L/N 2727. W(illiam) A(nthony) Shinkman: The Golden Argosy: 600 Chess Problems by - -. Edited by Otto Wurzburg, Alain C. White and George Hume. /A. C. White Christmas Series 37./ Stroud, 1929. Office of The Chess Amateur. 287 p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. - - Commences with a general introduction on Shinkman's style and achievement by Wurzburg. There follow 92 two-movers, 225 three-movers, 117 four-movers, 47 in five or more moves, 136 self-mates (in from 2 to 12 moves), and 55 miscellaneous problems (including self-stale-mates), a total of 672 problems. Solutions, some with commentary, are given on page 193 to the end. - - 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.

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: W. A. Shinkman, edited by Otto Wurzburg, Alain C. White and George Hume
Publisher: Office of the "Chess Amateur"
Publisher city:
Year: 1929
Pages: 287
Language: English
Condition: Very Good

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