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RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.002940. 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 a fine collection of 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. £15.002988. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games including Remaining Chess Sets from the Ernst Boehlen Collection.
14 Apr.2005. Sale catalogue. VG. 54pp., 255 lots with estimates and price list. Includes some books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. £18.003890. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games, including Major Chess Sets from a Private Collection.
18 May 2006. Sale catalogue. 57pp., 163 lots with estimates and price list. Includes 45 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. £15.003366. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games.
3 Nov.2005. Sale catalogue. 85pp., 300 lots with estimates and price list. Includes 97 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. Prices handwritten against many lots. £15.004250. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games.
23 Oct 2006. Sale catalogue. 91pp., 285 lots with estimates and price list. Includes 46 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. £18.003578. 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. VG. 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. VG. 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. £18.003873. Bonhams Knightsbridge Auction: Fine Chess Sets and Games.
13 May 2008. Large sale catalogue. 106pp., with lot descriptions, estimates and price list. Includes 28 lots of books, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. £18.004205. Christie's Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Walking Sticks. A Selection from a Private European Collection.
South Kensington, 17 Dec.1997. Sale catalogue, large p/b, VG. 52pp. 301 lots, plates, most coloured. Lot 1-127 of chess sets, 128-301 of walking sticks, many with decorative ivory handles. £15.004103. Christie's Auctioneers: Chess.
South Kensington, 27 Sept.1995. Sale catalogue, large p/b, VG. 42pp. 219 lots, many illustrated, some in colour. Includes estimates, price list. £15.003874. Cooper Owen Auction Gallery: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games, including the Robert Waters Collection..
London, 4 Nov 2002. Sale catalogue. 61pp., with lot descriptions, estimates and price list. Includes 24 lots of books, and many chess sets illustrated in colour or black & white. £20.004445. Dalton (O.M.): Early Chessmen of Whale's Bone Excavated in Dorset. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries.
From Archaeologia Vol.77. Oxford 1928. Offprint, foolscap, blue printed wrappers. VG. pp 77-86, 2 plates, text-illustrations. Final paragraph states that the pieces were given to the British Museum in 1927. Not in LN 1955 catalogue but is No.270 in Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana Vol.1 1974. £20.004432. Deasey (Mick) & Guy Lyons: The British Chess Company, Stroud and London.
2010. CD book (not a printed book). 64 pages. Contents include: History of the Company, their various chessmen (Royal, Staunton, Xylonite etc), boxes, patterns & pieces, chess boards, books & publications, price guide etc. With numerous illustrations, many coloured and in great close up detail of the pieces, pages from old publications etc. The British Chess Company was a small enigmatic business which started around 1890 and continued for just about 15 years but in this short time had established a legacy of high quality, interesting and collectible chess sets. "A great deal of effort has gone into the preparation of this first rate work. An important aspect of the disk is the clarity of the illustrations and the reproduction of contemporary prints and adverts. In particular is the excellent quality of the photos illustrating the variety and quality of the BCC chessmen." (Gareth Williams review.) £20.00149. 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. (Reissue by H.Abrams). Square hardback, F, d/w. 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. £18.00) £28.004245. Fersht (A.): Jaques and British Chess Company Chess Sets.
Kaissa Publ, Cambridge 2010. Large p/b printed on high quality art paper. 62pp., well illustrated throughout in colour with more than 100 photographs of sets, labels and documentary evidence. "A comprehensive account of Jaques "Original" Staunton chessmen from 1849-1940 and their identification, other Jaques antique sets and timers, a survey of British Company Staunton, Royal and Imperial chessmen." The author was inspired to write this new, much enlarged book by new evidence on the dating of Jaques that has become available. Limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies. £25.00503. Finkenzeller (R.), W.Ziehr & E.M.Buhrer: Chess. A Celebration of 2000 Years.
Mackenzie, 1990. 1st English Edn. Large format (9.5 x12in.) VG, d/w. 208pp., numerous illustrations, many large and coloured. An impressive work on all aspects of chess, particularly chess sets, history, art. £25.008. Gizycki (J.): A History of Chess.
Abbey Library, Revised 1977. 8 x 11in. Paper a bit yellow as usual o/w VG,d/w. 375pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. 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.. £15.004214. Gizycki (J.): Schach zu Allen Zeiten.
Stauffacher Verlag, Zurich 1967. Large thick hardback, 21 x 27.5cm., VG,d/w (small tear top of spine), with card slipcase. 391pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. First published in Polish in 1960. This First German edition with new chapter on German chess history. Includes sections on chess and art, in poetry & prose, mathematics, famous people who played chess etc... £25.009. Golombek (H.): A History of Chess.
Routledge 1976. 1st Edn. Large format, VG,d/w. 256pp., numerous illustrations, some coloured. £10.00285. 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. £18.00258. Hammond (A.): The Book of Chessmen.
A.Barker 1950. 1st Edn. 4to. VG,d/w. 160pp including 61 plates. By the renowned London dealer and collector who helped in the building of some famous chess set collections. £36.00732. Katz (E.): History of Chessmen.
1963. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 38pp on the history of chess, 23 plates illustrating 42 chess sets. Scarce, and appears to have been published privately. £55.001425. Keats (V.): Chessmen for Collectors.
Batsford, 1985. 1st Edn. Large format, VG, d/w (small tape repair on back). 240pp. Numerous illustrations including coloured plates. Thirteen chapters on different countries, plus modern sets, literature & art, appendix, bibliography. A fine and sought-after work on the subject. £70.00502. Liddell (D.M.): Chessmen.
White Lion, 1976. A facsimile reprint of the 1st Edition. VG, d/w. 171pp. Many plates illustrating chess sets. £25.001510. Linder (I.M.): Chess in Old Russia. Translated by M.P.Rice.
Zurich, 1979. 1st English Edn. VG. 190pp. Includes the chess history and culture of old Russia, chess pieces and sets, the 18th century, great chess masters, bibliography, many illustrations. Scarce and sought-after. £50.0021. Mackett-Beeson (A.E.J.): Chessmen.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1968. 1st Edn. 4to. 120pp., many illustrations, some coloured. VG. (Also: VG with d/w. £18.00) £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. £9.004434. Munger (N.): Cultures, Chess & Art. A Collector's Odyssey Across Seven Continents. Vol.1 Sub-Saharan Africa. Vol.2 The Americas. Vol.3 Pacific Islands & Asia.
Mundial Press, US 1996-2000. 3 volumes large hardbacks, VG,d/w's. 120, 207, 221pp., many coloured plates illustrating 234 sets, with descriptions in the text, and of the author's travels and experiences, many notes with references. £75.001817. Pennell (M.): Chessmen and Intellectual Property.
Venezia, 1993. A4, limp covers. VG. 24pp., 52 line illustrations of chesspieces. Offprint from "Scacchi e Scienze Applicante." WITH: Set of 8 postcards of patented designs from 1849 to 1974. The author, a Senior Examiner at the British Patents Office, discusses some 9 classes of Patented Chessmen. Scarce items. £35.003144. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess & The Library of Kevin O'Connell.
7 Nov 2000. Sale catalogue, VG. 58pp., many illustrations, 333 lots with estimates and price list. The first 130 lots comprise the O'Connell collection of mainly books, the remaining lots mainly chess sets and memorabilia. £24.004178. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items including the Laurence I.Wood Collection.
New York, 6 Nov 1996. Sale catalogue, VG. 34pp., many illustrations, 115 lots with price estimates. £14.003005. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
13 May 1996. Sale catalogue, VG. 49pp., illustrations, 186 lots with estimates, including 23 book lots. £10.003006. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
12 May 1997. Sale catalogue, VG. 39pp., illustrations, 115 lots with estimates. £12.002989. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
27 Nov.1995. Sale catalogue, VG. 39pp., illustrations, 117 lots with estimates. £12.003140. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
15 May 1995. Sale catalogue. VG. 33pp., illustrations, 89 lots with estimates and price list. £12.004578. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess, including the Aad van den Bosch Collection.
20 November 2001. Sale catalogue. VG. 69pp., illustrations, 243 lots with price estimates, of chess sets from around the World, including quite a few novelty sets. No price list but results added in biro against lots. £15.004577. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess.
15 May 2001. Sale catalogue. VG. 42pp., illustrations, 172 lots with price estimates and results list, of chess sets, a few books. Price results also added in biro against lots. £12.004442. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess.
28 May 1998. Sale catalogue. F. 45pp., illustrations, 183 lots with price estimates, of chess sets, and some ephemera. £14.0026. Saidy (A.) & N.Lessing.: The World of Chess.
Ridge Press/Collins, 1974. 1st Edn. Large format. VG, d/w. 252pp., "beautifully illustrated with more than 200 paintings, prints, and photographs, many never before published, and 72 pages in full colour." £15.003305. Schafroth (C.): The Art of Chess.
Harry N.Abrams, NY 2002. Large square hardback, binding slightly bowed o/w VG,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. £16.004121. Schuyer (E.H.) & E.J.Dijkstra: The Art of Chess. 15 Centuries Inspired by the Game of Chess.
11-17 June 1988 Galerie Verenigde Spaarbank, Amsterdam. Stichting Max Euwe-Centrum, 1988. Square p/b. F. 60pp. 24 exhibits of modern art pictures and chess pieces, with description of each, and introductory essay by Schuyer. Text in Dutch. £14.004155. Sotheby's Auctioneers: Chess Sets, Doll's Houses, Dolls, Teddy Bears, Automata and Tinplate Toys.
London, 20 Nov 1996. Sale catalogue, VG. 66pp., many illustrations, a few coloured, 432 lots with estimates. (No price list.) The first 25 lots comprise chess sets. £12.004211. Sotheby's Belgravia: The G.S.Mottershead Collection of Good Oriental and European Ivories... sold by Auction.
London, 8 March 1979. Sale catalogue. VG. 141pp. 289 lots with descriptions, all illustrated, some in colour. Includes only one chess set but may still be of interest because of the many fine ivory figures, many mounted on pedestals rather like chess pieces. £10.00