Chess Openings Theory and Practice

From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes and with his beautifully designed, bespoke jacket. An ex Southwark Public Libraries copy. In good condition; leaves and text block edges lightly age toned; tape repair over gutter on pp.52-53; library stamps to preliminaries and text block edges. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique, custom made jacket beautifully annotated and illustrated with chess pieces, drawn over a brown and red background by previous owner. Neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper. 789 pp.