Letter from George Hume to Gilbert Dobbs
by George Hume (1862-1936) signed
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
One page type written letter Quarto (10 1/4" x 8") on Alain C White's Chess Problem Letter Head as Curator to Gilbert Dobbs signed at the bottom.
In the letter Hume is inquiring to a problems which he enclosed (not included) on whether it had been previous published and questioning the solution.
George Hume was a British composer and one of the main actors of the "Good Companion" Chess Club. He collected two-movers and used this collection to detect anticipations. He participated to the edition of many books of the White Christmas Series such as Changing Fashions, Valves and Bi-Valves, Flights of Fancy in the Chess World and The Good Companion Two-Mover published in 1922.
Gilbert S Dobbs (1867-1941) was an American problemist who specialized in two-movers. Hundreds of his composition have been published by White and Cheney in G. Dobbs. A Chess Silhouette (1942).
Condition:
Folds for mailing, small chips at folds else a very good copy.
In the letter Hume is inquiring to a problems which he enclosed (not included) on whether it had been previous published and questioning the solution.
George Hume was a British composer and one of the main actors of the "Good Companion" Chess Club. He collected two-movers and used this collection to detect anticipations. He participated to the edition of many books of the White Christmas Series such as Changing Fashions, Valves and Bi-Valves, Flights of Fancy in the Chess World and The Good Companion Two-Mover published in 1922.
Gilbert S Dobbs (1867-1941) was an American problemist who specialized in two-movers. Hundreds of his composition have been published by White and Cheney in G. Dobbs. A Chess Silhouette (1942).
Condition:
Folds for mailing, small chips at folds else a very good copy.
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- Seller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- C2204
- Title
- Letter from George Hume to Gilbert Dobbs
- Author
- George Hume (1862-1936) signed
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Self written
- Place of Publication
- Nottingham
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- One page type written letter
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...