Valves and Bi-valves

Alain Campbell White (1880-1951) and George Hume

Published by Chess Amateur, 1930

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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176 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series volume XXXVIII with Christmas greetings tipped in. (Betts: 31-16) First edition. White's introduction discusses this area of problem strategy (Valve: where a move, made by black, opens one line and closes another, both affected lines being black; bi-valves: where the lines affected radiate from two black pieces instead of one). 139 examples follow (51 two-movers, 85 three-movers, 3 four-movers) with full solutions. Includes and index of composers. Condition: Spine and edges heavily sunned, previous owner's pictorial chess book plate on front paste down, marginalia and stamps, lightly soiled, hinges lightly rubbed else a very good copy. Seller Inventory # BOOKS006772

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Title: Valves and Bi-valves

Publisher: Chess Amateur

Publication Date: 1930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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