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Several books from the Alain C White Christmas series are featured here together with some from the Overbrook Press which were all issued in very limited numbers.
For an interesting account of the A C White Christmas series of books see the article by Karel Mokry at chessbookshop.com. See his Collector's Corner page.
See also the articles on The A C White "Xmas Books" by D J Morgan in Ken Whyld's Chess Reader volume 1 no. 4 pages 49 to 53 and volume 2 no. 1 pages 10 to 12.
Detailed descriptions of the Overbrook Press series of books by A C White were also given in Ken Whyld's Chess Reader volume 2 no. 1 pages 13 to 15.
Please click on the pictures for full details and price of each book.
The Beauties of Chess. A Collection of the Finest Chess Problems, by A Alexandre, Barthes & Lowell, London 1846. Half leather with marbled boards. Covers are worn and some staining internally, otherwise good. 344 pp plus 69pp of solutions and errata. Over 2,000 problems with name of composer and diagram for each one! £225
The Beauties of Chess by A. Alexandre. Front cover. £225
The Beauties of Chess by A Alexandre, 1846.
Sample pages £225.
F Gamage, An Artist in Chess Problems, by Alain White. The Overbrook Press Stamford 1941/1942. Brown cloth covers with gilt spine. [4] + 227pp + 2 leaves. teg, excellent throughout. 250 copies only printed.This edition has the 2 extra leaves with the amendment to the dedicatory problem. See Betts 33-31. £Reserved
F Gamage, An Artist in Chess Problems, by Alain White. The Overbrook Press. £Reserved
Variation Play, A Study in the Mechanisms and Relationships of Black Moves in the Two-Move Chess Problem, by Walter Jacobs and Alain White. Overbrook Press, Stamford, 1943. Paper covered boards with gilt titles and spine. [8], 129pp. Betts 35-7. 225 copies printed. Small scuff to front cover otherwise excellent. £Reserved
Variation Play, A Study in the Mechanisms and Relationships of Black Moves in the Two-Move Chess Problem, by Walter Jacobs and Alain White. Overbrook Press, Stamford, 1943. Voted one of the fifty "Books of the Year", from a typographical standpoint, by the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1943. £Reserved.
To Alain White, A Tribute from his friends on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, by Edgar Allen and Eric Hassberg, The Overbrook Press, Stamford 1945. Portrait of A C White, [10], 78pp. plus insert "A Note of Thanks " from Alain White. 300 copies printed. Some spotting otherwise very good. 150 problems with solutions by 87 composers, also many tributes and appreciations of A C White.£200
To Alain White, A Tribute from his friends on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, by Edgar Allen and Eric Hassberg, The Overbrook Press, Stamford 1945.
Front cover
Chess Souvenirs by E J Winter-Wood, W W Morgan, London 1886.Bright red cloth covers with gilt titles. very good throughout. Inscribed by Winter-Wood to H F L Meyer with Winter-Wood's carte-de-visite and photograph. Also includes as an insert a correction to problem 104 by Winter-Wood and Meyer. £ Sold
Chess Souvenirs by E J Winter-Wood, W W Morgan, London 1886.
Includes a biographical sketch of Winter-Wood, 104 problems with solutions and a chess tale "The Unexpected Guest". Also catalogue of chess books for sale by W W Morgan from Stamma 1745 to Chess Nut Burrs 1886.£ Sold
Chess Souvenirs by E J Winter-Wood, W W Morgan, London 1886.
Title page showing inscription and photo of author. £ Sold
Collection of Problems by J W Abbott, Jas. Wade, London 1887. Betts 33-1. 153 unnumbered pages. Red cloth with gilt titles, excellent throughout. 121 two, three, four and five movers with solutions. £120
Collection of Problems by J W Abbott, Jas. Wade, London 1887. Betts 33-1.
Title page and frontispiece.£120
Calculorum Gemmae from the Detroit Free Press, by O A Brownson, Rockdale 1887. Betts 32-14. Plain paper covers see next photo. 113 problems with a diagram for each and solutions.
H Meyer's copy £150
Calculorum Gemmae from the Detroit Free Press, by O A Brownson, Rockdale 1887.
Paper covers with H Meyer's name in top right corner. £150
Chess Problems by C W of Sunbury. A Selection of Chess Problems composed during the past 30 years by Charles White, W W Morgan, London 1885. Betts 33-87. Red cloth with gilt titles, 148pp. very good. Includes 2 letters from Charles White to H F L Meyer, one letter from George White and one letter from Laura White also to Meyer. £175
Chess Problems by C W of Sunbury. A Selection of Chess Problems composed during the past 30 years by Charles White, W W Morgan, London 1885.
Title page
£175
Chess Problems by C W of Sunbury. A Selection of Chess Problems composed during the past 30 years by Charles White, W W Morgan, London 1885.
Letter from Charles White to H F L Meyer.
Les Mille et un Mats Inverses, by Alain C White, Numa Preti, Paris 1907. 2 volumes, 510pp & 231pp. Betts 40-7. Red cloth covers with gilt titles. Merry Christmas slip from A C White. Very good. £250.
Les Mille et un Mats Inverses, by Alain C White, Numa Preti, Paris 1907.
Volume I, 1001 self-mate problems with composer's name and source.
Les Mille et un Mats Inverses, by Alain C White, Numa Preti, Paris 1907.
Volume II, Introduction to the collection of problems in French, English and German followed by the solutions. Also included is a list of self-mate problem tourneys with a list of prize winners, and an idex of composers.
120 Chess Problems by C D Locock, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1912. Betts 33-47. 160pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Some spotting and staining to edges. 120 problems and puzzles with solutions. £60
120 Chess Problems by C D Locock, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1912. Sample pages. £60
Les Tours de Force sur l'Echiquier by A C White, Numa Preti, Paris 1906. Betts 35-1, xl, 223pp. Merry Christmas slip. Red cloth with gilt titles, very good. Introduction in French and English, rest of text in French. 232 task problems with name of composer. Solutions and index of composers at rear. £250.
Les Tours de Force sur l'Echiquier by A C White, Numa Preti, Paris 1906.
Title page. £250
1234 Modern Endgame Studies by M A Sutherland and H M Lomer, Printing Craft, London, 1938. Betts 23-13, L/N 2292. Green cloth, gilt spine, rear cover marked. Otherwise very good. Ex libris Jens Enevoldsen with his signature. £35
Alpine Chess, by Dr Henneberger, edited by G Hume & A C White, The Chess Amatuer, Stroud, 1924. Betts 32-24, L/N 2660. Stamp of Andre Cheron, ink note on rear endpaper, otherwise excellent. £60
The Chess Problem by H Weenink, edited by G Hume and A C White, Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1926. Betts 30-19, L/N 2665. 318pp and many plates. Merry Christmas slip. Excellent example. £100
An English Bohemian: A Tribute to B G Laws by J Keeble, edited by G Hume, Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1933. Betts 33-46, L/N 2749. Merry Christmas slip. Excellent condition throughout. £75
The Golden Argosy: 600 Chess Problems by W A Shinkman, edited by O Wurzburg, A C White & G Hume, Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1929. Betts 33-78, L/N 2727. From Brooklyn Public Library Reference section with strong black buckram library binding and library stamp at rear. Gilt titles on spine. List of 25 years of the Christmas Series. Very Good. £55
The Good Companion Two-Mover by G Hume and A C White, Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1922. Betts 36-5, L/N 2670. Merry Christmas slip. Excellent. £75
Adventures of my Chessmen 1914-1923 by G F Anderson, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1924. Betts 33-2. Red cloth with gilt titles, spine faded and crease to rear cover. 160pp. Introduction to Anderson by W H Thompson followed by 120 problems each with a diagram and solutions at end. £60
Adventures of my Chessmen 1914-1923 by G F Anderson, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1924.
Title page. £60
Memories of my Chess Board by Alain C White, the Chess Amateur, Stroud 1909. Originally published as a paperback, this book is bound in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Betts 33-84. 115pp. This is an autobiography of Alan C White's life as a composer with many reminiscences of other problemists and prominent figures in the chess world. He also discusses the large chess libraries of Charles Gilberg, Eugene Cook and John G White. 50 of A C Whites problems are interspersed in the text. £400
Memories of my Chess Board by Alain C White, the Chess Amateur, Stroud 1909.
Title page £400
300 Chess Problems by C S Kipping, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1916. Betts 33-44, 365pp. Covers marked. This is Kippings own copy of his own book without a title page. A sheet of handwritten notes, a typed list of errata and chess diagrams with amendments tipped in, all by Kipping are included with this book. £80
300 Chess Problems by C S Kipping, Chess Amateur, Stroud 1916.
half title.
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