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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 £0.003475. ---: AUSTRALIAN CHESS LORE. Vol.5.
A.C.L.Partnership, Australia, 1986. p/b. VG. 80pp. Includes part biographies and playing records of famous Australian chess players William Viner and Garry Koshnitsky, including selected games, and two other articles on Australian chess history, by J.van Manen and Bob Meadley. (A.) Limited to 250 copies. £20.003052. ---: AUSTRALIAN CHESS LORE. Vols.1-6 (complete.)
A.C.L.Partnership, Australia, 1981-1994. 6 volumes, p/b's, F. Vols.2,3 & 6 are original issues, Vols.1,4 & 5 are facsimile copies. Each volume with about 70 to 80 pages and include biographies and playing records of famous Australian chess players, including selected games, and other articles on Australian chess history, by J.van Manen, Bob Meadley, P.Wagg, & H.Fraser. (A.) Vols.1-3 were Limited to 150 copies, Vols.4-5 250 copies, Vol.6 only 60 copies. £100.003745. ----: International Chess Code (The.) A Revision of the British Chess Code.
Routledge, 1918. Sm8vo, original purple cloth. G. 64pp. A revision of the previous British Chess Code, 1903. LN 1100. Scarce. £15.002191. ----: Official Rules of Chess. Ed: Martin E.Morrison. USCF Section + FIDE Section.
McKay, NY 1979. 2nd Edn. VG, d/w. 122pp. £7.003821. ----: Schachdorf Stroebeck. Schachgeschichte in Bildern.
(no date or publication details, late 20th C.) A4 card portfolio, with brief historical details on the historical chess town of Stroebeck, and 12 loose plates, some coloured, including photos of buildings, living chess games, copies of old prints and photos, stamps etc. £14.003719. ---- NEW PUBLICATION: Clapham (MJ.W.): Antiquarian Chess Books in the English Language 1475 to 1900. A Price Guide.
Self-published, 2007. 4to, ring-bound, red paper covers. 20pp.,2 coloured plates showing 8 book covers. Based on the entries in Betts "Annotated Bibliography" and Whyld & Ravilious "Chess Texts", it gives a guide to values in pounds, euros and dollars, compiled from the author's records of auction prices, specialist book dealer's catalogues, ebay etc., including a section for periodicals. (Also: copy with 1 uncoloured plate. £10.00) £15.003845. .: Book & Magazine Collector. No.109 & 116.
April & November 1993. 2 magazines, wear to one spine o/w G. 164pp each. Includes two articles on chess by Rupert Neelands, 22pp in all, with illustrations, bibliography, and guide to values (in 1993). Comprises "Early Chess Books" from Cessolis to Stamma, and "Chess Books from Philidor to Staunton. 1749-1875)." £10.00435. 1993 KASPAROV-SHORT. Lawson (D.): The Inner Game.
Macmillan 1993. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 249pp. Inscribed by journalist David Spanier. The inside story of the 1993 Kasparov-Short match written in an incisive and entertaining style by a close friend of Short. 20 games without notes at end. £8.003259. ALEKHINE: Whyld (K.) (Translated & Edited by): Alekhine Nazi Articles.
Moravian, Czech Rep. 2002. 3rd Edn. h/b. F. 44pp. "...the first reprinting of the complete source document in any language" - of Alekhine's articles in "Pariser Zeitung" 18-23 March 1941 - with introduction and publication history by Whyld. £12.0075. Alexander (C.H.O'D.): A Book of Chess.
Harper & Row, 1973. 1st US Edn. 4to, VG,d/w. 164pp., illustrations. Includes history, famous players, professional chess, variants, problems, art & literature. £12.00590. ALEXANDER (C.H.O'D.) SPECIAL SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Golombek (H.) & B.Hartston: The Best Games of C.H.O'D. Alexander. With a Memoir by Sir S.Milner-Barry.
Oxford Univ.Press 1976. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (a little bumping to edges). Oblong 4to. 167pp printed on green paper, 4pp photos. 70 annotated games. "Special Tournament Edition" Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by all 16 players in the Alexander Memorial Tournament, Teeside, Sept.1975 - Bronstein, Geller, Gheorghiu, Golombek, Hartston, Hort, Hubner, Kavalek, Keene, Lombardy, Miles, Olafsson, Sax, Smyslov, Stean, Timman. £130.003406. Andressen (P.): Der Kleine Schachspieler, oder Grundliche Darstellung aller Regeln dieses Spiels.
Hamburg 1854. Reprint, Verlag Tribune, Berlin 1990. Sm8vo, pink boards, F. A facsimile reprint, pp x,140, including an essay on the original work at the end. Kieler Kat.2311. v.der Linde II,p.40 (original.) £15.003. Assiac. (H.Fraenkel.): Adventure in Chess.
Turnstile Press, 1951. 1st Edn. 192pp. VG,d/w (a little stained on back). A collection of articles, now enlarged, from the author's column in the New Statesman. With cardboard set at back intact and unused. £10.002420. Averbakh (Y.): Small Chess Dictionary.
Beograd, 1988. 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 151pp. In English, German, Spanish, French & Russian. Includes basic terms, words, phrases, dictionary and index. Useful for players, organisers, readers of chess literature. £10.003077. Avery (B.D.): Correspondence Chess in America.
McFarland, US 2000. 1st Edn. F. 278pp. 233 games, some annotated. A detailed chronological account. (A.) £34.003008. Barcza (G.) A.Foldeak & others: Magyar Sakktortenet 3. 1896-1921.
Budapest 1989. VG, d/w. 364pp. Many games, problems, photos, biographies, tournament reports etc., covering Hungarian chess from 1896 to 1921. Includes large sections on Charousek and Breyer with many games of each. £20.002811. Beal (D.F.) Ed: Advances in Computer Chess 4.
Pergamon Press, 1986. 1st Edn. VG. 197pp. Various contributors, including H.Berliner, D.Michie, D.Levy, W.Hartston, R.M.Hyatt. A collection of 13 papers presented at the fourth "Advances in Computer Chess" conference held at Brunel University, London, in April 1984. £18.00975. Behrends (R.): Kunstlerische Schachfiguren aus zehn Jahrhunderten.
Insel verlag, Leipzig 1963. Pictorial boards. VG. 67pp., including 45 plates of chesspieces. £14.002949. Betts (D.A.): Chess. An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in the English Language 1850-1968.
Facsimile reprint of 1974 edition, Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2005. Thick heavy hardback bound in red cloth. pp xix, 659. Divided in subject areas, each entry with collation and often notes, and large index by author and title. The most important work of its kind for this period. The original edition and the Chess Player reprint are both very scarce and expensive. £30.001484. Bisguier (A.) & A.Soltis: American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer.
MacMillan, NY 1974. 1st Edn. G, d/w (little frayed at edges.) 291pp., photos, biographies, around 100 annotated games. SIGNED BY GM A.BISGUIER on front endpaper. £25.002202. Bjelica (D.): Velemajstori Izbliza. (Yugoslav edition of Grandmasters in Profile.)
Sarajevo, 1973. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 318pp., photos, a few games. Biographical details and interviews with leading players by the author who was a personal friend of many of them. £5.002940. 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. £18.001215. Bott (R.) & S.Morrison: The Chess Player's Bedside Book.
Faber 1966. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 83pp. Anecdotes, problems, games, some by young British Internationals. £7.501522. Botvinnik (M.M.): Computers, Chess and Long-Range Planning.
Heidelberg Science Library, 1970. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 89pp. An important work on the subject, and quite scarce. £20.002. Brace (E.R.): An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess.
Hamlyn, 1977. 320pp., diagrams. G,d/w. 1st Edn. Over 2000 entries. £9.002272. British Chess Magazine.: Index of Chief Contributions 1880-1930.
Leeds, 1931 (photocopy.) 15pp. Includes large list of obituaries, references to tournaments and matches, book reviews, articles etc. £5.003355. Burgess (G.): Chess Highlights of the 20th Century.
Gambit 1999. VG. Tall hardback. 208pp, photos, one or two pages for each year from 1900 to 1999 with chess news and brief world news and one or two selected game positions. (A.) £20.001649. Burgess (G.): The Mammoth Book of Chess.
Robinson, 1997. 1st. Thick p/b. G. 537pp. A comprehensive general work including openings, strategy & tactics, selection of games, studies etc. (A.) £7.002920. Buuren (Catherine van) Editor: The Buke of the Chess. Edited from the Asloan Manuscript.
The Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh 1997. Hardback, as new. pp clv, 234. "The Buke of the Chess" (c.1515) is a unique Middle Scots version of the "Ludus Scaccorum", a moralising tale in Latin prose by Jacobus de Cessolis, a 13th century Dominican from Lombardy. (Introduction.) Includes a detailed introduction, explanations and glossary. £20.002942. Cafferty (B.) & M.Taimanov: The Soviet Championships.
Cadogan, 1998. F, d/w. 224pp., photos. The 58 Soviet Championships from 1920 to 1991, each with crosstable, introduction and one or two of the best games annotated by Taimanov. (A.) "The definitive record." £16.003011. Carrera (Pietro): Il Gioco de Gli Scacchi. 1617. Introduzione di Santo Daniele Spina. Indice alfabetico del Dottor Mario Tortelli.
Boemi srl, Catania 2003. Thick p/b. F. 663pp. A facsimile reprint, with new introductory essay and index of terminology, of the famous large work first published in 1617. £50.001761. Carrera (Pietro): Risposta di Valentino Vespaio contro L'Apologia di Alessandro Salvio.
Catania, 1635. Facsimile reprint by Edizioni Boemi, 1996. p/b. F. 52pp of original work, plus 25pp of introduction and notes. Van der Linde 446 (original edn, of which only 10 copies, all incomplete, are known to exist.) This edition now out of print. £20.002839. Carroll (C.M.): The Great Chess Automaton.
Dover 1975. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 116pp. The history of Kempelen's "Turk" and how it probably worked, with bibliography. £11.002104. Cazaux (J-L), J.Gerhard & S.Myron: The Anatomy of Chess.
Tubinger Beitrage zum Thema Schach Band 8. 2003. New p/b. 97pp. Most articles in English, a few in German, including "Chess comes from China", "On the Origin of Chess" by Y.Averbakh, "Origin and Evolution of Chess" by A.Kraaijeveld, "Is Chess a Hybrid Game?", "Pawns & Pieces - Towards the Prehistory of Chess", "Nachwort" by Egbert Meissenburg. £12.003190. Chamonal (Francois & Rudolphe, Libraires): Jeux et Sports. Livres Anciens.
Paris, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue, oblong format (25 x 20cm) p/b, coloured pictorial covers, VG. 50pp., illustrated. Lists 226 antiquarian books with descriptions and prices, on sports and pastimes, including many chess. £25.00734. Chernev (I.): Curious Chess Facts.
Black Knight Press, NY, 1937. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 64pp., 2 (of 8) plates only. 206 "facts" in all. Scarce work. £15.007. Chernev (I.): The Chess Companion.
Faber,1976 Repr. p/b. G. 287pp. An anthology of interesting stories and articles by various authors, including "Writers who have changed Chess History" by Golombek. Also many famous games, problems and endings. £8.001391. Chernev (I.): Wonders and Curiosities of Chess.
Dover, NY 1974. 1st. (A greatly enlarged version of his 1937 work.) p/b. VG. 203pp. 357 curious chess facts, including over 160 complete annotated games. £9.001056. Chernev (I.) & F.Reinfeld: The Fireside Book of Chess.
Simon & Schuster, NY 1949. 2nd printing. G. 400pp. Numerous games, anecdotes, articles, stories etc. (Also p/b edn, c.1970's, G, also 400pp. £9.00) £15.003579. 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. £18.002074. Clarke (M.R.B.) Ed: Advances in Computer Chess 1.
Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1977. 1st Edn. F, d/w. 118pp. Various contributors, including H.Berliner, D.Michie, S.Tan. A collection of 7 papers presented at a symposium held at Oxford in March 1975. £20.002649. Cload (R.) & R.Keene: Battles of Hastings. A History of the Hastings International Chess Congress.
Pergamon 1991. 1st. p/b. F. 141pp, good selection of photos, selection of games annotated by Keene. (A.) £10.00189. Cockburn (A.): Idle Passion. Chess and the Dance of Death.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975. 1st UK Edn. VG,d/w. 248pp. An exploration of the culture and fascination of chess, drawing from many sources. £12.003704. Cordingley (E.G.R.) & K.Whyld: The Chess Students Quarterly. Vol.I - VI (Nov 1946 - Mar 1952). (With) Match Bronstein vs. Boleslavski, Moscow 1950.
Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2007. Hardback. 569pp. 356 games, many annotated, 14 games of B-B match, opening theory, book reviews, various lists of books for sale. A facsimile reprint of the complete run of CSQ which was produced on an off-set litho printing machine. It was intended to be complimentary to the two major British chess magazines, giving additional games and analysis, but no news or problems. The original issues are very scarce. £25.003795. Crowther (M.): Chess on the Net.
Everyman 2001. 1st. p/b. VG. 127pp. How to get the most out of chess on the internet, reviews of websites, where to play etc. £7.002903. D'Hooghe (G.): Les Secrets du Cavalier. Les Problemes d'Euler.
Editions Brepols, Brussels & Paris, 1962. 1st Edn. Tall hardback, brown imitation leather, d/w. F. 126pp., photos, folding tables, loose errata sheet. Concerning a machine for performing the knight's tour exhibited at the Leipzig Olympiad 1960, the methods of Euler, methods of the knight's tour etc. A scarce work. £40.003275. Damsky (Y.): The Batsford Book of Chess Records.
Batsford, 2005. New p/b. 303pp. Includes many games. Numerous records from chess history, longest/shortest etc., although more of an entertaining collection of anecdotes than a serious reference work. (A.) £15.001403. Davidson (H.A.): A Short History of Chess.
McKay, NY 1981 (repr.of 1949 edn.) 1st p/b Edn. G. 228pp. A few pencil notes. £12.003300. del Rio (Ercole): The War of the Chessmen. La Guerra degli Scacchi, o sia Il Re de'Giuochi. Edited & Translated by Christopher Becker.
Caissa Limited Editions, US 1984. F. pp lxi, 184. This is the first publication of a manuscript by del Rio written around 1800 but unpublished until this edition in 1984. The original Italian plus English commentary added by Professor Christopher Becker who has added a long scholarly introduction which traces the early development of chess and explains the place of this work in chess history. Limited to 700 numbered copies. £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. 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) £30.003822. Depasquale (C.): My 60 Memorable Columns. Editor: Cathy Chua.
Chess World, Victoria 1995. p/b. F. 123pp., 60 of the author's columns from the Melbourne newspaper "The Age" between 1990-95, most including a game or position, all of them memorable, entertaining or amusing. (A.) £18.002902. Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1747-1900. A Comprehensive Record with 465 Tournament Crosstables and 590 Match Scores.
McFarland, US 2004. New large h/b. 235pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. Has 135 more crosstables than Gaige Vol.1. £27.003146. Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1901-1920. A Comprehensive Record with 860 Tournament Crosstables and 375 Match Scores.
McFarland, US 2006. New large p/b. 321pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. Has 85 more crosstables than Gaige Vol.2-3. £27.003245. Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1921-1930. A Comprehensive Record with 940 Tournament Crosstables and 210 Match Scores.
McFarland, US 2006. New large p/b. 342pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. Has 130 more crosstables than Gaige Vol.4. £27.003407. Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1931-1935. A Comprehensive Record with 1,065 Tournament Crosstables and 190 Match Scores.
McFarland, US 2006. New large p/b. 410pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. This volume now extends beyond the 4 vol Gaige work which ended with 1930. £27.003637. Di Felice (G.): Chess Results 1936-1940. A Comprehensive Record with 990 Tournament Crosstables and 125 Match Scores.
McFarland, US 2007. New large p/b. 380pp. Includes indexes of events, players, sources. This volume now extends beyond the 4 vol Gaige work which ended with 1930. Many obscure events are included as well as the major tournaments. £27.00723. Divinsky (N.): The Batsford Chess Encyclopaedia.
Batsford 1990. 1st Edn. Large format. VG, d/w. 247pp., photos, crosstables of major tournaments, biographies, over 100 great games etc. £18.003819. DUCHAMP (M.) F.Pezzuto: La Partita di Duchamp.
Messaggerie Scacchistiche, 1994. Small p/b. F. 77pp., photos, biography of his chess exploits, one game. £12.002939. Dunne (A.): Great Chess Books of the Twentieth Century in English.
McFarland, US 2005. New p/b. 208pp. An objective look at the best chess books of the 20th Century, including bibliographical details, description and author information, and reasons for the books importance. £24.00194. Eales (R.): Chess. The History of a Game.
Batsford 1985. 1st Edn.VG,d/w. 240pp. A seriously researched, but also readable, history. Includes signed compliments slip from the author. £15.004. Edwards (R.) & R.Keene.: The Chess Player's Bedside Book.
Batsford, 1975. 1st Edn. G,d/w. 149pp., photo plates (2 pages torn, waterstaining to lower margins). Interesting articles by various authors. (Another copy: G,d/w £7.50) £6.001609. Elo (A.E.): The Rating of Chessplayers Past & Present.
Batsford, 1978. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 206pp. The definitive work, packed with statistics, and quite scarce. £30.002642. Evans (L.): The Chess Beat.
Pergamon, 1982. 1st. Large format h/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. £14.003779. 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.) £15.003706. Fiala (V.) Editor: Quarterly for Chess History. Winter 13/2007.
Moravian Chess Publishing House, Czech Rep. July 2007. New h/b. 436pp. Includes: Short History of Origins of Chess Tournaments, biographies of Hromadka pt.9, R.Sze, William Lewis, forgotten chess tournaments - Munich 1886, Zoppot 1937, Showalter v Albin match NY 1894, articles on Staunton - Harrwitz match, Steinitz, Alekhine, Capablanca etc., with unknown games, later years of Chess Players' Chronicle, Chess in California 1945-51, 326 games in all, correspondence chess, miscellany, reviews. (A.) (PREVIOUS VOLUMES ALSO AVAILABLE.) £25.00362. Fine (R.): The Psychology of the Chess Player.
Dover 1967. Reprint of 1st Edn with new appendix. p/b. G. Photos, 74pp. £8.002114. FISCHER INTEREST) Targ (Russell): Precognition and Everyday Life: A Physical Model.
Paper presented at International Conference on Parapyschology, Amsterdam, Aug.23, 1972. Photocopy of original paper, stapled in corner. Title-page, 12pp. Targ was Fischer's brother-in-law, and visited the match in Reykjavik with his wife and three children. He was a physicist, and had also done extensive research in parapsychology. (See Brady biography p.23 & 252.) This paper does not contain anything to do with Fischer. £5.003555. FISCHER: Totaro (L.): Fisching for Forgeries.
Thinkers' Press 2007. Square p/b. 57pp., many coloured illustrations of posters, envelopes, score-sheets, magazine covers, all with examples of Fischer's signature/autograph, both genuine and fake. Includes samples of previous sales on ebay, chronological autograph table, handwriting analysis of Fischer by graphologist Sheila Lowe, intro by GM Larry Evans, foreword by collector Andy Ansel, other notes etc. £12.002247. FISKE: White (Horatio S.): Willard Fiske. Life and Correspondence - A Biographical Study.
Oxford University Press, NY 1925. 1st Edn. Original maroon cloth, slight wear to head and foot of spine otherwise a good tight copy. 485pp & plates. Includes chapters on his journalism, chess, as Professor, as Librarian, Book Collector and his Collections, travels to Egypt and Iceland, book notices and reviews, his Wills, Obituaries, his Correspondence including with Eugene B.Cook and George Allen. A scarce work. LN 3067. Some pencil notes in margins, often initialled H.S.W., and possibly by the author himself in preparation for an errata. £160.005. Foldeak (A.): Chess Olympiads.
Hungary, Corvina Press, 1966. 1st English Edn. G. 364pp., numerous annotated games, and full results of Olympiads from 1927 to 1964. £10.002950. Forbes (Duncan): The History of Chess, from the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India, till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe.
Facsimile Reprint of the original 1860 edition, Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2005. Hardback, purple cloth. Frontispiece, pp viii, 312, lx (appendix), 3 plates at end. LN 211. £25.00431. Fox (M.) & R.James: The Complete Chess Addict.
Faber 1987. p/b. G. 264pp., illustrations, games, positions, hundreds of interesting, entertaining, and bizarre facts. (A.) £10.002946. Gaige (J.): Chess Personalia. A Biobibliography.
McFarland, US 2005. New p/b reprint of 1987 hardback edition. xxii, 505pp. "About 14,000 entries...the result of nearly 25 years of research" providing full name, date and place of birth and death, pseudonyms, FIDE titles and year awarded, sources for biographical details, plus index to obituaries in the BCM. An indispensable work. The original hardback edition is scarce. £30.003587. Gaige (J.): Chess Tournament Crosstables. Vols.II-IV. (1901-1930.)
Privately Printed, Philadelphia, 1971-74. 3 volumes, original blue cloth. G. Gives around 1600 crosstables in all. Scarce. £120.003216. Garzón (José A.): The Return of Francesch Vicent. The History of the Birth and Expansion of Modern Chess.
Valencia, 2005. New large hardback. 495pp, illustrations. Garzón, of Valencia, succeeded with a remarkable chess historical coup as he was able to trace the apparently lost incunabulum of Francesch Vicent in an Italian manuscript - his "Libre dels jochs partitis dels scachs en nombre de 100" which was published in 1495 in Valencia. José’s latest work on the birth and the expansion of modern chess is connected with this and further find(s), and contains reproductions from the original manuscript, the 100 problems, a comparison with Damiano and other manuscripts etc. A monumental work. £40.003699. Geuzendam (D.J ten): Linares! A Journey into the Heart of Chess.
NIC 2001. 1st. p/b. F. 126pp. (No games.) An inside account of the annual premier chess tournament at Linares in Spain. £11.002466. 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. £28.008. 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.. £15.006. Gligoric (S.) & R.G.Wade.: The World Chess Championship.
Batsford,1974. 2nd Edn., repr. 221pp. VG,d/w. Full scores, with annotations, of all 11 matches from 1948 to 1972, with intimate portraits of the champions by Gligoric. £9.009. Golombek (H.): A History of Chess.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. 1st Edn. Large format, G,d/w. 256pp., numerous illustrations, some coloured. £8.0010. Golombek (H.): The Encyclopaedia of Chess.
Batsford,1977. 1st Edn. 4to. 360pp., many illustrations. G,d/w. "The most ambitious and authoritative available" at the time of publication. £16.002361. Golombek (H.): The Game of Chess.
Penguin handbook, 1954. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 255pp. Includes 54 games. (Also revised reprint, 1974. VG. 267pp. £3.00) £3.502798. Golombek (H.): The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess.
Penguin, 1981. Revised & Abridged Edn of 1977 work. p/b. Cover corners creased, paper yellowed. 579pp. £7.501821. Gould (D.): Chess in Leicester 1860-1960. Centenary History of the Leicestershire Chess Club.
Leicester, (1960.) Folio, cloth-backed card covers, paper label on front. G. pp ii,100,4, 2pp photos, text type-duplicated. An interesting and detailed history, including results (no games.) Scarce. Betts 6-12. £45.00285. Graham (F.L.): Chess Sets.
Studio Vista 1968. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 84pp., many illus. Includes large section on modern sets. £16.001289. Grekov (N.): Soviet Chess.
Chess Review, US 1949. 1st English Edn. G. 256pp. 105 annotated games from 1844 to 1944, from Russian and Soviet tournaments and matches, including summaries of the various players and events. £25.0011. Greygoose (F.): Chessmen.
David & Charles,1979. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 160pp. 183 illustrations, many in colour. £18.002685. Hagedorn (R.K.): Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America. A Review of the Literature.
University of Philadelphia Press, 1958. 1st Edn. Paper somewhat yellowed as usual o/w G,d/w (slightly torn on edges). pp92, plates. Details 60 works printed in America from 1802 to 1859, Franklin's "Morals of Chess", with commentary and essay on Franklin. A scarce and useful reference work. £45.003079. Hallman (J.C.): The Chess Artist. Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game.
Thomas Dunne Books, NY 2003. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 334pp. "Both an intellectual journey and first-rate travel writing dedicated to the love of chess." Includes the New York chess scene and much on the author's experiences in Kalmykia. £12.00258. 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. £36.003670. Harding (T.): The New Chess Computer Book.
Pergamon 1986. Repr. p/b. VG. 312pp. A comprehensive work on micro-computers at that time, their development and future, including games. (A.) £9.001439. Harley (B.): Chess and its Stars.
Leeds, 1936. 1st Edn. Stain on rear cover o/w G. 161pp., plates. Includes chapters on Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Bonar Law, the Gambit chess cafe, blindfold chess, other articles, some games. £10.0012. Hartston (W.R.): The Kings of Chess. A History of Chess Traced through the Lives of its Greatest Players.
Pavilion, 1985. 4to, p/b. VG. 192pp., well illustrated with photos and old historical prints and pictures, a few famous games annotated. (A.) £12.002565. Hauswedell & Nolte auctioneers: Auktion 314. Schachliteratur aus Funf Jahrhunderten.
Hamburg, 24 Nov.1995. A4 size photocopy. 88 loose pages. 720 lots, fully described, sometimes with extra notes, including many antiquarian, tournaments etc. The copy quality is poor with darker shading to lower half of pages although still readable. Prices for those sold written in red pen at side. One of the most important chess book auctions in the last 25 years. £14.003299. Hilbert (J.): Essays in American Chess History.
Caissa, US 2002. 1st Edn. F. 359pp., illus. A collection of 30 pieces by one of America¹s most highly acclaimed chess historians, containing over 300 chess games, many not available before, including long-forgotten ones by the likes of Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker, and Capablanca. Chapters literally run the gamut from humor to murder. Detailed coverage of long-forgotten events include the Franklin Chess Club Championship of 1897-98, the Washington Chess Divan Championship for 1942 (won by Reuben Fine), and Atlantic City 1921. Essays on correspondence chess, as well as chapters on players such as Mackenzie, Capablanca, Whitaker, and others are included. Twenty-four photographs and line drawings. A treasure trove for chess history buffs. (A.) £25.003723. Hillyer (Martin Frere): Thomas Frere and the Brotherhood of Chess. A History of 19th Century Chess in New York City.
McFarland, US 2007. New tall hardback. 211pp., illus., selection of games. A thorough work by the great great grandson of Thomas Frere, one of the foremost figures of 19th century American chess. (A.) £32.00891. Hoffmann (F.& J.): Schach unter der Lupe. Eine Fibel fur Schachspieler und Philatelisten.
Sportverlag Berlin, 1986. 1st Edn. Oblong small 8vo, VG, d/w. 151pp. Includes 88 pages in colour illustrating numerous stamps with a chess theme issued between 1947 & 1986, plus various essays on chess. £12.002682. Hooper (D.) & K.Whyld.: The Oxford Companion to Chess.
OUP, 1984. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 407pp. A comprehensive encyclopaedia. This edition includes some entries, game scores and compositions not used in the 2nd edn. (Also: 1987 p/b edition, with corrections. Covers creased, internally ok. £12.00) £20.0015. Hooper (D.) & K.Whyld.: The Oxford Companion to Chess.
OUP, 1996 2nd Edn (much enlarged & revised). p/b. Cover corners a little creased o/w VG. 483pp. A comprehensive encyclopaedia. This edition includes many more entries, and different game scores and compositions to the 1st Edn. £20.0016. Horowitz (A.): From Morphy to Fischer. A History of the World Chess Championship.
Batsford,1973. 1st UK Edn. 291pp. VG,d/w. £8.001438. Horowitz (I.A.) & J.S.Battell.: The Best in Chess.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w (torn with some loss at edges). 412pp. A large collection of annotated games, articles, stories, problems, selected from the best of "Chess Review" since 1933. £15.00375. Horton (B.J.): Dictionary of Modern Chess.
Bonanza Books, (1960's). Repr of 1959 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 224pp. The first dictionary of chess. £12.002719. Hurst (Sarah): Chess on the Web.
Batsford 1999. p/b. F. 144pp. Guide to internet chess resources. £5.003754. Hurst (Sarah): Curse of Kirsan. Adventures in the Chess Underworld. Foreword by Ken Whyld.
Russell, US 2002. 1st. F. p/b. 285pp.,illus. Includes much insight and anecdotes on the British chess scene, interviews, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the darker side of chess politics, Alekhine, chess in Hungary, and much more. £12.003781. Hurst (Sarah), R.Pallister & G.Brown: Chess on the Web.
Batsford 2000. New Edn Fully Updated. p/b. F. 176pp. Guide to internet chess resources. £7.002317. Jongman (Dr.R.W.): Het oog van de Meester. Een Experimenteel-Psychologisch Onderzoek naar Waarnemingsprestaties van Schaakmeesters en Ongeoefende Schakers.
Assen, 1968. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 186pp. A study of the kind of knowledge and skill a machine-programme should be provided with, if the computer were to equal the chess-master's skill in 'reading' positions. (Summary.) £15.0017. Kazic (B.M.): International Championship Chess. A Complete Record of FIDE Events.
Batsford,1974. 1st Edn. 360pp. VG,d/w. Full details of Olympiads, all World Championship competitions, and 273 games. £9.002381. Kazic (B.M.): The Chess Competitor's Handbook.
Batsford 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 229pp. Elo is a co-author. Includes chapters on ratings and FIDE rating system, rules for tournaments and matches etc. £6.0013. Keene (R.): Chess An Illustrated History.
Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1990. 1st Edn. Large format, VG, d/w (but lettering completely faded on spine). 128pp.,many fine coloured illustrations, including chessmen, old photos, paintings etc. £17.00433. Keyes (F.P.): The Chess Players.
Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961. 1st Edn. G, pictorial d/w. 542pp. A novel based on the life of Paul Morphy. £9.001482. Kieler Schachkatalog 2000.: Katalog der Schachbibliotheken W.Massmann und G.Meyer in der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesbibliothek, Kiel. Bearbeitet von Horst Luders und Christine Mohle.
Kiel & Gottingen, 2000. Royal 8vo, red cloth, gilt. pp xviii,603,(2). In all 8360 entries, with collations, divided into various subjects, and large author, title, place, name and subject indexes. This catalogue contains books up to the 1990's, whereas the Linde-Niemeijeriana catalogue only goes to 1954. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. £48.003253. Kishon (E.), H.Pfleger & O.Weiner: Der Schachcomputer, Gegner und Freund.
Munchen, 1990. 1st Edn. Square h/b. VG. 167pp., photos, history of computer chess, numerous positions as examples of computers in play. £8.001068. Korn (W.): America's Chess Heritage. From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer and Beyond.
McKay, NY 1978. 1st Edn. G, d/w. 302pp. Numerous annotated games, much biographical, historical, and other material. £20.003208. Kotov (A.) & M.Yudovich: The Soviet Chess School.
Moscow, 1983. VG. 192pp, photos, many annotated games. A completely rewritten version of "The Soviet School of Chess" (1958), including the period up to 1983. £10.0019. Kotov (A.) & M.Yudovich.: The Soviet School of Chess.
Moscow, 1958. VG. 390pp., illustrations. Includes biographies and numerous annotated games, chess literature, history etc.. £10.00434. Krogius (N.): Psychology in Chess.
RHM, NY 1976. 1st English Edn. p/b. VG. 243pp. Contains the best of Krogius' writings on the subject, with much of practical use including large sections on attention and time trouble, reasons for common errors etc. . £14.001309. Kruijswijk (K.W.) Compiler: Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana aucta et de novo descripta. A Catalogue of the Chess Collection in the Royal Library, The Hague. Vol.1 Chess: Bibliography & History.
ALL PUBLISHED. 1974. 4to, black cloth. VG. 150pp, 8 plates, copy of corrections leaf, 1300 annotated entries. £45.00979. Kuiper (Dr.P.F.): Hundert Jahre Schachturniere 1851-1950.
Amsterdam, 1964. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (wear at edges). 307pp., many excellent photos. Includes tournament results, including cross-tables for important events, occasional games, list of masters with their career results. £40.00716. Kuiper (Dr.P.F.): Hundert Jahre Schachzweikampfe 1851-1950.
W.Ten Have 1967. 1st Edn. Spine worn at head and foot o/w G. pp 144, photos. A comprehensive record of matches played in each year, including games and references to literature. £18.003674. Langfield (P.): Chess.
Macdonald Guidelines 1978. 1st. p/b. VG. 96pp., includes short biographies and photos of various players, chess history, illustrations of some pictures and chess sets, 7 famous games. £6.002004. Lasa (T.von der): Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels.
Leipzig 1897. (Facsimile Reprint 1984.) VG. pp viii,269. His most important book, still perhaps the clearest account of the game's development in Europe from medieval times. (Oxford Companion.) £35.003451. LASA (von der): Edited by V.Fiala & S.Sierpowski: Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa and His Chess Collection. International Conference of Chess Historians. Organised by Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sept.16-18, 2002.
Kornik 2003. New hardback. 286pp. Comprises a series of lectures by various historians, mainly in English and German, including biography of v.der Lasa and 176 of his games. (A.) £25.00795. Lasker (Edward): The Adventure of Chess.
Dover 1959. Revised 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 296pp. No games, but includes history, literature, biographies, psychology, art, famous chess amateurs, automata, early computer chess etc. £10.003367. Lauterbach (W.): Faszinierendes Unsterbliche Spiel.
Schachverlag Weiler 1986. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 126pp., plates. On all different aspects of chess, only a few games included. £8.003833. LEONARD. J.S.Hilbert: The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A.Leonard, 1841-1862. Foreword by Edward Winter.
McFarland, US 2006. New hardback. 213pp., biography, illustrations, 92 annotated games. Leonard was a brilliant young player viewed as a possible successor to Paul Morphy, and who died in the American Civil War. Includes good coverage of American chess in the eary 1860's. (A.) £31.001599. Levy (D.): Chess and Computers.
Batsford 1976. 1st Edn. Ex-library with stamp on endpaper and verso of title-page o/w VG,d/w. 145pp. Includes chess machines, early history of computer chess, the modern era, bibliography. £7.0023. Levy (D.): Computer Chess Compendium.
Batsford,1988. 1st Edn. Large p/b. 440pp. VG. "All important articles on the subject have been collected together...with the best games by chess computers...and an extensive bibliography." £15.00186. Levy (D.N.L.): The Chess Computer Handbook.
Batsford 1984. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 129pp. (A.) Includes a bibliography. £5.00502. 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. £25.00633. Linde (A. van der): Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana. A Catalogue of the Chess Collections in the Royal Library The Hague.
1988 facsimile of 1955 work. Limited Edition of 750 copies. F. 342pp. Lists some 6500 items published up to 1953/54, divided into subjects, plus index. £30.00203. Linde (A. van der): Das Erste Jartausend der Schachlitteratur (850-1880).
Caissa,USA,1979. Facsimile Reprint Limited to 700 numbered copies. 112,(4)pp. F. Includes most of the chess publications known of until its publication in 1880, arranged alphabetically by author.. £30.00638. 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." £28.003097. Lindorfer (K.): Grosses Schach-Lexikon. Geschichte, Theorie und Spielpraxis von A bis Z.
Mosaik verlag, Munchen 1981. New Edn. VG, d/w. 384pp., illustrations, some games and problems. £16.0021. 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. £15.0022. Matthews (K.): British Chess.
Collins,1948. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (worn on spine). 50pp., well illustrated, some coloured. "Britain in Pictures" series. A history of chess in Britain. (Another copy with a good d/w £12.00) £10.003504. Mokry (K.): Ceska Sachova Literatura 1806-1945. (Czech Chess Literature 1806-1945. An annotated bibliography of chess literature in Czech language published before 1946.)
Self-published, Prostejov 2006. Hardback green cloth. xxii,170pp. The description contains 441 entries, of which 229 are books, 32 magazines and 180 chess columns in non-chess periodicals. Detailed index at the end. The book is in Czech language but includes a small Czech-English vocabulary with c.100 most frequent terms and also the complete introduction appears simultaneously in Czech and English (8 pages). Edition Limited to 100 numbered & signed copies. £49.00373. Moore (J.J.) & T.F.Deery: A History of the Metropolitan Chess Club 1890-1990.
Privately Printed in a small Edition, thermal bound, c.8 x 12in. 65pp., printed double-column, photos. Includes much on the pre-War London chess club scene. £10.002115. Moore (Robert S.): A Collection of Chess Books: A Reflection of My Interests.
Senior, Arts & Science, University of Oklahoma (1966.) Photocopied A4 paper, stapled. 11pp. A brief outline of the author's collecting interests and list of selected titles with comments. Not in Betts or Lusis. £5.003564. Moran (P.): The World Chess Championship: Steinitz to Alekhine.
Batsford, 1986. Revised English Edn. p/b. VG. 204pp. Introductions and all games from the matches from 1886 to 1937, some annotated. (A.) £10.00198. Morley (F.V.): My One Contribution to Chess.
Faber 1947. 1st Edn. Spine faded o/w G. 110pp. Concerning a chess variant using a larger board, and fragments of autobiography and philosopy. £9.001595. Murray (H.J.R.): A History of Chess.
A new reprint (2002) of the 1913 first edition. Hardback. F,d/w. 900pp. 18 plates. The largest and most famous history of chess, mainly concerned with the evolution of modern chess from oriental origins up to the early 18th century. £35.00436. Murray (H.J.R.): A Short History of Chess.
Oxford UP 1963. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 138pp. A new and original brief history of the game up to 1866, brought up to 1962 by B.Goulding Brown and Golombek. £25.001726. Nicolin (G.): A.Paul Weber. Schachspieler. Mit einem Geleitwort von Lothar Schmid.
Hamburg, 1988. 1st Edn. Large square format (250 x 280mm., 10 x 11in.) VG, d/w. 160pp., illustrating and describing 143 of Weber's lithographs and pen drawings, many coloured. £45.003154. O'Connell (K.J.) Ed: The Batsford Chess Yearbook (1974), 1975/6, 1976/7, 1977/8.
Batsford, 1975-78. 4 volumes, p/b. VG. Over 150pp each. Includes review of the years 1974-77, numerous selected annotated games, crosstables of international tournaments, national championships, FIDE rating lists. The later volumes are scarcer. (A.) £25.002877. O'Connell (K.J.) Ed: The Batsford Chess Yearbook (1974).
Batsford, 1975. p/b. VG. 212pp., photos. Includes review of the year 1974, 80 selected annotated games, crosstables of international tournaments, national championships, FIDE rating lists. (A.) £5.003378. Olson (C.): The Chess Kings. History, Politics, and the Fine Art of Mythmaking in Chess. Volume 1.
Trafford Pub, Canada 2006. New large p/b. 319pp. A very well researched history of chess, with the emphasis on 19th century up to 1939. Included are very useful appendixes on world champions, team events, major tournaments to 1940, chess & psychology, and a large annotated bibliography. Also there are 31 annotated games mainly from world championship matches. (A.) £20.003141. Phillips Auctioneers: Antique and Later Chess Sets and Related Items.
16 May 1994. Sale catalogue. VG. 33pp., illustrations, 123 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. £10.003140. 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. £10.003485. Pratesi (F.): Antichi Documenti sugli Scacchi a Firenze.
Messaggerie Scacchistiche, 2006. New p/b. 115pp. Edition Limited to 99 numbered copies. A history of chess in Florence, drawing on historical documents, with 24 chronological chapters from 1061 to 1846. (No games.) £15.003487. Pratesi (F.): Scacchi Visti da Lontano.
Messaggerie Scacchistiche, 2006. New p/b. 119pp., 4 illus of chess pieces. Edition Limited to 99 numbered copies. Concerns European visitors to distant lands, including Africa, Asia, and the Orient, and their observations of chess being played in those countries, with numerous references to historical documents, and reprints of earlier articles of Italian historians, with 23 chronological chapters covering the last thousand years. (No games.) £15.003716. Pritchard (D.B.): Popular Chess Variants.
Batsford 2000. p/b. VG. 143pp. Covers 20 of the most popular chess variants, most using standard pieces, and including Chinese & Japanese chess. (A.) £10.001532. Pritchard (D.B.): The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants.
1994. As new in d/w. xix, 364pp. A compilation of board and table games related to, derived from or inspired by chess. DE LUXE EDITION, Limited to 150 copies numbered and signed by the author. £30.003711. Ree (H.): The Human Comedy of Chess. A Grandmaster's Chronicles.
Russell Ent., US 1999. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 333pp. "A collection of Ree's longer articles...an excellent overview of the diverse events of the last decade" (Timman). Sections on Karpov v Kasparov, politics, history, matches & tournaments, miscellaneous, memories of Donner, Reshevsky, Tal and others. A few games. (A.) £12.0024. Reinfeld (F.): The Treasury of Chess Lore.
Arco,1955. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 306pp., plates. A huge collection of anecdotes, memoirs, history etc. £15.001833. Reitstein (Leonard R.): A History of Chess in South Africa.
Published by the author, RSA 2003. Large format p/b. Cover corner crease o/w VG. 216 pages, printed double-column, illustrated, 111 annotated games, 24 problems. Covers all aspects of chess in South Africa from the earliest years to WWII and beyond. (A.) £28.00365. Richards (D.J.): Soviet Chess.
OUP 1965. 1st Edn. Pencil notes in margins o/w G. 201pp. A serious work on the history of Soviet chess from 1917, and on the Soviet School of Chess - practice, preparation, literature etc.. £20.001487. Rogers (D.J.): British Correspondence Chess Association 1906-1981. The Official History of the First 75 Years.
BCCA 1982. p/b. G. 98pp. Without title-page. Includes 15 annotated games. £7.003580. Russell (H.W.): A Chessplayer's Guide to Russian.
H.W.Russell, US 1972. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 35pp. £8.00627. Ruth (J.W.) & others: Nederland Schaakt! KNSB 100 Jaar.
Moussault's, Baarn, 1974. 1st Edn. VG. Oblong p/b. 143pp., many photos. £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." £15.001746. Sanvito (A.): Bibliografia Italiana degli Scacchi. Dalle Origini al 1999.
Milan, 1999. (New Revised Edn.) F, d/w. 229pp., illustrations of title-pages from old works. A bibliography of chess books in Italian, or published in Italy, up to 1999, with 1420 items, with collations and notes. Arranged by subjects, with author index. £30.00277. 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. £24.003114. Sanvito (A.): Lineamenti di una Bibliografia Italiana degli Scacchi 1987-1996.
Roma, 1997. p/b. F. 63pp. A supplement to the 1987 bibliography by Chicco & Sanvito, with additions and publications published in Italy from 1987 to 1996, arranged alphabetically by author. 393 entries. £7.00412. Sanvito (A.) & K.Whyld: Editors: Il Dilettevole, e Giudizioso Giuoco de Scacchi...San Zeno, Cattaro e Venezia 1724, 1727, 1735.
Italian & English Edition, S.Bonnard, Milan 1998. Limited to 749 numbered copies. In 2 volumes, bound in boards, with card slipcase. F. One volume contains a fascimile of the manuscript (by an unknown author), which includes text and 49 coloured illuminations depicting the chessboard with a variety of game positions, over 140 pages in all. The other volume contains introductory material and a full translation of the manuscript in both Italian and English. A fine production. (See Sanvito, Bibliografia n.29.) £70.003305. 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. £20.00756. Schenk (G.): The Passionate Game. Lessons in Chess and Love.
Routledge, 1937. 1st English Edn. G. 8 coloured plates, 99pp. "A novel and interesting method of imparting the first principles of chess...draws parallels between the problems of life and those of chess." A scarce work. £18.002947. Schonberg (H.C.): Grandmasters of Chess.
Fontana p/b edn 1975. 277pp., photos. Biographies of famous players and a few games. A very entertaining read. £5.002707. Schubirz (G.) & A.Brinckmann.: Schachgeschichte(n). Legende und Wirklichkeit.
De Gruyter, 1968. 1st Edn. F. 202pp. Concerning origins of chess, other board games, history & legend, the second half on world champions from Steinitz to Petrosian with a game of each one. £15.00192. 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. £16.001466. Schweickhardt (P.): Einsame Partien. Novellen.
Tubinger Beitrage zum Thema Schach, Band 6, 2001. New p/b. 74pp. £8.003722. Shenk (D.): The Immortal Game. A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain.
Doubleday, NY 2006. 1st Edn. New h/b,d/w. 327pp. Includes 6 famous games. The influence of chess through history. £20.00671. Silbermann (Dr.J.) & W.Unzicker.: Geschichte des Schachs mit ausgewahlten und kommentierten Partien von Andre Philidor bis Bobby Fischer.
Bertelsmann 1975. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 368pp., portraits, some 60 annotated games. A good history of chess, including biographies of leading players, anecdotes, literature etc.. £15.003263. Soltis (A.): Chess Lists.
McFarland, US 2002. 2nd Edn (enlarged & updated since 1984 edn.) Large p/b. F. 248pp. Sections include: Remarkable Games, Best (and Worse) Lists, Masters at Play, Fakes & Myths, Openings & Endings, Problems, Best Books & Novels, Movies. (A.) £25.002107. Spanier (D.): Total Chess.
Abacus, 1986. p/b. G. 233pp. Chapters include the Soviet Mind, Jews, Politics, Women, Madness, Computers. £6.002726. Stamma (P.): Informationes Speculativae et Practicae ....Schach.
Varadini (1784.) Reprinted by Gambit, Romania 2000. p/b. F. 71pp. A facsimile reprint of LN 437, in Latin, the first chess book printed on the territory of nowadays Romania, with 4pp notes by Marian Stere. £12.003546. Stammwitz (A.F.): Chess for Schools.
Pelham Books, 1966. 1st Edn. Front inner hinge cracked o/w G. 160pp. Contains everything for a teacher to start a chess club from scratch, culminating in top junior competitions, by BCF secretary and junior chess promoter. £8.002738. Standage (T.): The Turk. The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth Century Chess-Playing Machine.
Walker & Co. NY 2002. 1st US Edn. F, d/w. 272pp., illus. The story of Wolfgang von Kempelen's automaton, known as The Turk. £14.0028. Steiner (George): The Sporting Scene. White Knights of Reykjavik.
Faber, 1973. 1st book Edn. 67pp. G. Steiner's memoir of the Fischer-Spassky match, seeking to "grasp the poetry, the monomania and the psychological enigmas of the chess mind" and the links with mathematics and music. £9.002725. Stere (M.): Fr. Rujitki. Giocul satranci, 1838. Prima lucrare de sah in limba romana. (The first chess work in the Romanian language.)
Gambit, Romania 1999. p/b. F. 87pp. A historical study and first full reprint of a chess manuscript, with cyrillic characters, and translation in modern Romanian. £12.003007. Stolze (R.): Umkampfte Krone. Die Duelle der Schachweltmeister von Steinitz bis Kasparow.
Sportverlag Berlin, 1992. 3rd Edn. Square h/b, VG. 224pp, a section on each World champion since Steinitz, with a selection of games, some annotated, and many illustrations. £10.003708. Stout (Rex): Gambit.
Panther, 1965. 1st p/b Edn. Club stamp to first page, small number on spine o/w G. 123pp. Paper yellowed. Crime mystery concerning the murder of a chess master. £5.00736. Sunnucks (Anne.): The Encyclopaedia of Chess.
Robert Hale 1970. 1st Edition. VG,d/w. 587pp., photos. Contributors include Euwe, Penrose, Roycroft, Barnes, Hooper. The first encyclopaedia of chess in English. Includes results of major tournaments from 1950-68. £18.002108. Sunnucks (Anne.): The Encyclopaedia of Chess.
Robert Hale 1976. 2nd Edition (enlarged). VG,d/w. 619pp., photos. Contributors include Euwe, Penrose, Roycroft, Barnes, Hooper. The first encyclopaedia of chess in English. Includes results of major tournaments from 1950-72. £20.003649. Supp (W.): Schach. Spiel, Sport, Kunst oder Wissenschaft? Gedanken zum Schach.
Stieglitz verlag, 1980. 1st Edn. F. 64pp. A collection of quotations on chess by famous chessplayers, scientists, writers etc. £12.001954. Tarrasch (Dr.S.): Schach und Geisteskrankheiten. Der Fall Pillsbury.
n.d.(c.1985) 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 18pp. Includes two main articles on chess and mental illness, the first by Tarrasch on Pillsbury reprinted from 1906 newspaper, the second by Dr.W.Ahrens "Dr.Tarrasch als Historiker und Pathograph" from Wiener Schachzeitung 1906. £9.00636. Tevis (Walter): The Queen's Gambit.
Heinemann 1983. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 261pp. Chess novel about a girl prodigy by the author of "The Hustler" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth." £20.003306. Thorpe (A.): The Bury and West Sussex Chess Club 1867 - 1997. Foreword by S.Donald Ward.
Bishop Books, Suffolk 1997. Self-published in a Small Edition. 4to, imitation dark red leather, gilt lettering. VG. 108pp plus 4 appendices of facsimiles of the Minute books, Annual Accounts and Proceedings from 1867 to 1908. Includes illustrations and other facsimiles, club history, members & officers, selection of games, some from Blackburne's three visits to the club. A very well-produced club history. £20.00290. Tiller (T.) Ed.: Chess Treasury of the Air.
Penguin 1966. Only Edn. p/b. G. 288pp. A miscellaneous collection of games and essays by Alexander, Golombek, Barden and others, compiled from the BBC radio Third Network programme. £6.003505. van Manen (John): The Chess Literature of Australia and New Zealand. An Annotated Bibliography. WITH: Supplement & Second Supplement.
Self-published, Sydney 1978 (+ 1983,1989). 3 vols p/b (main work original, other two are copies.) VG. pp 51, 16, 16. A historical review of Australian chess literature is followed by 121 numbered entries for Australia (from 1868) arranged chronologically within various categories, and 35 for New Zealand (from 1887), plus index. The Supplements extend the entries to 253 Australia and 44 NZ. £28.002983. Wade, Whiteley & Keene: The World Chess Championship Botvinnik to Kasparov.
Batsford, 1986. Revised Edn. p/b. VG. 298pp. Introductions and all games from 1948 to 1985, some annotated. (A.) £10.00439. Waitzkin (F.): Searching for Bobby Fischer. The Adventures of a Father and his Brilliantly Gifted Son in the Obsessional World of International Chess.
Bodley Head, 1989. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 226pp. £9.003842. Weinreb (M.): The Kings of New York. A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses who Make up America's Top High School Chess Team.
Yellow Jersey Press, 2008. New p/b. 293pp., no games. "Sports writer Weinreb charts the ups and downs of Edward R.Murrow School, Brooklyn as they battle for another title...exciting, uplifting book." £9.003163. Whyld (K.): Chess Christmas.
Moravian Chess, 2006. New hardback. 475pp. The book contains 17 articles by the late Ken Whyld, produced between 1985 and 2002 and sent by Ken to his friends as Christmas cards. The articles range from 7 to 60 pages long and are devoted to various themes from chess history. They include: The Story of Chess; Biobibliography List; Blackburnes Matches 1887, Letters on the History and Literature of Chess; Development of the Chess Problem; The Beginning of Modern Chess; The Chess Board; Cafe de la Regence; The Worst Chess Book in the World; A la recherche du temps perdu; Lasker the Composer; According to Hoyle; Cordingleys Cuts; Chess Texts in the English Language before 1850; Address to the Automaton Chess Player; The Meeting of the B.C.A. at Cambridge 1860; Chess in Literature. £30.002199. Whyld (K.): Chess Columns. A List.
Olomouc, Czech Rep.2002. Thick hardback, black cloth. F. 587pp. Comprises alphabetical list of worldwide serial publications that contain chess columns, with details of town, country, dates, editors, notes, sources, indexes of editors and towns. An amazing and indispensable work for historians and researchers. £35.0030. Whyld (K.): Chess. The Records.
Guinness, 1986. 1st Edn. Large p/b. VG. 176pp., many illustrations, some coloured. £8.002164. Whyld (K.) & C.Ravilious: Chess Texts in the English Language, Printed before 1850. An Annotated Bibliography.
Moravian, Czech Rep. 2003. Black cloth, gilt lettered. 189pp. Introduction, chronological listing with collation and notes, listing of newspapers and journals, index. £32.003010. Whyld (Ken) Editor: Chess Reader. Volume I - VI. (1955-1966)
Ken Whyld Association / Moravian Chess, 2004. Hardback. F. This reprint of Vols.1-6 contains more than 500 book reviews by Ken Whyld and others. Also included are an appreciation of Ken Whyld by Tony Gillam, articles on William Winter, A.C.White "Xmas Books" & Overbrook Press series, and tournament books 1939-1956. £25.0025. 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. £45.001062. Winter (E.): Chess Explorations. A Pot-Pourri from the Journal Chess Notes.
Cadogan, 1996. Large p/b, F. 343pp., photos, some games, numerous anecdotes, quotes, miscellanea. (A.) £14.003277. Winter (E.): Chess Facts and Fables.
McFarland, US 2006. New large p/b. 385pp., illus, games & positions, comprehensive indexes, hundreds of entries selected from the chess historian's renowned "Chess Notes" series. (A.) (In print at £27.50) SPECIAL OFFER - I have just 2 copies left of this recently published work which have a few creased corners, or very slightly damaged covers available at £15.003281. Winter (E.): Kings, Commoners and Knaves. Further Chess Explorations.
Russell Ent, US 1999. p/b. F. 452pp., photos, games & positions, comprehensive indexes, hundreds of entries selected from the chess historian's renowned "Chess Notes" series. (A.) £20.00648. Winter (E.G.) Ed: World Chess Champions.
Pergamon 1981. 1st Edn. Large p/b. Some pen/pencil marks to margins o/w G. 185pp., photos. (A.) A chapter on each champion from Staunton to Karpov with one or two games, and full tournament and match records. £8.002763. Yalom (Marilyn): Birth of the Chess Queen.
Harper Collins, 2004. F,d/w. 276pp., coloured plates. A historical work on the development of the chess Queen from the weakest to the strongest piece, with social and cultural aspects of each era. £14.00