance of stalemate, direct defense, attempting self-stalemate, in self-mates, etc). - - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. White, A. C.: Conspiracy. A Selection of Help-Mate Problems. Edited by George Hume. /A. C. White Christmas Series 43./ Stroud, Office of The Chess Amateur Depot, 1935. 117 pages. First edition. Red cloth. (19 cm.) 100 self-mates, all in full-page diagrams. Index of composers. Indexes of composers and problems. The popular series ran from 1905 through 1936. Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most books have printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of edition of some books has wish slips and a part does not. Number of copies published of separate volumes is not known.…