The White King by White, Alain C - 1914

Stroud: Office of The Chess Amateur, 1914 Red cloth with gilt lettering. 212pp, illustrated with diagrams. Author's Christmas greeting tipped in at dedication page. Alain C. White was an American composer who compiled the Christmas Series, an annual volume of problems which he mailed to other problemists free of charge for 44 years. This is number 19, a collection of 300 problems in which the white king figures in the solution. Light staining to front board and bubbling of cloth near the foredge. Previous owner's name and contemporary date on the ffep. Binding solid and firm, gilt bright, and internal contents clean and crisp. Betts 31-9.