SAM LOYD AND HIS CHESS PROBLEMS
Leeds: Whitehead and Miller, Printers, 1913. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, tan with gold print; Mylar cover has edgewear with tear at top of spine; Boards in pink cloth with gold print, fraying to spine caps, fraying to bumped fore corners, toning to spine, toning overall front and rear; Text block has tanned endpapers, foxing on tissue guard over frontispiece, else clean and tight; Gift message slip tipped in at title page; Errata slip tipped-in at p. 6; “From Mrs. Addie J. Loyd … Dec. 1913” penciled on front flyleaf; 471 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w chess diagrams). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #5. More