L/N2697. 208 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Includes a Christmas note from Alain C. White. Edited by Alain C White. A C White's Christmas series. (Betts: 33-43) First edition. Hume provides the introduction on his problem career, including references to those appearing in the book. The 150 problems which follow consist of 37 two-movers; 35 three-movers; 74 self-mates (mostly in two); and a few others. The solutions, with annotations by A C White, appear on pages 153-199. The work is completed by a chess problem story "Uncle Jeff's problem", written by Hume in 1901.

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.

Author: Alain C. White
Publisher: Office of the "Chess Amateur"
Publisher city: Litchfield
Year: 1925
Pages: 208
Language: English
Condition: Good

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