CHESS OPENINGS

Methuen, London, 1949.  Hard cover, 67 pages including Index.  Very good; tan cloth with black lettering on spine; binding sound, light edge wear; touch of sunning at top spine edge.  Dust jacket with price intact has edge and cover wear, tape repairs, edge tears and small losses.  Book interior clean and unmarked; 61 black & white illustrations.  ‘This book contains all the best Chess Openings with their principal variations methodically classified.  Each of the sixty-one major openings is prefaced by a short description of its salient features and illustrated by a diagram showing the position on the board at the same stage of the game.  More than four hundred variations are detailed in a clear manner, and an occasional trap is pointed out.’ (from front flap)