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CURRENT PRINTED & EMAIL
CATALOGUE 55 – APRIL 2009
MOST SECTIONS
BELOW UPDATED 8 MAY 2009
Reference, Anthologies, History, Miscellaneous
Sub sections: Bibliographies Computer Chess Encyclopaedias History
Books on chess sets, chess pieces, auction catalogues
Antiquarian and Pre-1910 Books
Game Collections & Biographies of Individual Players
General Game Collections and Biographies
Tournament & Match Books in Chronological Order
Sub section: Reference Books
Instructional Books, Middlegame, Endgame etc.
Openings (UPDATED 24 JUNE
09)
Batsford Chess Openings (Additional section)
Magazines,
Periodicals, Year Books etc.
(UPDATED 24 JUNE 09)
Illustrated London News
Original Pictures
The Chess Player Publications
(Rare Tournaments and Masters Series)
(3 new titles added April 09)
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Postage costs: Postage is charged at cost, usually
rounded down. Books are sent by first class post (unless second requested) or
standard parcel if over 1.25kg. For non-UK orders the airmail printed paper
service is used for Europe. For outside Europe I will quote air and surface
mail prices. For non-UK orders over 2kg there is an airmail M-bag service
available
which is very economical for larger orders.
All books can be returned for a full refund if found to be not as described.
All books are hardback, bound in publisher’s original cloth, published in London, with descriptive notation, unless otherwise stated. Minor previous owner inscriptions on front endpaper are not mentioned (unless well-known!)
F – Fine condition,
almost as new.
VG – Very good
condition, just showing small signs of wear or use.
G – Good or average
condition, showing general signs of wear or use.
d/w – dust-wrapper
(dust-jacket). This is always mentioned if present.
p/b – paperback or
modern flexi-cover binding.
o/w –
otherwise.
n.d. – no
publication date, but if known it is given in brackets.
Edn. – Edition.
Repr. – Reprint.
impr. – impression.
pp. – number of
pages.
(A.) – algebraic notation. (Non-English language books
can be presumed to be in the notation of the country of publication.)
LN – Bibliotheca
van der Linde-Niemeijeriana, 1955 catalogue.
Betts –
Betts, Chess Annotated Bibliography, 1974.