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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 £0.003779. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: Fersht (A.): Jaques Staunton Chess Sets 1849-1939. A Collectors Guide.
Kaissa Publ, Cambridge 2007. Large p/b. 30pp., well illustrated throughout in colour. "This detailed study...is interesting, informative and authoritative...should become the definitive reference text for years to come." (CCI review.) £15.00975. Behrends (R.): Kunstlerische Schachfiguren aus zehn Jahrhunderten.
Insel verlag, Leipzig 1963. Pictorial boards. VG. 67pp., including 45 plates of chesspieces. £14.002940. Bloomsbury Auctions: Books and Prints on Sports, Pastimes, Food & Wine including Books on Chess (lots 1-156.)
24 July 2003. Sale catalogue. 46pp., 391 lots with estimates and price list. Includes famous chess books from the 16th to 19th centuries, with descriptions, some illustrated. Also includes sections of books on food & wine, angling, cricket and other sports. £15.002612. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Games including property from the Ernst Boehlen Collection.
26 Oct.2004. Sale catalogue. 58pp., 241 lots with estimates and price list. Includes some books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. £10.003578. Bloomsbury Auctions Collectors Sale: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games. Lots 1-217. Medals, Shares, Banknotes & Coins Lots 218-1034.
30 May 2007. Large sale catalogue. 175pp., with lot descriptions, estimates and price list. Includes 47 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated in colour. A nice catalogue. £15.003724. Bloomsbury Auctions Collectors Sale: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games. Lots 233 to 469. (Also includes Fountain Pens, Medals, Shares, Banknotes & Coins to Lot 1007.)
25 Sept 2007. Large sale catalogue. 141pp., with lot descriptions, estimates and price list. Includes 32 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated in colour. A nice catalogue. £15.001307. Boehlen (Dr.Ernst) (Collection): Schach: Kultur - Kunst - Philosophie. Figuren und Spiele vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart.
Ausstellung der Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt 1988. Large format catalogue. F. 69pp, illustrating and describing 84 exhibits, nearly all chess sets, plus historical essay. £18.003579. Christie's Auctioneers: The Dr Jean-Claude Cholet Collection of Chess Sets.
South Kensington, 2nd May 2007. Sale catalogue, large p/b, F. 76pp., well illustrated in colour, 175 lots with estimates and price list. One of the finest collections in the world. £18.00149. Dennis (J.M.) & C.K.Wilkinson.: Chess: East and West, Past and Present. A Selection from the Gustavus A.Pfeiffer Collection (of Chessmen.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1968. 1st Edn. Square hardback, VG, d/w (some wear to edges). Introduction on history of chess, illustrations and descriptions of 108 chess sets, many in colour. (Also: p/b copy, little wear to spine o/w G. £20.00) £30.008. Gizycki (J.): A History of Chess.
Abbey Library, Revised 1977. 8 x 11in. 375pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. VG,d/w. First published in Polish in 1960. For this English edition B.H.Wood has added a new chapter on Anglo-Saxon aspects of the game and thoroughly revised the original text. Includes sections on chess and art, in poetry & prose, mathematics, famous people who played chess etc.. £15.002466. Gizycki (J.): A History of Chess.
Abbey Library, 1972. 8 x 11in. 375pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. G,d/w (top edge a bit creased). First published in Polish in 1960. For this English edition B.H.Wood has added a new chapter on Anglo-Saxon aspects of the game and thoroughly revised the original text. Includes sections on chess and art, in poetry & prose, mathematics, famous people who played chess etc..This 1972 edition is much superior to the 1977 reprint, the paper being of better, whiter quality, and the coloured plates being mounted. The d/w is also different. £28.009. Golombek (H.): A History of Chess.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. 1st Edn. Large format, G,d/w. 256pp., numerous illustrations, some coloured. £8.00285. Graham (F.L.): Chess Sets.
Studio Vista 1968. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 84pp., many illus. Includes large section on modern sets. £16.0011. Greygoose (F.): Chessmen.
David & Charles,1979. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 160pp. 183 illustrations, many in colour. £18.00502. Liddell (D.M.): Chessmen.
White Lion, 1976. A facsimile reprint of the 1st Edition. VG, d/w. Blank corner of two leaves with small tear and crease. 171pp. Many plates illustrating chess sets. £25.00638. Linder (Dr.I.M.): The Art of Chess Pieces.
H.G.S., Moscow 1994. 1st Edn. VG. Tall 8vo, with d/w and card slipcase. 288pp. 250 illustrations, mostly in colour. A luxurious production on glossy paper. "The result of Dr.Linder's 30 year research into the history of chess pieces and its interrelation with world culture...based on a thorough study of private collections and museum pieces." £28.0021. Mackett-Beeson (A.E.J.): Chessmen.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1968. 1st Edn. 4to. 120pp., many illustrations, some coloured. VG. £14.0020. Mackett-Beeson (A.E.J.): Chessmen.
Octopus, 1973. A reprint of the 1968 edition in slightly larger format. 4to. 97pp., numerous illustrations, many coloured. VG,d/w. £9.001875. Massmann (H.F.): Geschichte des Mittelalterlichen, vorzugsweise des Deutschen Schachspieles. Mit einem Nachwort von B.Richter.
Reprint der Ausgabe 1839. Fourier Verlag 1983. VG. pp viii, 222 facsimile of original work, plus 15 folding illustrations of chesspieces at end. £15.003141. Phillips Auctioneers: Antique and Later Chess Sets and Related Items.
16 May 1994. Sale catalogue. VG. 33pp., illustrations, 123 lots with estimates. £10.003140. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
15 May 1995. Sale catalogue, waterstain to top of pages o/w G. 33pp., illustrations, 89 lots with estimates. £10.003006. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
12 May 1997. Sale catalogue, VG. 39pp., illustrations, 115 lots with estimates. £10.003005. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
13 May 1996. Sale catalogue, VG. 49pp., illustrations, 186 lots with estimates, including 23 book lots. £10.0026. Saidy (A.) & N.Lessing.: The World of Chess.
Ridge Press, NY 1974. 1st Edn. Large 4to. G, d/w torn on spine. 252pp., "beautifully illustrated with more than 200 paintings, prints, and photographs, many never before published, and 72 pages in full colour." £15.00277. Sanvito (A.): L'Arte degli Scacchi. Catalogo a cura di Alessandro Sanvito.
Edizioni Bonnard, 2000. p/b. F. 141pp. A catalogue issued for the meeting in Florence 2000 of Chess Collectors International. Includes sections on early chess history, well illustrated in colour from manuscripts, chess pieces etc, followed by 76 items illustrated, with descriptions, including chess sets and early Italian books. £24.003305. Schafroth (C.): The Art of Chess.
Harry N.Abrams, NY 2002. Large square hardback, F,d/w. 176pp., illustrated throughout in colour with chess pieces and sets through history, a few paintings and prints from books. The author draws upon worldwide collections to tell the story of the evolution of chess pieces. £20.00192. Schuyer (E.H.): Het Schaakspel in de Kunst en Cultuurhistorie.
Bussum,Netherlands,1968. 1st Edn. Pictorial card covers. VG. 88pp., many plates of chessmen, paintings and prints not seen in other works. £16.0025. Wichmann (H.& S.): The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times.
Hamlyn, 1964. 1st English Edn. Large 4to, black cloth, a little marked o/w G. 328pp., including 196 plates, some coloured. A large and finely illustrated work, one of the best on chessmen. £45.00