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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, 15 Harbour View Park, Rope Walk, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DQ, UK. Tel: 01903 730371. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.001217. 1851 LONDON. Staunton (H.): The Chess Tournament. A Collection of the Games Played at this Celebrated Assemblage.
Bohn, 1852. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, rebacked with later red cloth and original title-lettering panel on spine. front inner hinge cracked, otherwise a good tight copy. pp lxci,377. Previous owner and chess club name on half-title. Numerous games with brief notes, and much on the organization and running of the tournament. An excellent account of the first International chess tournament, and considerably scarcer than Staunton's other works. LN 5179. £120.002575. 1878 PARIS. E.Schallopp: Der Internationale Schachkongress zu Paris.
Leipzig, 1879. BCM Classic Reprint No.3, (1967). p/b, G. 160pp. 119 annotated games. 1-2 Zukertort, Winawer 3 Blackburne. £12.00230. 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. First Edition. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly faded and a little worn at head and foot otherwise a good tight copy. 22 nice portraits of the players, 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. £100.003541. 1906 LODZ. Ed: D.Brandreth: International Tournament.
Brandreth, US 1971. Large format (23 x 29cm), yellow card covers, stapled. VG. 7pp single-sided. Preface with comments on tournaments without books, 18 games. Numbered & signed Limited Edition of 475 copies. £15.001445. 1909 MARSHALL - CAPABLANCA. Imre Konig: Match 1909.
California Chess Reporter, Supplement No.3, 1955. p/b, G. 31pp. 23 annotated games. Capablanca won 15-8. £20.00147. 1924 NEW YORK. Helms (H.) Ed: The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924. Containing the Authorized Account of the 110 games Played March-April 1924 with Original Annotations by Alexander Alekhine.
ACB & Printing Craft 1925. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, spine and lettering a little faded, otherwise a good copy. pp xxiv,273, adverts, xi (errata), 15 photos, 110 games annotated by Alekhine. A fine book printed on shiny paper, on one of the great tournaments, won by Lasker from Capablanca, Alekhine & Marshall. Alekhine deeply annotates every game. LN 5370. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection, and a prize inscription on endpaper. £60.001116. 1929 KARLSBAD. Nimzowitsch &c.: IV Internationales Schachmeisterturnier.
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1929. 1st Edn. Original green cloth, white lettering, VG. Frontispiece, 8 plates of photos, 422pp. 231 games annotated by Nimzowitsch, Spielmann, Tartarkower, and round-by-round reports by Kmoch. An outstanding book of one of the greatest tournaments. 1.Nimzowitsch 2-3 Capablanca, Spielmann 4.Rubinstein. LN 5431. £85.001825. 1932 BAD SLIAC. R.Spielmann: Bad Sliac.
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1932. 1st Edn. Original pictorial wrappers, small paper loss at top edge o/w G. Plate, 39pp. 91 games, most with notes. 1-2 Flohr, Vidmar 3. Pirc. LN 5463. £28.001109. 1932 BERN. W.Bonacker: Turnierbuch des Internationalen Schachturniers.
Bern 1932. Original yellow card covers, wear to spine with slight paper loss, small spots on front cover, some corner page curling. 183pp. 4 plates of photos. 120 annotated games. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Euwe, Flohr 4.Sultan Khan. LN 5457. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £30.00846. 1932 LONDON. Alekhine (A.): 66 Master Games Played in the London International Chess Tournament, 1932.
Frank Hollings, (1932). 1st Edn. Original blue cloth, VG. Portrait of Alekhine, pp xiv, 90. 66 games annotated by Alekhine, article by Du Mont on the players. LN 5461. 1 Alekhine 2 Flohr 3-4 Kashdan, Sultan Khan. £40.001622. 1934 ALEKHINE - BOGOLJUBOW. Em.Lasker: Games Played in the Return Match for the World's Championship. With Original Annotations by Dr.Emanuel Lasker.
Printing-Craft, 1935. 1st Edn. Original printed boards, a red stain to extreme edge of front cover otherwise very good. 2 portraits, 72pp. Alekhine won 15.5-10.5. LN 5094. £25.00791. 1938 AMSTERDAM (AVRO) Euwe (Dr.M.): Analysen van A.V.R.O.'s Wereld-Schaak-Tournooi.
Amsterdam 1938. 1st Edn. Original coloured pictorial boards, black cloth spine, a good copy. 147pp., coloured folding plate of tournament statistics, 8 fine photos of the players, with their facsimile signatures below. 56 games. LN 5574. 1-2 Fine, Keres 3.Botvinnik. One of the strongest tournaments of all time, intended to find a challenger to Alekhine. £30.003292. 1944 NEW YORK & BOSTON (US Ch. & US Open.): Year Book of the United States Chess Federation Volume 8, 1944.
USCF, 1945. p/b, small paper loss to edge of back cover o/w VG. 87pp., illus. Selection of games from US Champ & Open. LN 5648/55. Champ 1 Denker 2 Fine. Open 1 Reshevsky 2 Santasiere. £20.00359. 1946 ZAANSTREEK. Schelfhout & Kottnauer.: Internationaal Schaaktournooi.
Amsterdam 1946. Roy8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little staining to back cover o/w G. 134pp., caricature portraits. 66 annotated games. 1.Euwe 2-3 Ekstrom, Szabo. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £18.001006. 1947 WARSAW.: Limited Edition Number Five.
K.Whyld, Nottingham, n.d.(1959) p/b. VG. (24pp). 45 games. 1.Gligorich 2-5.Boleslavsky, Pachman, Smyslov, Sajtar. Limited Edition of 200 copies. (A.) £30.0098. 1948 THE HAGUE/MOSCOW. Golombek (H.): The World Chess Championship 1948.
Bell 1949. 1st Edn. Green cloth, VG, d/w (jacket frayed at top of spine with slight paper loss). 229pp., 3 plates, 50 annotated games, plus biographies and records of the five players. 1.Botvinnik 2 Smyslov. Signed by Golombek on the front endpaper. £24.00594. 1948-49 NEW YORK. Kmoch (H.): The Book of the International Chess Tournament held at the Manhattan Chess Club.
A.S.Pinkus,NY 1950. 1st Edn. Original dark maroon cloth, G. 130pp. 45 games, photos. 1.Fine 2.Najdorf 3-4 Euwe, Pilnik. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £30.00480. 1953 NEUHAUSEN/ZURICH. Wood (B.H.) Ed: The World Championship Candidates' Tournament.
Chess SC 1953-54. Original blue cloth, spine lettering faded, faded area on front cover, one section of pages loose o/w G. pp 329, (4), photos. 210 annotated games. Includes Openings Survey by Barden and Openings index. LN 5872. A 30 round tournament won by Smyslov, 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. £12.00602. 1956 AMSTERDAM. Euwe (Dr.M.) & W.J.Muhring: Das Kandidatenturnier fur die Weltmeisterschaft.
W. ten Have Verlag, Amsterdam 1956. 1st Edn. Hardback, cream cloth, VG. 191pp. 90 annotated games. The 3rd Candidates Tournament, a 10 player double-round tournament. 1.Smyslov 2.Keres 3-7 Geller, Bronstein, Spassky, Szabo, Petrosian. £20.0082. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. Byrne (R.) & I.Nei.: Both Sides of the Chessboard.
Batsford, 1974. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (slightly marked). Photos, 211pp., also includes Fischer's matches with Taimanov, Larsen and Petrosian, all annotated. "The definitive account" at that time, from both an American and Soviet perspective. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £15.002001. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. H.Golombek: World Chess Championship. Introduction by Arthur Koestler.
Barrie & Jenkins, 1973. Scarce hardback edition, VG with jacket, paper yellowed as usual. 138pp. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £8.00100. 1973 BATH. Keene, Raines & Cromblehome: The European Team Championship.
Batsford 1974. VG (no jacket). 199pp. 224 games. 1 USSR 2 Yugoslavia 3 Hungary. £10.004280. 1978-79 HASTINGS: International Chess. No.1.
Master Chess Publications, London (1979). Large format magazine, some edge wear to covers, waterstain to edge of first few pages o/w G. 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.) £8.00984. 1979 TALLINN. Christiansen (L.): VI Paul Keres Memorial Tournament.
Christiansen Bros.,USA 1979. Large format p/b, VG. 160pp., photos, 136 games, many annotated by Christiansen and DeFirmian. 1.Petrosian 2-3 Tal, Vaganian. (A.) £24.002325. 1990 TILBURG: 14e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Eindhoven, 1990. p/b, VG. 237pp., many photos, interviews, 56 games, all annotated. 1-2 Kamsky, Ivanchuk 3 Gelfand. WITH: A Set of postcards of the eight players, plus Sosonko, being a photo of each player, with facsimile signature and black chesspieces below. £20.001190. Agterdenbos (F.): 64 Schaakportretten.
Venlo 1984. Large format p/b (21 x 26cm), VG. 64 life-size facial photographic portraits of famous players taken in the early 1980s, with Dutch text and selected game opposite. £15.00793. Bird (H.E.): Chess History and Reminiscences.
Dean & Son. n.d.(1893) 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, gilt, a very good copy. Portrait, pp xxiv, 138. LN 236. Includes sections on the origin of chess, the middle ages, the 19th century (chess clubs, chess masters), blindfold chess, habits and idiosyncracies of chess players. £70.003632. Bird (H.E.): Chess Practice: being a Condensed and Simplified Record of the Actual Openings in the Finest Games, including the Whole of the Beautiful Specimens contained in "Chess Masterpieces"... with Tabulated Index.
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892. (New Edn.) Original red cloth with attractive front cover, rather faded and stained, internally good. pp 96,(2),(2) advert leaf. Includes summary of important events up to 1881, and comparison of results of each opening. LN 1823. One of the scarcer books by Bird. £50.0031. Bird (H.E.): The Chess Openings, considered Critically and Practically.
Dean & Son, n.d.(1878.) 1st Edn. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering and chessboard on front cover, a white number at foot of spine, wear to head and foot, lower joint split, label removed from front endpaper, a couple of old library stamps. Folding plate (frayed at edge), pp xvi, 248. Includes many illustrative games and list of subscribers. This book was issued in a number of different colour cloth covers. (I can send photos on request.) £50.001484. Bisguier (A.) & A.Soltis: American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer.
MacMillan, NY 1974. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 291pp., photos, biographies, around 100 annotated games. Also includes Pillsbury, Marshall, Capablanca, Reshevsky & Fine. £18.00969. Bouwmeester (H.): Modern End-Game Studies for the Chessplayer. Trans & Ed: H.Golombek.
Bell 1959. 1st English Edn. A very good copy with the classic Bell jacket in great condition and protected with a clear removeable sleeve (price clipped). 128pp. 101 studies (25 more than the Dutch edn.) £15.006005. Cazaux (Jean-Louis) & Rick Knowlton: A World of Chess. Its Development and Variations through Centuries and Civilizations.
McFarland, USA 2017. Large p/b, first three pages slightly creased o/w VG. 398pp., many illustrations. A deeply researched account of the history of chess, including a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years. Many more recent chess variants are fully covered. Instructions for play are provided, with historical context, for every game presented. With a label on endpaper signed by both authors. £40.002809. Cessolis (Jacobus de.): Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474. A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition. With an Introduction by William E.A.Axon.
Elliot Stock, 1883. BCM Classic Reprint No.6. (1968.) p/b, spine yellowed o/w VG. pp lxxii,201, 24 woodcuts in text. £12.001388. Christmas Series No.10. White (A.C.): The White Rooks.
Stroud 1910. Red cloth, VG. 210pp. Over 270 problems. Without Christmas slip. Presentation inscription to Torquay Chess Club from The President, E. J. Winter-Wood, 1918. Christmas Series No.10. £70.00215. Christmas Series No.26. Sim (M.) G.Hume & A.C.White.: D.J.Densmore and the Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918.
Stroud 1920. Red cloth, some fading and marking to spine and covers o/w G. 2 portraits. 239pp., biography of Densmore, review of his work, 50 of his problems, and 85 from the Memorial tourney. With Christmas slip. Christmas Series No.26. £60.001291. Christmas Series No.32. Weenink (H.): The Chess Problem. Edited by G.Hume & A.C.White.
Stroud 1926. Large 8vo, red cloth covers, lacking spine, contents loosening. 316,(1)pp. A classic work including the historical development of the chess problem, birds-eye view of problems themes, full index of composers with Birth-year Register, 30 rare photographs, 374 problems. With Merry Christmas slip. Christmas Series No.32. Sold for the contents as this book could do with re-binding. £20.002349. Christmas Series No.39. White (A.C.): Problems by My Friends. Ed: George Hume & L.H.Jokisch.
Stroud, 1931. Red cloth, spine slightly faded o/w VG. Ex-libris bookplate on endpaper. Several portraits of problemists, 251pp. 185 problems all contributed as part of a world-wide tribute to A.C.White on his 50th birthday. With Merry Christmas slip. Christmas Series No.39. £70.001860. Christmas Series No.41. Keeble (J.): An English Bohemian: A Tribute to B.G.Laws. Edited by G.Hume.
Stroud, 1933. Red cloth, 1933 written in black at foot of spine o/w VG. 176pp., biography of Laws, 113 problems. With Merry Christmas slip. Christmas Series No.41. £60.00189. Cockburn (A.): Idle Passion. Chess and the Dance of Death.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975. 1st UK Edn. VG,d/w (small nick on jacket). 248pp. An exploration of the culture and fascination of chess, drawing from many sources. Includes sections on Morphy, Fischer, Marcel Duchamp, the chess novels of Nabokov and Zweig, "splendors and miseries of the great chess champions", etc. £12.001294. Cordingley (E.G.R.): The Next Move is... Studies in Chess Combinations.
Bell 1948. Reprint. VG. 88pp. 250 positions from master games with continuations and analysis at end. £7.00149. 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. Oblong p/b (18 x 20cm), slight wear and paper loss to spine o/w G. Introduction on history of chess, illustrations and descriptions of 108 chess sets, some in colour. £18.004841. Drajic (D.): An Overview of Yugoslavian Chess Literature 1886-1991. (An Annotated Bibliography). V. Additions, Biographies and Indexes.
Belgrade 2013. Hardback, as new. 189pp. First 94 pages are in English, including an Overview of Literature according to subjects, lists of tournamentsand magazines, corrections and additions, biographies. The remaining part is in Serbian. The final volume of the series. Limited to 150 copies. £25.00445. Dufresne (J.): Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels.
Leipzig (1922). 10th Edn edited by J.Mieses. A small volume, original beige cloth, slightly spotted o/w G. 543pp. LN 1007. £18.003458. Dvoretsky (M.) & A.Yusupov: Positional Play.
Batsford 1996. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 288pp. (A.) Fourth in the series of manuals by the "world's best trainer." £12.0039. Ellis (J.H.): Chess Sparks or Short and Bright Games of Chess.
Longmans, Green 1895. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, gilt, some edge wear o/w G. pp (viii),160, adverts. Some foxing to pages. Contains 400 games of 20 moves or less and a useful chronicle of chess tournaments and matches from 1824-94. LN 3182. A presentation copy from the author - "R.P. from J.H.E. 24:X:95" and printed slip "With the Author's Compliments." R.P. is Ross Pinsent, both he and Ellis were members of "Thatched House Club". There is a small newspaper article included and an extra "Brilliant Game" inserted near the end played by Pinsent. £70.003858. Euwe (M.) & W.Meiden.: Chess Master v Chess Amateur.
Allen & Unwin 1973. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 315pp. 25 deeply annotated games played between an amateur and master, "provides the average player with numerous ways to improve his game." £12.006018. EUWE: Jan Timman: Max Euwe's Best Games. The Fifth World Chess Champion (1935-37).
New In Chess, 2013. 1st Edn. p/b, Fine. 304pp., photos, 80 annotated games, interspersed with biographical detail. The games are annotated by Timman with great clarity and shows how high Euwe's level of play was for over fifty years- and how attractive his attacking style was. (A.) £22.002642. Evans (L.): The Chess Beat.
Pergamon, 1982. 1st Edn. Large format p/b, VG. 105pp. Copies of 300 of Evans' newspaper columns which appeared from 1973-81 in Sunday Washington Post or Chiacgo Tribune, most including a game, and quite a few concerning Fischer. The print is quite small. With a small label of the ECF, Pollard collection. £15.006013. Evans (Larry): Test your Chess I.Q.
Cardoza, USA 2001. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 138pp. 100 positions to solve, from named games, with a choice of three answers. (A.) £7.002468. Faber (M.) / Racknitz: Der Schachautomat des Baron von Kempelen. Mit Einem Essay von Marion Faber.
Die Bibliophilen Taschenbucher, Harenberg 1983. p/b. VG. 156pp., many illustrations, some coloured. Includes a facsimile reprint of Racknitz's "Ueber den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen und dessen Nachbildung" 1789, Faber's essay on von Kempelen's chess automaton, with details of other books, Edgar Allan Poe's "Maelzels Schachspieler", Theodor Heuss on the Life of von Kempelen. £18.00451. FISCHER. Wade & O'Connell: The Games of Robert J. Fischer.
Batsford 1981. 1st p/b Edn. VG. 462pp., photos, tournament & match record, biography, over 700 games, some annotated. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £14.006020. GELFAND (Boris): Positional Decision Making in Chess. With Invaluable Help from Jacob Aagaard.
Quality Chess, Glasgow 2015. Reprint. Hardback, near Fine. 285pp., photos, many annotated games. "Offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game." ECF Book of the Year. £20.006. Gligoric (S.) & R.G.Wade.: The World Chess Championship.
Batsford,1972. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 191pp. Full scores, with very brief annotations, of all 10 matches from 1948 to 1969, with intimate portraits of the champions by Gligoric. £8.005470. Griffith (R.C.) & J.H.White: The Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings.
Bell, 1920. 1st Edn. Small slim hardback, spine lettering faded o/w G. 116pp. LN 1936. Scarce first edition. £10.00632. Hayden (B.): Cabbage Heads and Chess Kings.
Arco 1960. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 223pp. A collection of witty and lively articles on all aspects of the game, including a large section on Morphy. Scarce. £20.001501. Hunvald (H.) Compiler: Chess Quotations from the Masters. With Illustrations by Jeff Hill.
The Peter Pauper Press, NY 1972. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 62pp. 9 colourful illustrations and attractive covers by Jeff Hill. £10.002845. Keene (R.) Ed.: Learn from the Grandmasters.
Batsford 1975. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 120pp. 14 players annotate one of their own best games and one that they have found most instructive. Includes Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Timman, Szabo, Stean, Gufeld, Kavalek. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. A scarce hardback copy. £14.00199. KORCHNOI (V.): Chess is My Life. Autobiography and Games. Trans: Ken Neat.
Batsford 1977. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 168pp. Substantial autobiography plus 75 games, just a few annotated. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £10.00188. Lasker (Emanuel.): Lasker's Chess Primer.
David McKay, Philadelphia n.d.(1934). 1st US Edn. Original purple cloth, VG, with a good jacket. Previous owner inscription on endpaper. 110pp. Betts 10-133. £14.006006. Linder (Dr.I.M.): Scachfiguren im Wandel der Zeit.
H.G.S., Moscow 1994. 1st Edn. Tall 8vo (15 x 27cm), VG,d/w. 288pp. 250 illustrations, mostly in colour, often double-page. 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." £35.001608. Locock (C.D.): One Hundred Chess Maxims for Beginners and Moderate Players.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds n.d.(1931) 1st Edn. Original orange card covers, G. 28pp. LN 1553. £10.002857. Lowenthal (J.): A Selection from the Problems of the Era Problem Tournament. With a Preface by Herr Lowenthal.
Thomas Day, 1857. 1st Edn. Small 8vo, original blue cloth, split on lower joint, edges rubbed. 101pp., (1) advert, errata slip. Without the frontispiece. 63 problems by various composers. The first formal problem-composing tourney, organized by Lowenthal, chess editor of the "Era" newspaper. First prize won by Conrad Bayer, second F.Healey. LN 2396. With an inscription from Lowenthal with his kind wishes to G.Fegeler (?) £200.003898. Marshall (F.J.): Comparative Chess.
McKay, US 1932. 1st Edn. Red cloth, remains of paper label on covers otherwise good. 2 plates, 145pp. One of Marshall's scarcer titles. Includes chapters on US team at Prague 1931, Gallery of World Champions with selection of annotated games, other games, analyses of openings, reflections and advice for students. £40.003611. MARSHALL. A.Soltis: Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion. A Biography with 220 Games.
McFarland, US 1994. 1st Edn. Hardback, VG. 383pp., photos, biography, 220 annotated games, tournament and match record. (A.) £30.001875. Massmann (H.F.): Geschichte des Mittelalterlichen, vorzugsweise des Deutschen Schachspieles. Mit einem Nachwort von B.Richter.
Facsimile reprint der Ausgabe 1839. Schachverlag Horst Helten 1980. Green cloth, VG. pp viii, 222 facsimile of original work, (4) nachwort, plus 15 folding illustrations of chesspieces at end. £18.004394. Matanovic (A.) Ed: Anthology of Chess Combinations.
Chess Informant, 2005. 3rd Edn. Large hardback, G, d/w. The lower outer corner of first 200 pages has been affected by water in the past resulting in a corner crease, but doesn't affect the printed area. 575pp. 2709 positions, arranged by themes, index of players. (A.) £16.001878. MECKING. S.Gordon: Henrique Mecking. Latin Chess Genius.
Thinker's Press, US 1993. 1st Edn. p/b, Fine. 167pp. Biography, playing record, 344 games (the most complete record) of which 24 annotated. "Limited Edition Printing." Mecking was a world class player in the 1970s, winning two large Interzonal tournaments. (A.) £16.00687. Mednis (E.): From the Middlegame into the Endgame.
Pergamon 1987. 1st Edn. Hardback, VG. 220pp. Shows when to aim for the endgame and how to play it correctly. (A.) Scarce hardback copy. £12.001324. Murray (H.J.R.): A History of Chess.
Oxford (University Press.) 1962. Reprinted from Corrected Sheets of the 1913 First Edition. Thick heavy Royal 8vo, original dark blue cloth, gilt. VG. 900pp., 19 plates. A MONUMENTAL WORK. £80.001934. Oefele (A. von): Das Schachspiel der Bataker. Ein Ethnographischer Beitrag zur Geschichte des Schach.
Leipzig, 1904. (A later facsimile reprint.) p/b, some foxing on covers as from original copy, VG. 63pp. (LN 249.) "A most patient and valuable study of the game as played in Sumatra by the Orang-Batak" (Murray, History). £14.004396. Philidor (A.D.): Analysis of the Game of Chess; A New Edition, Greatly Enlarged.
P.Elmsley, London 1777. Contemporary black half calf, spine with raised bands and red title-label, spine and edges rubbed, small piece of label missing, a good tight copy. Half-title, engraved portrait, pp (iv),306,(6) Rules of the Game. Some foxing. LN 489. An early English edition of Philidor's famous work, and the first to be greatly enlarged. This copy includes the fine portrait of Philidor engraved by Bartolozzi which is often missing. £400.003188. PHILLIPS (A.): Chess: 60 Years on with Caissa and Friends.
Caissa Editions, US 2003. VG. p/b. 144pp., photos, 200 games with brief notes and comments, of which over 100 are Phillips' own games, the remainder of his British contemporaries such as Thomas, Alexander, Golombek, Penrose, Clarke, Barden etc. (A.) With a small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection. £12.002473. Pierce (James & W.Timbrell): Pierce Gambit, Chess Papers and Problems.
Trubner & Co. 1888. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, slightly marked and rubbed otherwise good. Stamp of British Chess Problem Society on title-page. Frontispiece, pp (viii),227. Includes 134 problems, analysis of the Pierce Gambit, and various articles mainly concerning problems, and list of subscribers. LN 1839. A scarce work which appears in various binding colours. £100.003181. PILLSBURY. Sergeant (P.W.) & W.H.Watts.: Pillsbury's Chess Career.
Printing Craft 1937. 2nd Edn. Original blue cloth, G. Portrait, pp 226. 233 games with notes, extra 16pp of errata and nine additional games. £22.00735. PILLSBURY. Sergeant (P.W.) & W.H.Watts.: Pillsbury's Chess Career.
Printing Craft / ACB, 1922. 1st Edn. Original maroon cloth, G. Portrait, pp 226. 233 games with notes. A small prize inscription on endpaper. £18.004851. Pritchett (C.): Great Chess Romantics.
Everyman 2013. p/b, Fine copy. 319pp. 35 annotated games. An in-depth look at the play of Anderssen, Chigorin, Reti, Larsen and Morozevich. (A.) £14.0065. RETI. Golombek (H.): Reti's Best Games of Chess.
Bell 1954. 1st Edn. VG (no jacket). 173pp., biography, 70 annotated games, 15 endgame studies. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £12.002153. RUBINSTEIN (A.) H.Kmoch: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces. 100 Selected Games. Translated by Barnie F.Winkelman.
McKay, Philadelphia (1941). 1st English Edn. Black cloth, wear to joints o/w G. 192pp., 100 games annotated by Kmoch. Betts 29-126. £12.005054. Schmid (Anton): Tschaturangavidja. Literatur des Schachspiels. Gesammelt, Geordnet und mit Anmerkungen.
Wien 1847. Facsimile reprint Leipzig 1975. Hardback, grey cloth, slight yellowing of pages, very slight corner crease o/w VG. 402pp. A bibliography of chess books, including comments. This 1975 reprint is scarce. £40.00688. Shamkovich (L.): The Modern Chess Sacrifice.
Batsford, 1980. 1st UK Edn. p/b, VG. 225pp. "The first book to offer a detailed classification of sacrifices in the opening and middlegames, with examples from contemporary Master play." With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £10.003157. SHIROV (A.): Fire on Board. Part II: 1997-2004.
Everyman 2005. 1st Edn. Large p/b. Fine. 192pp., further biography and 53 annotated games by one of the most aggresive and inventive players of the modern era. (A.) Scarcer than the first volume. £20.001089. SHIROV (A.): Fire on Board. Shirov's Best Games.
Everyman, 2006. Reprint. Large p/b. VG. 239pp., biography, c.100 annotated games. Shirov shows why he is widely regarded as one of the most aggresive and inventive players of the modern era. (A.) £12.00260. SMYSLOV (V.V.): My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957. Translated & Edited by P.H.Clarke.
David McKay, NY, (1958). 1st US Edn. VG, d/w (jacket in excellent condition apart from tiny paper loss at top edge, protected in clear removeable sleeve). 154pp, biography, 67 annotated games. Includes a preface by Smyslov, and account of his career and discussion of his style by P.A. Romanovsky. £18.004517. SMYSLOV (Vasily): Endgame Virtuoso. Translated by Ken Neat.
Everyman 2003. Reprint. p/b, Fine copy. 176pp. Many illustrative games and positions from Smyslov's games. Smyslov is renowned for his artistic mastery of the endgame. (A.) £10.00261. SPASSKY. Soltis (A.): The Best Chess Games of Boris Spassky.
Pitman 1973. 1st Edn. Red cloth, G. 288pp. 70 annotated games from 1949 to 1971. Previous owner names on endpaper. £12.00670. SPIELMANN (R.): The Art of Sacrifice in Chess. Translated from the German by J. Du Mont.
Bell, 1935. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w (jacket spine faded and slightly worn at top).. 216pp. 37 of his own annotated games, being examples of various sacrificial themes. £25.004909. Staunton (H.): Chess. Containing The Elementary Portion of "The Chess-Player's Handbook."
Henry J.Drane n.d.(1905). Small hardback (11 x 14cm), original red cloth, white lettering, faded and stained o/w G. 164pp., plus adverts for Drane's ABC series of which this is one. Paper yellowed. Also includes 13 additional games mainly from 1890s at the end. LN 760. Betts 10-74. £12.006014. Stean (M.): Simple Chess. New Algebraic Edition. Edited by Fred Wilson.
Dover 2002.. p/b. VG. 160pp. An easy introduction to chess strategy with selection of master games. £8.002676. STEINITZ: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.7. Wilhelm Steinitz.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1968. Red cloth, VG. 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. £30.004328. STEINITZ. Edited by C.Devide.: A Memorial to William Steinitz. Containing a Selection of his Games.
G.P.Putnam's, NY & London 1901. 1st Edn. Original blue cloth, VG. Portrait, pp vii, 99, advert page. Biographical sketch, c.70 annotated games. LN 3198. £80.003669. Summerscale (A.& C.): Interview with a Grandmaster.
Everyman 2001. p/b. VG. 144pp. Interesting interviews with 9 GM's, each with their own best game, and one that they consider the best ever played. Includes Adams, Short, Hodgson, Rowson, Sofia Polgar, Seirawan, Khalifman, Lautier & Sutovsky. (A.) £12.00464. TAIMANOV (M.): Taimanov's Selected Games. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1995. 1st English Edn. Large p/b, VG. 198pp. 60 annotated games grouped by strategical motif and revealing his personal approach to chess. (A.) £14.0058. TAL. Clarke (P.H.): Mikhail Tal's Best Games of Chess.
Bell, 1961. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (wear to top edge). Portrait, 195pp. 50 games from the period 1951 to 1960. With a small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection. £12.0072. TARRASCH. Reinfeld (F.): Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess.
Chatto & Windus 1947. 1st Edn. VG. 385pp., portrait, brief biography & playing record, 183 annotated games. One of the best collections of Tarrasch's games. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £14.00963. TIMMAN (J.): Studies and Games.
Cadogan 1996. 1st English Edn of 1983 work. p/b. VG. 192pp. (A.) A selection of Timman's memorable games against top GMs, along with anecdotes and some of his studies. £10.00619. Troitzky (A.A.): Collection of Chess Studies.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1937. 1st English Edn. Original blue cloth, G. Portrait, 264pp. 360 endgame studies, plus a supplement on the Theory of Two Knights Against Pawns, his most important contribution to the game. With two ink stamps of Sevenoaks chess club, and a presentation stamp in memory of their President. A classic work. £25.004036. Utterberg (C.): The Dynamics of Chess Psychology.
Chess Digest 1994. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 219pp. Chapters include: philosophical foundations, importance of aesthetics, The Italian School, Philidor, the Romantics (1821-59), the Classical Era (1859-1927), the Modern Game (1927-57), Contemporary Chess and the individual in struggle, 24 leading players and their psychological characteristics, and one or two annotated games of each. (A.) £14.001282. VIDMAR (M.): Goldene Schachzeiten Erinnerungen.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1961. 1st Edn. p/b, G. 259pp., photos, annotated games of Vidmar, memories of players and tournaments, and the chess scene in general. £12.005056. Wahl (S.F.Gunther): Der Geist und die Geschichte des Schachspiels bei Indern, Persern, Arabern ...Deutschen und andern Europaern.
Halle 1798. Facsimile reprint, Leipzig 1981. Small hardback, VG. 419pp, folding plate. £20.001431. Wenman (P.): Gems of the Chess Board.
Pitman 1945. 5th Edn. Blue cloth, spine a bit faded o/w G. 57 annotated games. £5.002459. Whitaker (N.T.) & G.E.Hartleb: 365 Selected Endings. 365 Ausgewahlte Endspiele. With Bibliography of Endgame Books.
Heidelberg, 1960. 1st Edn. in English and German. p/b, G. Most from named studies, with solutions at end and bibliography of 300 books. Scarce title. £14.0025. Wichmann (H.& S.): The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times.
Hamlyn, 1964. 1st English Edn. Large 4to, black cloth, G, d/w (jacket frayed at edges.) 328pp., including 196 plates, some coloured. A large and finely illustrated work, one of the best on chessmen. £30.002082. Williams (G.): Master Pieces. The Story of Chess: the Pieces, Players and Passion of 1000 Years.
Apple Press, 2000. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 160pp., numerous illustrations, mainly coloured, of chess pieces & art works. A very nice work. £15.002059. Winter (W.): Chess for Match Players.
Lawrence & Wishart, 1936. 1st Edn. Black cloth, some wear to head and foot of spine o/w G. Portrait of Winter (loose), 328pp. Red underlining to a few pages, a few pencil notes. A very good general work aimed at mid-range players. £8.006004. Wood (B.H.): Easy Guide to Chess.
Chess SC, 1942. 1st Edn. G. 115pp., photos. A classic guide to chess reprinted many times. Surprisingly this work is not found in the 1955 LN catalogue. £12.00424. Yates (F.D.) & W.Winter: Modern Master-Play..
Printing Craft 1929. 1st Edn. Orignal purple cloth, some wear to spine edges o/w G. 105pp., brief biographies, photos, annotated games of 21 leading players of the 1920's, 2 or 3 games for each. A chess club inscription to verso of title-page. Scarce work. £24.00371. Young (F.K.): The Major Tactics of Chess. A Treatise on Evolutions. The Proper Employment of the Forces in Strategic, Tactical and Logistic Planes.
Little, Brown, Boston 1921. (Reprint) Roy8vo, original red cloth, spine a bit faded o/w G. Frontispiece, pp xvii, 272. A few pencil notes to contents pages. This edition not in the 1955 LN catalogue. Young was a leading Boston player and lawyer who applied a military approach to the game and produced some of the most eccentric works on chess. £25.00698. Znosko-Borovsky (E.): The Art of Chess Combination. English Edition with an Introduction by P.W.Segeant.
Chatto & Windus 1936. 1st Edn. Good copy. Portrait, 212pp. Uses 200 examples from tournament games. "Charming and entertaining style, fortified by penetrating insight into the very essence of combinative play, makes this a timeless book." (J.Grefe.) £12.00