Accompanied as ever by the faithful Watson, Holmes is summoned to investigate why chess games at a number of clubs and stately homes have been mysteriously abandoned. Using his remarkable powers of deduction and retrograde analysis, Holmes reconstructs, move by move, the events that occurred at the scene of the crime - the chessboard. No sooner is the solution arrived at than the game is afoot once more - this time in pursuit of the murderous Moriarty, whose contribution of 10 devilish chess problems can be found at the end ...
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Accompanied as ever by the faithful Watson, Holmes is summoned to investigate why chess games at a number of clubs and stately homes have been mysteriously abandoned. Using his remarkable powers of deduction and retrograde analysis, Holmes reconstructs, move by move, the events that occurred at the scene of the crime - the chessboard. No sooner is the solution arrived at than the game is afoot once more - this time in pursuit of the murderous Moriarty, whose contribution of 10 devilish chess problems can be found at the end of the book.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 171 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good, but with a small tear in the back of the dust jacket. Book has name of previous owner written into the front end page twice, and then unsuccessfully blacked out with marker. Also raised imprint indicating previous owner.
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VERY GOOD. Gray paperback with tan and brown chessboard on cover, 1st Edition stated; stitched binding for long life. Slight cover wear; small hole punch through front cover. Original book review by Peter Jay (apparently in London Times) laid in. Page edges slightly soiled, no writing. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.
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First edition of puzzlemaster Raymond Smullyan's book of chess problems. Octavo, original half cloth. Illustrated with 50 chess diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow logician Hilary Putnam, "For Hilary Putnam Best, Raymond." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Mantel. Composed of fifty elegant, witty and altogether unique chess problems, puzzlemaster Raymond Smullyan's Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes follows the same style of logical reasoning that lies at the core of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Through a series of progressively more difficult chess problems, Holmes, with the reader's help, solves the mystery of a double-murder.
The puzzles in this book are incredible. At first they seem unsolvable but after reading the text the author teachs you the basics for looking at the puzzles with a different frame of mind.
