Editore: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1947
Da: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 208 pages with 222 diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's light green c;ptj with gilt lettering to spine and embossed lettering to front cover. (Betts: 24-54) First edition. This work is in two sections and contains ninety-five complete games and eighty game endings (or composed positions). Examples of the play of most of the leading players of the world up to that time. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends rubbed with 1" crack at front head hinge, soiled and faded else a good copy lacking jacket.
Editore: Pitman Press, London, 1940
Da: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 31 pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Betts:37-13) First edition. 50 problems with accompanying solutions. Condition: Corners bumped, edge wear else a very good copy.
Editore: Sir Isaac Pitman & Son, London, 1947
Da: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 208 pages with 222 diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 6 1/4") issued in light green with gilt lettering to spine and embossed lettering to front cover. (Betts: 24-54) 1st edition. This work is in two sections and contains ninety-five complete games and eighty game endings (or composed positions). Examples of the play of most of the leading players of the world up to that time. Condition: Preliminaries foxed, corners gently bumped, jacket spine and edges sunned light edge wear else very good copy in like jacket.
Editore: Leeds, Whitehead and Miller., 1946
Da: Abauj Antique Bookshop, Kistokaj, H, Ungeria
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. P. Wenman: Thirty Problems by Ehrenstein. Leeds, [1946.] Whitehead and Miller. 33 [3] p. with 30 chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's lightly foxed paper wrappers. Text rubbed on title page. - -- - Francis Percival Wenman (1891-1972) was a very prolific author of chess books producing 21 titles from the late 1930's to the early 1950's. Wenman was a problem composer and Scottish Chess Champion in 1920, and some details of his chess career, compiled by Alan McGowan, can be seen at the Chess Scotland website. He was not a highly regarded author and earned a reputation for plagiarism in respect of his chess problem books, however, here I am concerned only with his literary output from a purely bibliographical viewpoint. Most of Wenman's books were frequently reprinted, and are readily obtainable at very cheap prices. However, his final few problem books are much harder to find: Thirty End Games by Horwitz, London, 1946. Thirty Problems by Ehrenstein, Leeds, 1946. Thirty Problems by Guidelli, London, 1946. And his final anthology of problems: Six Hundred Problems, Ancient and Modern, Liverpool, 1948. All of these "Thirty" books are in very small format measuring just 12 x 9 cm.
Editore: Whitehead & Miller, Leeds, 1945
Da: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 32 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4 3/4") bound in publisher's original wrappers. (Betts: 32-36) Second edition. 65 two-movers, 41 three movers, 3 four-movers, 1 five-mover and 1 six-mover. Solution appear at the end. Condition Lightly soiled, some spine wear else a very good copy.