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Books in this section may also appear in other sections. Tournaments are listed first, then alphabetical by author. Check Magazine & Opening Sections separately for additions. RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.004301. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1914 - 1944 / I Two-movers.
Zagreb 1971. Blue cloth. VG. 179pp. 725 compositions. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £15.003166. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1914 - 1944 / II Three-movers and More-Movers.
Zagreb 1972. p/b. VG. 304pp. 1278 compositions. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £15.004302. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1914 - 1944 / III Self-Mates, Help-Mates, others, Endgame Studies.
Zagreb 1975. Blue cloth. VG. 199pp. 806 compositions. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £15.004306. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1945 - 1955 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1964. Blue cloth, spine a bit faded o/w VG. 479p. 1891 problems & studies, index of composers. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £25.004305. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1956 - 1958 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1961. 2nd revised Edn. p/b. G. 187p. 661 problems & studies, index of composers. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £18.004304. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1959 - 1961 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1966. Blue cloth. VG. 224p. 738 problems & studies, index of composers. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £20.003726. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1962 - 1964. (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1968. Blue cloth. VG. 259pp. 908 problems & studies, index of composers. £18.004303. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1965 - 1967 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1976. Blue cloth. VG. 200pp. 800 problems & studies, index of composers. £18.003938. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1968 - 1970 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1977. Blue cloth. VG. 200pp. 805 problems & studies, index of themes & composers. £15.004309. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: Festschrift 100 Jahre SC Bayer Leverkusen 1910-2010.
2010. Large magazine format. 66pp., many photos, selection of games, some with notes, history of the club, biographies of principal members. £7.004288. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: BOTVINNIK (M.): Botvinnik's Complete Games (1924-1941) and Selected Writings (Part 1.) Translated & Edited by Ken Neat.
Moravian Chess 2010. New hardback, pictorial glazed boards. 396pp. Numerous games, many annotated. Includes Botvinnik's memories of various players, creative problems, FIDE matters, at the chess summit. This is the first of three books translated from Botvinnik's fourth volume of his Russian work, which contained his collected writings. (A.) £28.004293. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1951-1955. A Comprehensive Record with 1620 Tournament Crosstables and 144 Match Scores, with Sources.
McFarland, US 2010. New large p/b. 596pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. Lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. £35.004294. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1956-1960. A Comprehensive Record with 1390 Tournament Crosstables and 142 Match Scores, with Sources.
McFarland, US 2010. New large p/b. 572pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. Lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. £35.004295. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: FINN (Julius) O.G.Urcan: Julius Finn: A Chess Master's Life in America, 1871-1931.
McFarland, US 2010. New hardback. 271pp., biography, illustrations, bibliography & various indexes, 99 games, some annotated, plus 58 supplementary games and posiitons. Finn came to New York from Russian Poland in 1887, aged 16. He became New York's champion chess master, and second only to Pillsbury as a blindfold chess entertainer. He was equally successful as a businessman. Provides a fascinating look at the New York chess scene around the 1900 period. (A.) £40.004289. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: PHILIDOR. S.Boffa: Francois Andre Danican Philidor. La Culture Echiqueenne en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe Siecle.
Moravian Chess (2010). New h/b, pictorial green glazed boards. 260pp. Includes 90 games with brief notes, bibliography, over 150 pages of text on Philidor's life. (A.) £25.002673. 1857 NEW YORK. D.W.Fiske: The Book of the First American Chess Congress...in 1857.
Olms, Zurich 1985 (Reprint of NY 1859 First Edition.) VG, d/w. 563pp. Includes the 67 games of the tournament - 1.Morphy, 2 Paulsen, 53 problems from the Problem Tourney, a wealth of historical information, particularly on American chess, articles on Morphy, Benjamin Franklin, the chess automaton in America, a bibliography of chess literature published in the United States up to 1859. £28.004299. 1876 PHILADELPHIA: The Grand International Centennial Chess Congress. Ed: W.H.Sayen.
Philadelphia 1876 (Moravian Chess fascimile reprint.) New blue glazed boards. 199pp. 60 games with notes. 1 Mason 2 Judd 3 Davidson. £14.00230. 1895 HASTINGS. Cheshire (H.F.) Ed: The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 containing the Authorised Account of the 230 Games Played...with Annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz...Biographical Sketches of the Chess Masters.
Chatto & Windus 1896. 1st Edition. Original maroon cloth, spine faded with white patch at foot, some pencil notes and crosses to text pages, otherwise a good copy. 22 portraits, pp xii,370,plus adverts. The strongest tournament ever held up to that time, and the first at Hastings. One of the best produced tournament books. £80.001796. 1905/1908 JANOWSKY - MARSHALL. Ed: L.Hoffer: The Match and the Return Match.
Michell/Hollings (1908.) Original blue cloth. VG. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. Plate, 49pp. 27 annotated games. Marshall won the first match, Janowski the second. £20.004281. 1908 LASKER - TARRASCH. Ed: J.Schroeder: Eighth Match for the Chess Championship of the world.
Chess Digest, 1970. pb. G. 35pp. Introduction, 16 annotated games. Lasker won 10.5-5.5. £8.003004. 1910 LASKER - SCHLECHTER. Ed: L.Hoffer: Lasker v Schlechter. All Tournament and Match Games between these Masters up to and including the Championship Match, 1910.
Michell/Hollings, 1911. 1st Edn. Original printed grey card covers. G. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. pp (iv),34, adverts. 10 match games, 7 other games, with notes. LN 5053. £16.001149. 1914 ST.PETERSBURG.: The Grand International Masters' Chess Tournament.
BCM Classic Reprint No.1. (1967) p/b, covers a bit soiled o/w G. 75pp. All 75 games, with some notes to each. 1.Lasker 2.Capablanca 3.Alekhine. £6.003212. 1930 SAN REMO. Dr.J.A.Seitz: El Record de Victorias del Dr.Alekhine.
Edicion Enroque, Argentina No.19-24, 1943. Original printed card covers. G. p.221-284, 1-64. 120 games, some annotated, plus some from other events. Copy No.005 (of Limited Edn?) Not listed in LN 1955 catalogue. 1.Alekhine (14/15!!) 2.Nimzowitsch 3.Rubinstein. £30.001109. 1932 BERN. W.Bonacker: Turnierbuch des Internationalen Schachturniers.
Bern 1932. Original yellow card covers, G. 183pp. 4 plates of photos. 120 games. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Euwe, Flohr 4.Sultan Khan. LN 5457. £40.003782. 1935 MARGATE. F.Reinfeld: Margate 1935.
Limited Edition of Tournament Books No.8. E.G.R.Cordingley, 1936. (Also on p.3 Fred Reinfeld, Limited Editions Vol.3, USA.) 4to, original green cloth-backed boards. G. pp (2), 44, including list of subscribers, typescript printed single-sided. 45 games annotated by Reinfeld. Copy No.47 of Limited Edition of 100 Copies, Signed by Cordingley. LN 5499. 1Reshevsky 2 Capablanca 3 Thomas. £80.002540. 1937-38 HASTINGS: Serie Schaakwereld Tournooiboeken No.1.
Salm & Co., Amsterdam n.d.(1938.) p/b. G. With 2 stamps of Hastings CC. 32pp. 45 games. LN 5569. 1.Reshevsky 2-3 Alexander, Keres. £12.001802. 1941 MUNICH. A.Becker: Torneo Internacional de Munich 1941.
Editorial Grabo, Buenos Aires, 1946. 1st Edn. Original card covers. G. 202pp. 120 annotated games. Paper yellowed as usual. LN 5626. 1.Stoltz 2-3.Alekhine, Lundin. (Another copy: G with d/w. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. £35.00) £30.00477. 1946 GB v USSR. Klein (E.) & W.Winter: The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match.
Pitman 1947. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 119pp., illus. 12 board double-round match won 18-6 by the Soviets. An attractive little book with biographies of the players, background information on the match, the 24 games annotated by Klein, theoretical review. Not easy to find with a nice dust-wrapper. £30.001544. 1946 MAASTRICHT. L.Prins: Het Internationaa M.S.V. Schaaktournooi.
(Maastricht, 1946) 1st Edn. Original printed wrappers. G. 100pp. 55 games. 1.Euwe 2-3 Devos, van Scheltinga. LN 5688. £18.002037. 1947 GB v CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MIDLANDS v CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Ed: W.Ritson Morry.: The Czechs in Britain.
(Birmingham, 1947.) p/b. VG. 77pp. 40 games annotated by the British players. Czechs won first match 12-8, and the second 13.5-6.5. £12.001539. 1952 BUDAPEST. H.Golombek: Maroczy Memorial Tournament.
BCM (1952.) Card covers, cloth spine. G. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. 84pp. 153 games. (A.) 1.Keres 2.Geller. £16.001223. 1953 NEUHAUSEN / ZURICH. Bronstein (D.): The Chess Struggle in Practice. Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953. Translated by Oscar D.Freedman. Ed: B.Hochberg.
Batsford 1980. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w (a little stained on top edge). 499pp. 210 annotated games. 1.Smyslov 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. One of two English translations of the 2nd Russian Edition of this famous work, with Bronstein's renowned annotation. £18.003852. 1956 AMSTERDAM: World Championship Candidates' Tournament Amsterdam March - April 1956.
BCM (1956). Oblong p/b, stapled, G. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. 35pp., introduction, 90 games. Some pencil ticks. The 3rd Candidates Tournament. 1.Smyslov 2.Keres. Scarce. £15.001258. 1957 MOSCOW. P.H.Clarke: 24th USSR Chess Championship.
BCM Quarterly No.1 (1957). p/b. G. With label & stamps of Hastings CC. 120pp. 231 games, some annotated. 1.Tal 2-3 Bronstein, Keres. £20.00665. 1959 BLED-ZAGREB-BELGRADE. Golombek (H.): Candidates Tournament Sept-Oct.1959.
BCM Quarterly No.3. p/b, corners slightly creased o/w G. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. 118pp. 112 annotated games. 1.Tal 2.Keres 3.Petrosian. £14.002842. 1974 SOLINGEN. E.Evertz & A.O'Kelly: Die Grosse Schau. Grossmeisterturnier 1974 600 Jahre Solingen.
Solingen 1974. 1st Edn. G. 220pp., photos, 105 games, some annotated, articles, interviews. 1-2 Polugaevsky, Kavalek 3-4 Spassky, Kurajica. £15.004280. 1978-79 HASTINGS: International Chess. No.1.
Master Chess Publications, London (1979). Large format magazine. VG. Includes report by Tony Miles on West European Zonal, all 105 games from 54th Hastings International Tournament, most annotated, by Speelman & Taulbut. 68 pages. (A.) £8.00603. 1984 USSR v The World. Keene, Goodman & Groser: Docklands Encounter.
Batsford/U.S.Chess Fed.1984. VG, d/w. 144pp. 40 games from the match plus photos (not in p/b edn) and profiles of the players. LIMITED EDITION OF 600 COPIES, SIGNED BY RAY KEENE, including extra background information by John Groser. (A.) £25.004292. ALEKHINE (A.): Das Schachleben in Sowjet-Russland.
B.Kagan, Berlin (1921). 1st Edn. Original printed wrappers, stapled, back cover loose. pp xvi, 16. 12 annotated games of Alekhine's in Moscow from 1917-20. LN 273. Scarce item. £25.003705. ALEkHINE (A.) F.Reinfeld: 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine. The Development of a Chess Genius. (Formerly titled: The Unknown Alekhine.)
Dover 1959. Repr. with new introduction by Reinfeld. p/b. VG. 278pp. 102 annotated games from 1905-1914. £10.004286. Averbakh (Y.) & I.Maizelis: Comprehensive Chess Endings. Vol.4 Pawn Endings.
Pergamon 1987. 1st English Edn. Large h/b. Minor tape marks on endpapers o/w VG. 326pp. Includes 766 examples, many from studies. (A.) The second scarcest volume in the series. £45.001513. Barden (L.): How Good is Your Chess?
Dover 1976. Repr. p/b. VG. 112pp. 35 master games with points awarded to rate your skill. (Also: Hardback 1st Edn. 1957. G. £5.00) £6.00825. BOTVINNIK (M.): Half a Century of Chess.
Pergamon, 1984. 1st English Edn. Large p/b, front corner crease o/w G. With stamp of Hastings CC. 278pp. 90 annotated games from 1925 to 1966. Includes his impressions of the chess and human aspects of his opponents, as well as typical episodes from tournament life. (A.) £18.00450. CAPABLANCA (J.R.): My Chess Career.
Dover 1966. p/b, G. 194pp., 35 games. Acclaimed as his best work. £7.50673. Chernev (I.): Combinations. The Heart of Chess.
Dover 1967. Repr. p/b. G. 245pp. 356 examples of combinations from master games. £6.003265. Cozens (W.H.): Lessons in Chess Strategy.
Routledge Chess Handbook Book 3, 1968. 1st. p/b. G. 104pp. Concerns planning, strategy, tactics, with 34 illustrative games. £5.001876. Davidson (H.A.): A Short History of Chess.
Greenberg, NY 1949. 1st Edn. G. 228pp. With bookplate of Jens Enevoldsen. The author states that he knows of no other history of chess being published in the U.S. before this one. £25.004284. De La Maza (M.): Rapid Chess Improvement. A Study Plan for Adult Players.
EM 2007. Repr. p/b. G. 126pp. Includes 42 exercises. (A.) £9.004300. Edwards (R.): Chess Tactics and Attacking Techniques.
Routledge Chess Handbook, Book.5. 1978. p/b. VG. 95pp. Includes a few master games. £4.003858. Euwe (M.) & W.Meiden.: Chess Master v Chess Amateur.
Allen & Unwin 1973. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w (spine faded). 315pp. 25 deeply annotated games played between an amateur and master, "provides the average player with numerous ways to improve his game." £10.003693. FISCHER. J.Donaldson: A Legend on the Road. Bobby's Fischer's 1964 Simultaneous Exhibition Tour.
Russell Ent, US 2005. 2nd Edn Revised & Enlarged. p/b. F. 198pp., photos, 191 games, some annotated, reports from newspapers, magazines, reminiscences etc. (A.) £13.004156. Fletcher (L.E.): Gambits Accepted. A Survey of Opening Sacrifices.
Routledge 1954. 1st Edn. Spine faded o/w G. 254pp. Covers 84 gambits with opening theory followed by 84 games. £10.0034. Freeborough (E.): Chess Endings, A Companion to Chess Openings Ancient & Modern.
Kegan Paul &c. 1891. 1st Edn. Original grey cloth, spine and back cover worn, lettering faded, internally G. 240pp. LN 2185. £22.001198. Gittins (F.R.): The Chess Bouquet; or The Book of the British Composers of Chess Problems.
Feilden, McAllan & Co. 1897. 1st Edn. 4to (8.5 x 11in) original red cloth, covers rather marked and faded otherwise the binding is tight and contents are good. Frontispiece, 257pp, errata, photos and biographies of British composers and prominent chess editors, 663 problems, essays on composing and solving. A comprehensive and invaluable work. £120.001594. Griffiths (P.C.): The Endings in Modern Theory and Practice.
Bell, 1976. 1st Edn. G. 176pp. The bulk of the book consists of actual endgames from recent tournaments. £6.001955. Hobart: BCM Guide to the Openings in 178 Games. Selected and Arranged by "Hobart."
n.d.(1898). Only Edn. Original blue cloth, last 4 pages missing and provided in facsimile o/w G. (vi),102pp. 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. £20.002823. Hoyle (E.): Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, and Backgammon, Complete, in which are contained The Method of Playing and Betting at those Games...The Laws of the Several Games.
London, Printed by Assignment from T.Osborne; for J.Rivington & J.Wilkie &c.. n.d.(c.1772.) 16th Edn. Sm8vo (100 x 160mm) contemporary calf, covers detached, spine worn. Old library stamp on title-page, browning on edge of title and last page o/w internally good condition. pp xii,216. Chess on p.157-172. Printed signature of Edmond Hoyle on verso of title-page. LN 3499. Priced for re-binding. £70.004296. Keats (V.): Vol.1 Chess, Jews and History.
Oxford, 1994. Folio (8.5 x 12in., 215 x 300mm) hardbound cloth. VG. Well illustrated from old books, paintings etc., 396pp., including history, chess in medieval Spain, de Lucena, Ruy Lopez, Jewish chess literature etc. £60.004297. Keats (V.): Vol.2 Chess: Its Origin. A Translation with Commentary of the Latin & Hebrew in Thomas Hyde's De Ludis Orientalibus (Oxford, 1694).
Oxford, 1994. Folio (8.5 x 12in., 215 x 300mm) hardbound cloth, slight staining to back cover o/w VG. 337pp., illustrations. A complete translation of Hyde's work, one of the most important books on chess. £60.004024. KEENE (R.): Grandmaster Strategy. Ray Keene's Best Games.
Hardinge Simpole, 2002. Reprint of 1999 private edition. p/b. F. 212pp., biographical material, 100 annotated games. (A.) £16.00389. Keres (P.) & A.Kotov.: The Art of the Middle Game. Translated by H.Golombek.
Dover 1989. Reprint of 1964 Penguin Edn. p/b. VG. 238pp. Includes some of Keres' best writing. Includes planning, attacking the king, defending difficult positions, pawn positions in the centre, the art of analysis. (Also: Penguin p/b, 1964. G. £5.00) £9.002103. Lamford (P.): Improve Your Game. 100 Chess Puzzles.
Chameleon Books, 1999. 1st. p/b. F. 127pp. 100 positions with hints, solutions and list of sources. £5.004308. Lasker (Ed.): Moderne Schachstrategie.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1978. 9th Edn. p/b. Waterstain on first few pages o/w G. 181pp. Includes 23 annotated games. (Also: 10th Edn, 1983. 183pp. 24 games. Cover crease o/w G. £5.00) £5.004029. Lasker (Emanuel.): Common Sense in Chess. Corrected by David A.Mitchell.
McKay, Phila, (1917). Original red cloth, spine and covers partly faded or dampstained, stamp on title-page, internally G. 139pp. Betts 11-23. LN 1120(?) "Lasker's best work, a fine example of his pragmatic genius." (Golombek.) £8.00380. Mansfield (C.): Adventures in Composition. The Art of the Two-Move Chess Problem. Edited by Alain White.
Daily Post Printers, Liverpool 1948. 1st UK Edn. Original green cloth spine and red boards. G. 200pp. One of the best works on chess composition. £20.00286. MARSHALL (F.J.): My Fifty Years of Chess.
McKay, Philadelphia 1942. 1st Edn. G. 242pp., photos, biography, 140 annotated games. £25.004298. MORPHY. Dr.S.Petrovic: Paul Charles Morphy.
Zagreb 1971. p/b. G. 55pp. brief biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). £6.001011. NUNN (J.) & P.Griffiths: Secrets of Grandmaster Play.
Batsford 1991. Repr. VG. 212pp. 24 of Nunn's games analysed in great depth, trying to explain his thought processes as clearly as possible. (A.) BCF Book of the Year winner 1988. £10.00185. Pachman (L.): Complete Chess Strategy. 1. Planning the Pieces. 2.Pawn-Play and the Centre. 3. Play on the Wings. Translated by J.Littlewood.
Batsford 1975-78. 1st English Edns. 1.in h/b,d/w (tear on front) 2-3 in p/b, G-. One page creased. Includes nearly 300 illustrative games. Pachman's great trilogy "stands in a class of its own." £20.004307. Pandolfini (B.): Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess.
Fireside Book, US 2003. p/b, one library stamp o/w G. 383pp. "Structured as a dialogue between a beginning student and an expert teacher...takes the student from fundamentals to advanced, highly strategic play." £7.001066. PETROSIAN. Vasiliev (V.L.): Tigran Petrosian. His Life and Games. Translated & Edited by M.Basman.
Batsford/RHM 1974. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w. Previous owner inscription and some pencil underlining. 247pp., photos, 50 games annotated by Petrosian & Suetin. Highly sought-after now - copies on ebay have sold as high as £55! £28.003140. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess Sets and Related Items.
15 May 1995. Sale catalogue. VG. 33pp., illustrations, 89 lots with estimates and price list. £12.00836. Reinfeld (F.): Chess Mastery by Question and Answer.
Collier Books, NY 1968. Repr. p/b. G. 185pp. A series of 16 lessons following 16 master games with questions and answers. £4.003689. RUBINSTEIN. Ed: V.Glatman: Akiba Rubinstein's Chess Academy.
Moscow 1992. 1st Edn. p/b. G. With stamps of Hastings CC. 223pp., 734 games, some with informator-style notes by Russian masters, essay by Gelfand & Razuaev (in English & German), playing record. (A.) Only 1500 copies printed. £20.00260. SMYSLOV (V.V.): My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957. Translated & Edited by P.H.Clarke.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. With label and stamp of Hastings CC. 154pp, biography, 67 games. £15.00670. SPIELMANN (R.): The Art of Sacrifice in Chess. Translated from the German by J. Du Mont.
Bell, 1935. 1st English Edn. G. 216pp. 37 of his own annotated games, being examples of various sacrificial themes. (Another copy: binding warped and worn. £8.00) £18.004287. Staunton (H.): Chess Praxis. A Supplement to the Chess Player's Handbook.
Bell, 1907. (Reprint of 1860 1st Edn.) Original red cloth, gilt, spine with old staining o/w G, pages partly unopened. pp xvi, 622, plus adverts. Includes a large section of Morphy's games, including his matches, blindfold & consultation games, games at odds, and others. This edition not in LN 1955 catalogue. £30.002676. STEINITZ: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.7. Wilhelm Steinitz.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1968. Red cloth, covers a little marked o/w G. 575 games with a diagram every 5 moves. Includes 87pp of text of Steinitz's chess life in German and English. Without the booklet of notes. One of the scarcer volumes in this series. £30.001897. SUBA (M.): Dynamic Chess Strategy.
Pergamon, 1991. 1st. p/b, a few corners creased o/w VG. 147pp. 36 annotated games, witty account of his chess career and explanation of his ideas. (A.) This title has sold on ebay for as high as £45! £24.003031. Suetin (A.): Three Steps to Chess Mastery. Translated by K.Neat.
Pergamon 1982. 1st English Edn. Large p/b, no title-page, yellowing to edges. 192pp. A very practical book aimed at the more advanced player. (A.) £8.004282. Tartakower (Dr.S.) & J.Du Mont.: 500 Master Games of Chess. Book I: Open Games.
G.Bell 1952. 1st Edn. A well-used ex-library copy. 304pp., plus indexes. 237 games with notes and arranged by opening. An unsurpassed selection of games ranging over 150 years. £7.503267. Tisdall (J.): Improve Your Chess Now.
EM 2004. Repr. p/b. VG. 224pp. A "strikingly original self-improvement manual, explains a new approach to chess thinking." Includes many games and part games. (A.) £10.00160. Vukovic (V.): The Art of Attack in Chess.
Pergamon 1985. Repr. p/b. 422pp. VG. "A brilliant survey of every aspect of the attack on the king." (J.Grefe.) (Also: 1965 1st Edn. Hardback. G. £7.00) £9.00228. Walker (G.): A New Treatise on Chess.
Sherwood,Gilbert & Piper, 1841. 3rd Edition. Original brown cloth, spine missing top inch of cloth, front cover loose. Internally good. Frontispiece (spotted as usual), pp xvi, 296, 24 adverts. Includes the useful 36 page Bibliographical Catalogue. LN 667. £50.00648. Winter (E.G.) Ed: World Chess Champions.
Pergamon 1981. 1st Edn. Large p/b. Top corners a bit warped (needs a heavy weight on it), waterstain to inner cover and fore-edge. 185pp., photos. (A.) A chapter on each champion from Staunton to Karpov with one or two games, and full tournament and match records. £5.00424. Yates (F.D.) & W.Winter: Modern Master-Play..
Printing Craft 1929. 1st Edn. Orignal purple cloth, VG. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. 105pp., brief biographies, photos, annotated games of 21 leading players of the 1920's, 2 or 3 games for each. Scarce work. £35.00