Chess Problem by Weenink, First Edition (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 317+[1 ad] pages with diagrams, includes frontispiece portrait, portrait photographs of 30 composers and an index of about 1000 name of composers, with dates and places of birth and death. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Edited by George Hume and Alain C. A revised translation of Het schaakproblem: ideen en scholen published Gouda, 1921. White. A. C. White's Christmas series volume 32. Christmas greeting tipped in. (Betts: 30-19) First English edition. Part 1 traces the historical development of the chess problem from the Middle Ages, with sections on the English, Bohemian, German and Dutch schools, and a chapter on "problem-futurism" (Fairy problems). This first part includes 143 compositions by various composers. Part 2, "Bird's eye view of problem themes', describes 22 main themes (with sub-divisions) and contains a further 231 problems. The complete work forms a comprehensive treatise covering most phases of problem technique and execution. Condition: Recased with original cover laid on. Corners gently bumped else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 317+[1 ad] pages with diagrams, includes frontispiece portrait, portrait photographs of 30 composers and an index of about 1000 name of composers, with dates and places of birth and death. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Edited by George Hume and Alain C. A revised translation of Het schaakproblem: ideen en scholen published Gouda, 1921. White. A. C. White's Christmas series volume 32. Christmas greeting not tipped in. (Betts: 30-19) First English edition. Part 1 traces the historical development of the chess problem from the Middle Ages, with sections on the English, Bohemian, German and Dutch schools, and a chapter on "problem-futurism" (Fairy problems). This first part includes 143 compositions by various composers. Part 2, "Bird's eye view of problem themes', describes 22 main themes (with sub-divisions) and contains a further 231 problems. The complete work forms a comprehensive treatise covering most phases of problem technique and execution. Condition: Corners bumped, moderate extremity wear, spine sunned and soiled, edges sunned, front edge lightly rippled. Over all about very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. H. Weenink: The Chess Problem. Edited by George Hume and Alain C. White. /A.C. White Christmas Series 32./ Stroud, 1926. Office of "The Chess Amateur". [4 blank] p. 1 leaf portrait [4] p. + pp. 9-316 [2] p. + (2 blank) p. + 32 unnumbered leaves with 35 photos. First edition. Red cloth. Revised translation of the original Dutch edition Gouda 1921. In two parts: 1) Historical development of the chess problem; 2) Birds eye view of problem themes. Altogether 374 problems. Index of composers (ca 1,000 with dates and places birth and dead), general index. - 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.