The Clipper Chess Problem Tournament; To Which a Large Number of Original, and a Few Selected Positions Have Been Added

  • New York: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, 1860
By Miron J. Hazeltine
New York: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, 1860. Very Good. New York: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, 1860. First Edition. 12mo. 216pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's wavy-grain cloth stamped in gilt; brown endpapers. Corners bumped; smudge to top of front board. Binding sound; remnants of bookplate to front pastedown; binder's ticket to rear pastedown; Very Good. Hazeltine wrote the chess column for the New York Clipper, and this work is the result of a series of chess problems he submitted to his readers, his so called "American problemists," with results, medals, and solutions included here. Scarce in retail.

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