Black cloth boards with gold stamped title on the spine. Dust cover has yellowed with age and has some taped repairs as pictured. Flyleaf is inscribed to an individual and signed by Ted Barr.
Ted Barr was the owner of Zemby's Backgammon Club and wrote a regular column about backgammon in The Seattle Times in the 70s and 80s.
Description of contents from cover:
"Barr On Backgammon is a collection of ninety of The Seattle Times best backgammon columns.
The book features an introductory section which covers the fundamentals of the game for the non-player or novice. It also includes problems and answers challenging to the intermediate and advanced player on virtually every aspect of the game.
The unique problem and answer format enables the reader to examine a particular situation and test himself before reading the author's in depth analysis of the play.
The book includes problems and answers in areeas including the positional game, running game, backgame, middle game, bearing off, evaluating your position and the doubling cube."