Barrie & Jenkins, GB, 1976, hardback, xvi+329 pp., 650 grams, condition: good, 3 minor damages to the dustjacket, yellowed edges of pages.

source: Edward Winter (Chess Notes 10529) - Neglected books:  "From Sean Robinson (USA):‘Concerning neglected books, I nominate Leslie Ault’s The Chess Tutor: Elements of Combinations (New York, 1975), for its quality and historical resonance. It is not just a neglected book – it is a neglected Fischer book. Under different circumstances, it might have become Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess II. 

Leslie Ault, a US Intercollegiate champion, worked for Basic Systems, Inc., the publisher and educational subsidiary acquired by Xerox. He gave an account of his involvement on pages iv-v of his later (and also worthwhile) work The Genesis of Power Chess (Davenport, 1993):

“One of the executives, Stuart Margulies, knew me from chess tournaments and figured my chess ability would transfer to instructional writing. Unknown to me, Stuart had a contract along with Donn Mosenfelder (for writing) and Bobby Fischer (for the name) to prepare a basic ‘chess program’, covering simple mating techniques in step-by-step fashion with active responding. After Donn was slowed down by an auto accident, I was asked to help him complete the manuscript on schedule.

... the book sat on the shelf until giant Xerox acquired our little company and pumped in cash to support it. I was given the job, nominally as ‘editor’, to get it ready for publication. ... Our job was to tidy up the text, make sure all analysis was accurate, and work with Bobby Fischer in integrating some of his own positions into the text.

While I knew Fischer by sight from various tournaments in my teens, I had never met him personally. At first he was suspicious and defensive, but soon he became very helpful and cooperative – all in all a fascinating experience to work with a genius on the verge of becoming a household name in America. The result, of course, was Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, which continues in print today, certainly helped by Fischer’s name but also I believe because of its unique systematic presentation for beginners.”