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Home page: www.chessbooks.co.uk Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.002155. ----: Automaton Chess Player (The.) (Chiefly Abridged from Le Palamede, a French Chess Journal.)
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. No.309. Jan 28, 1837. Single issue, disbound. p.25-32. The Automaton article is on p.28-29, and abridged from the article in Le Palamede, 1836. Whyld & Ravilious, Chess Texts, 1837:3. £25.00978. Andrews (H.J.C.) et al: The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations containing 400 Positions Selected from the Works of Andrews, E.N.Frankenstein, B.G.Laws, and C.Planck.
Cassell, n.d.(1887). 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, waterstain to first and last few pages o/w G. pp viii,332, adverts. Some old relevant cuttings fixed to last few advert pages. LN 2476. £70.00754. Bird (H.E.): Chess Novelties and their Latest Developments, with Comparisons of the Progress of Chess Openings of the Past Century and the Present not dealt with in Existing Works.
F.Warne, 1895. 1st Edn. Original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, spine rubbed at edges, binding a bit warped, internally good. pp xli, 304. This copy has leaf with errata and chess openings from Hastings 1895 not always present. LN 1855. This title was issued in a number of different colour cloth covers. (Another copy: Purple cloth, G. £65.00) £55.003941. BLACKBURNE (J.H.): A colour-printed full-length portrait caricature of Blackburne from the "Vanity Fair" magazine.
Printed by Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son, Lithographers, June 2nd, 1888. Size 27 x 39.5cm (coloured area about 4cm less all round). The coloured portrait shows Blackburne dressed in a frock-coat, with cane and hat, a chess piece in top right corner, titled "Chess" at foot, drawn by "Ape" a famous caricature artist of the period. Vanity Fair magazine published over 1000 portraits of Men of the Day, including sportsmen, and Blackburne was the only chess player featured. Includes facsimile page of biography issued with the picture. Ideal for mounting and/or framing. £25.001408. BLACKBURNE (J.H.) Graham (P.A.): Mr.Blackburne's Games at Chess Selected, Annotated and Arranged by Himself. Edited, with a Biographical Sketch and a Brief History of Blindfold Chess by P.A.Graham.
Longmans, Green 1899. 1st Edn. Roy8vo, original dark blue cloth, gilt, wear at head and foot of spine otherwise a good copy of a work often found in poor condition. Portrait, pp ix, 331. 407 games. The largest and best collection of Blackburne's games. (Another copy: head and foot of spine frayed, dampstain marks to back cover, otherwise a good tight copy, and still looks ok on the shelf. £55.00) £75.0032. Blackburne (S.S.): Terms and Themes of Chess Problems. With a Preface by A.F.Mackenzie.
Routledge n.d.(1907.) Original yellow pictorial boards, spine worn with some loss of paper, internally good. 169pp. Includes over 300 problems. "A New and Enlarged Edition of 'Problem Terms and Characteristics.'" A scarce book. £35.0033. Cook (W.): Synopsis of the Chess Openings. A Tabulated Analysis.
Simpkin Marshall 1888. 4th Edition, with Additions & Emendations. Original red cloth, some staining to front cover o/w G. 142pp. Foxing to title-page. LN 1818. £20.00441. Cook (W.): The Chess Players' Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings.
Hollings 1910. 5th Edn, with a New Supplement by Alfred Emery. Roy8vo, original green cloth, spine faded o/w G. pp (v),301, 31 (Supplement). Includes indexes of players and authorities consulted. £20.002766. Cook (W.): The Chess Players' Compendium. A Practical Guide to the Openings.
Bristol (1902.) Roy8vo, original red cloth, spine a little faded, a little marking, endpapers removed o/w G. pp (vii),301. The openings arranged in tabular form, including index of players of games. LN 1880. Scarce First Edition. £25.00641. Cunnington (E.E.): The Modern Chess Primer.
Routledge 1901. 3rd & Revised Edn. Original purple cloth. VG. pp xi,356, adverts. Includes some games and endings with notes, problems, early chess, literature, the British Chess Code. £15.003276. Du Mont (J.): Chess Openings Illustrated. I. Centre Counter.
Bell, 1919 1st Edn. Original pictorial cloth, a bit discoloured on back cover o/w G. 75pp. 31 illustrative games. LN 1935. £14.003205. Du Mont (J.): Chess Openings Illustrated.II. The Centre Game and Danish Gambit.
Bell, 1920. 1st Edn. Original green cloth. G. 80pp. 42 illustrative games. LN 1935. Quite scarce. £15.001525. Dufresne (J.): Das Buch der Schachmeisterpartien. Erster Teil.
Leipzig, n.d.(1889) Small 8vo, original(?) boards, with paper title-labels, top of spine torn with small loss, lower joint cracked o/w G. 203pp. 74 annotated master games from 1887-1890. LN 3173. £14.003634. Dufresne (J.): Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels. Ed: J.Mieses.
Leipzig (1901.) 7th Edn. 12mo, original brown cloth, gilt decoration, VG. 536pp, adverts. LN 1004. £18.00153. Foster (A.W.) & R.E.Kemp.: Chess: An Easy Game.
Chess News Agency, 1914. Original yellow limp cloth covers. G. pp (iv),44. LN 1307. £8.0034. Freeborough (E.): Chess Endings, A Companion to Chess Openings Ancient & Modern.
Kegan Paul &c. 1891. 1st Edn. Original maroon cloth, spine a bit faded o/w G. 240pp. LN 2185. £30.002635. Freeborough (E.) & C.E.Ranken.: Chess Openings Ancient and Modern. Revised & Corrected up to the Present Time.
Kegan Paul &c. 1910. 4th. Original green cloth, spine edges rubbed, stain on back cover o/w G. pp xviii, 284. LN 1843. "The most useful book on its subject until the later editions of MCO." (Murray, Short History.) £25.00229. Gossip (G.H.D.): The Chess Player's Pocket Guide to Games at Odds.
Ward & Downey, 1893. 1st Edn. Oblong 8vo, original printed boards, rubbed, front cover partly loose o/w G. pp 64. LN 1092. A scarce work. Designed to show amateurs the best methods of maintaining their numerical advantage, including a selection of games at odds from a pawn and move, up to a rook. £25.003099. Gossip (G.H.D.): The Chess Players' Text Book. An Elementary Treatise on the Game of Chess.
Trubner & Co., 1889. 1st Edn. Original cream cloth with red printing, spine a bit discoloured o/w G. 156pp. Includes 7 illustrative games. LN 1045. Scarce. £30.0037. Gossip (G.H.D.): The Chess-Player's Manual. Revised & Edited and with an American Appendix by S.Lipschutz.
David McKay, Philadelphia (1902). Thick 8vo, original green and red pictorial cloth, head and foot of spine frayed, back inner hinge cracked o/w G. pp xi,884, 122. A large and impressive work in attractive binding. LN 970. (Also: Routledge (1888) edition otherwise the same. Same attractive binding, just a little faded in places, but tight. £60.00) £55.00778. Gossip (G.H.D.): The Theory of the Chess Openings.
W.H.Allen, 1891. 2nd Edition, Revised and Improved. Roy8vo, original red cloth, spine faded o/w G. Half-title, pp xviii, 336. Arranged in tabular form as in MCO, with introduction and notes. LN 1821. £35.00319. Green (R.F.): Chess.
Bell 1894. Original red pictorial cloth, light stain on lower spine o/w G. 116pp. "The Club Series." £12.001236. Greenwell (W.J.): Chess Exemplified in One Hundred and Thirty-Two Games of the Most Celebrated Players.
Leeds, n.d.(1890.) Only edn. Original brown cloth, inner hinges split, small hole in cloth on spine, 2 inscriptions on title-page o/w G. pp 142, plus adverts. Includes index of openings and players. LN 1061. Games from 1826 to 1890 with brief notes. £60.001955. Hobart: BCM Guide to the Openings in 178 Games. Selected and Arranged by "Hobart."
n.d.(1898). Only Edn. Original blue cloth, G. (vi),102pp. Last 2 pages partly loose. Inscription of Birmingham Chess Club on title-page. 178 named games arranged by opening, with notes. LN 1878. Hobart was the pseudonym of Francis Joseph Young who emigrated to Australia and died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1922. £30.00245. Lasker (Emanuel.): Common Sense in Chess.
Bellairs & Co., London & Berlin 1896. 1st Edition of his first chess book. Original printed paper covers, discoloured, professionally repaired with new spine, internally good. pp 141. A scarce item in any condition. LN 1118. "Lasker's best work, a fine example of his pragmatic genius." (Golombek.) £60.004029. Lasker (Emanuel.): Common Sense in Chess. Corrected by David A.Mitchell.
McKay, Phila, (1917). Original red cloth, spine faded, black number at foot, marking on front cover, pencil scribbling on endpapers, internally G. 139pp. Betts 11-23. LN 1120(?) "Lasker's best work, a fine example of his pragmatic genius." (Golombek.) £8.001365. Laws (B.G.): The Two-Move Chess Problem.
Bell 1890. 1st Edn. Original brown pictorial cloth, some wear to covers o/w G. pp iv, 117. "The Club Series." LN 2494. £18.001376. Longman (F.W.): Chess Openings.
Longmans, Green, 1889. 4th Edn. Original cloth, spine faded and worn at head and foot, inner hinge split, internally good, but without one contents page (p.xiii) - a copy provided. pp xii, 64, adverts. This edition not in LN or Betts. £18.00150. Marache (N.): Marache's Manual of Chess...to which is Added a Treatise on the Games of Backgammon, Russian Backgammon, and Dominoes.
Dick & Fitzgerald, NY, n.d.(c.1880's). Only Edition, first published in 1866 but reprinted many times with identical text. Original back cloth, gilt title on spine. VG. pp 156, (4) adverts. The first 128 pages on chess, including laws, endings, openings, problems. LN 942. £40.0043. Mason (J.): Chess Openings.
Horace Cox 1897. 1st Edn. Original cloth, spine faded, covers a bit marked o/w G. pp xx,114,(2). LN 1863. £12.00321. Mason (J.): Chess Openings.
H.Cox 1905. 2nd Edn. Original cloth. G. pp xx,120. LN 1864. £12.00254. Mason (J.): Social Chess. A Collection of Short & Brilliant Games with Historical and Practical Illustrations.
Horace Cox, 1900. Original maroon cloth, gilt, stamped 1901 on front cover, a bit faded and marked o/w G. xv,174pp., 2 plates. Includes 131 annotated games. LN 3196. (Another: stamped 1900 on front cover, VG. £25.00) £20.001234. Mason (J.): The Art of Chess.
Horace Cox, 1905. 3rd edn, revised & enlarged (by L.Hoffer.) Original maroon cloth, gilt, spine and part of covers faded o/w G. Portrait, pp xvi,460. LN 1115. One of the best instructional works. £20.001842. Mason (J.): The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice.
H.Cox 1902. 4th Edn., Revised & Enlarged. Original cloth, gilt, spine slightly discoloured, small split to lower joint o/w G. Portrait, pp viii,330. £14.001191. Mason (J.): The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice.
H.Cox 1896. 2nd Edn., Revised & Enlarged. Original cloth, gilt. G. Portrait, pp viii,324. £15.00293. Peachey (H.): Everybody's Guide to Chess and Draughts.
Saxon & Co., n.d.(c.1896) 1st Edn. Sm8vo (100x135mm) original mauve cloth. G. 226pp., adverts. LN 3625. Includes contemporary accounts of players and London clubs. £15.003883. Philidor (A.D.): Analysis of the Game of Chess. New edition, improved and greatly enlarged. To which is added, several parties, played by the author blindfold, against three adversaries.
P.Elmsly, London 1790. 2 volumes bound together, contemporary old rough leather, covers marked, with new leather title-label on spine, internally good. pp (xii),223,(1),(iv),183. From the Preface: "This work is divided in two parts, the first is chiefly composed of the Editions of 1749 and 1777, the second contains a great number of new methods of beginning and finishing the game, not only useful but necessary to be known." LN 491. £250.002089. Philidor: (Peter Pratt): Studies of Chess: Containing a Systematic Introduction to the Game, and the Analysis of Chess by A.D.Philidor, with Original Comments and Diagrams.
S.Bagster, London, 1817. 5th Edition, (improved with abbreviated notation - see preface). Contemporary calf, spine with elaborate gilt-tooling, spine chipped with small loss at top corner, joints rubbed. Internally very good. Title-page containing engraved portrait of Philidor, engraved frontispiece, half-title, pp xxxii, 428. LN 605. (Another copy: Has nice leather gilt-tooled spine, but lacking covers. Blank piece cut from half-title o/w internally good. Needs new covers hence low price - £80.00) £160.001531. Philidor: (Peter Pratt): Studies of Chess: Containing a Systematic Introduction to the Game, and the Analysis of Chess by Mr.A.D.Philidor, with Original Comments and Diagrams.
S.Bagster, London, 1825. 6th Edition, with Very Considerable Additions. Contemporary dark blue half calf, spine with gilt bands and red title-label, edges a little rubbed. pp xxiv, 536. Bound without half-title page, blank endpapers spotted. LN 606. A nice copy of the final Pratt edition of Philidor. £150.001366. Rayner (J.): Chess Problems. Their Composition and Solution.
Swan Sonnenschein, 1896. 3rd Edn. Original limp yellow cloth, G. 100pp. Includes 108 problems. LN 2501. £18.00141. Reti (R.): Masters of the Chess Board.
Bell 1974. Repr. VG. 211pp. 66 games, biographies and styles of the great masters from Anderssen to Alekhine. "One of the finest works on the game." (Also: 1933 1st English Edn. Small split on one joint, some wear to covers, some underlining to text. £10.00) £12.003765. Retzsch (Moritz): Die Schachspieler - The Chess Players. (Article and Drawing by Retzsch.)
The Saturday Magazine. No.311. May 6, 1837. Single issue, disbound. p.169-176. The front page has the drawing by Retzsch of "Satan playing at Chess with man, for his soul", and p.170 has a double-column commentary on the drawing. Whyld & Ravilious, Chess Texts, 1837:7. £25.002872. Staunton (H.): Chess Praxis. A Supplement to the Chess Player's Handbook.
Bell, 1891. (Reprint of 1860 1st Edn.) Original red cloth, gilt, spine darkened o/w G. pp xvi, 622, plus adverts. Includes a large section of Morphy's games, including his matches, blindfold & consultation games, games at odds, and others. LN 876. (Also: 1871 Edition. Original red cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip which has darkened in colour. Good copy. LN 872. £55.00) £40.0046. STAUNTON (H.): The Chess-Player's Companion. Comprising a New Treatise on Odds, and a Collection of Games Contested by the Author...Including the Great French Match with St.Amant...Selection of New and Instructive Problems.
Bell 1889 (reprint, otherwise identical to 1849 edition). Original red cloth, gilt, a few small marks on front cover, front inner hinge cracked otherwise good. Coloured frontispiece, pp xii,510, plus adverts. Includes many of Staunton's games, including the 21 game match with St.Amant , with notes, details of time taken, terms of the match etc.. LN 783. £45.001195. Staunton (H.): The Chess-Player's Handbook.
Bohn 1848. 2nd Edn., Revised. Original red cloth, gilt chess board to front cover, a few splits on joints, frayed at foot of spine, otherwise a good copy. Coloured frontispiece, pp viii,518. LN 740. (OTHER EDITIONS ALSO AVAILABLE - PLEASE INQUIRE.) £45.003478. Staunton (H.): The Chess-Player's Handbook.
Bell, 1888. (New Edn.) Original red patterned cloth, gilt, a bit faded and marked o/w G. Coloured frontispiece, pp viii,518, adverts. LN 751. (OTHER EDITIONS ALSO AVAILABLE - PLEASE INQUIRE.) £30.00448. Staunton (H.): The Chess-Player's Handbook.
Bell 1897. (New Edn.) Original red cloth, gilt, 3 small nicks to top joint, front endpaper removed o/w G. Frontispiece, pp viii,544, adverts. This edition has an Appendix by R.F.Green, including a bibliography. LN 754.(Also: 1900 Edition, same contents. orig red cloth, some wear to spine, a few top pages edges torn o/w G. LN 755. £20.00) £24.002160. Staunton (H.): The Chess-Player's Text Book: A Concise and Easy Introduction to the Game. Revised by E.E.Cunnington.
John Jacques & Son, n.d.(c.1910?) Original red cloth, spine slightly faded, ink stamp to t-p & 2 pages o/w G. pp viii,132. £8.0054. Staunton (H.): The Laws and Practice of Chess together with an Analysis of the Openings. Edited by R.B.Wormald.
Chatto & Windus 1902. New Edn. Original red cloth. VG. pp viii,509, adverts. Staunton's final book, completed by Wormald. Includes a section on the origin and history of chess, and many games. £25.00414. Tattersall (C.E.C.) (Editor & Arranger): A Thousand End-Games.
BCM, Leeds, 1910-11. 1st Edn. 2 volumes, original dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, a very good set. pp xii,211, xvi,200. 1000 positions, mainly studies, with solutions. Quite scarce to find both volumes together. LN 2218. £90.00240. Young (F.K.) & E.C.Howell.: The Minor Tactics of Chess. A Treatise on the Deployment of the Forces in Obedience to Strategic Principle.
Chatto & Windus 1910. New impression (but same as 1895 1st Edn.) Small 8vo, original brown cloth, some patchy fading to covers G. Frontispiece, pp 221. £15.00