A classic instructional chess text first published in 1936, examining the games of masters such as Capablanca, Alekhine, Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Tarrasch, Réti, and Morphy to teach how combinations are prepared and executed. Includes over 200 diagrammed positions, an index of illustrative examples, and solutions to exercises. Introduction by Philip W. Sergeant, dated London, February 1936.

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Ex-library copy (stamped "Box Hill City Library" on several pages, with handwritten Dewey shelf mark "794.1 BOR" on the spine). Green cloth boards are heavily worn, faded, and marked, with a bumped and frayed corner showing board exposure at the front. Spine cloth is significantly split and frayed at the head and tail, with cloth loss and visible fraying threads. Front hinge is cracked/starting. No dust jacket present. Text block is complete and intact through page 212 plus front matter, with tanning and some foxing/staining to the endpapers and preliminary leaves; chess diagrams throughout remain clear and legible. A vintage "Basic Rules of Chess" pamphlet insert (unrelated, damaged/torn) is laid in loosely. Overall a well-read, sound but well-worn working copy, sold as-is.