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RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.004245. Fersht (A.): Jaques and British Chess Company Chess Sets.
Kaissa Publ, Cambridge 2010. Large p/b printed on high quality art paper. 62pp., well illustrated throughout in colour with more than 100 photographs of sets, labels and documentary evidence. "A comprehensive account of Jaques "Original" Staunton chessmen from 1849-1940 and their identification, other Jaques antique sets and timers, a survey of British Company Staunton, Royal and Imperial chessmen." The author was inspired to write this new, much enlarged book by new evidence on the dating of Jaques that has become available. Limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies. £25.001532. Pritchard (D.B.): The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants.
1994. Imitation blue leather, F, 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. £30.00