Biography
Samuel Loyd was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd is widely acknowledged as one of America's great puzzle writers and popularizers, often mentioned as the greatest. *-- Wikipedia*
Books by Sam Loyd
100 Headachingly Hard Mate in
100 Headachingly Hard Mate in Two Chess Puzzles Composed by Sam Loyd
Sam Loyd's Greatest Puzzles
Sam Loyd's Greatest Puzzles
Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
Sam Loyd's Best Picture Puzzles
Sam Loyd's Picture Puzzles Wth Answers
The Puzzle King
Cyclopedia of puzzles
The 8th book of tan; 700 tangrams
More Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
Sam Loyd and his puzzles
Sam Loyd and his puzzles
Nokkur skákdæmi og tafllok
Nokkur skákdæmi og tafllok