3846. ---- BIBLIOGRAPHIES (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS OR LISTING BOOKS ON CHESS.): ***** THIS SECTION UPDATED 2 JULY 10 *****
RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.004168. ---- RECENTLY PUBLISHED: DeLucia (David): The David DeLucia Chess Library. Vol.1 Books & Periodicals. Vol.2 Autographs, Letters & Ephemera.
Self-published, Darien, USA 2009. 2 volumes, comb-bindings with card covers. Vol.1 catalogues well over 3000 books with collations and occasional comments, arranged in various categories. 177 pages. Vol.2 lists c.6000 autographic items and c.2500 ephemera items arranged alphabetically. 111 pages. The book section has been enlarged since the 1997 catalogue, while in Vol.2 the greater portion has never been published before. One of the finest collections of chess books in the world including numerous early books, and probably the best regarding the autograph, manuscripts and ephemera. £45.004115. ---- RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Marian Stere: Romania - A Bibliography of Chess.
Gambit, Bucuresti 2009. New hardback, illustrated covers. 301pp printed on quality shiny paper. Around 800 entries, of which 663 numbered (613 being distinct items). Front covers of most of the books and magazines are shown in colour. A comprehensive bibliography, covering all the Romanian chess books, magazines, regulations, tournament bulletins ever published, and most of the titles from literature and philately domain. Limited to 222 copies, each numbered and signed by the author. £60.004108. .: Book & Magazine Collector. No.109.
April 1993. Magazine. VG. 164pp. Includes an article "Early Chess Books" from Cessolis to Stamma by Rupert Neelands, 10pp., with illustrations, bibliography, and guide to values (in 1993). £5.002673. 1857 NEW YORK. D.W.Fiske: The Book of the First American Chess Congress...in 1857.
Olms, Zurich 1985 (Reprint of NY 1859 First Edition.) VG, d/w. 563pp. Includes the 67 games of the tournament - 1.Morphy, 2 Paulsen, 53 problems from the Problem Tourney, a wealth of historical information, particularly on American chess, articles on Morphy, Benjamin Franklin, the chess automaton in America, a bibliography of chess literature published in the United States up to 1859. £28.002904. Betts (D.A.): Chess. An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in the English Language 1850-1968.
G.K.Hall, Boston, US 1974. 1st Edn. Thick heavy hardback bound in red buckram, G. 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, very scarce and much superior in quality to the Moravian reprint. £140.002949. 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. £30.003935. Binnewirtz (R.) & H-J.Fresen: Obliged to Tradition... A Bibliography of the Commemorative Publications of German Chess Clubs Founded by 1914. Translation: Johannes Fischer. Supported by the Ken Whyld Association.
Scacchi e Scienze Applicate, Venezia 2008. Large format heavy p/b. 214 pages printed on high quality paper, reproductions of publication covers in colour, many black & white photos including famous players, chronological listing of the publications with details of their contents, introduction and technical notes, list of clubs without publications. All text given in English and German. An impressive work. £30.002940. 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. £15.003631. Bloomsbury Auctions: Catalogue of (Books on) Natural History, Travel & Topography, Sports & Pastimes.
5 July 2007. Sale catalogue. 136pp., 622 lots, many illustrated in colour. Includes many fine books on natural history and 80 lots of angling books. A nice catalogue. £12.003890. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games, including Major Chess Sets from a Private Collection.
18 May 2006. Sale catalogue. 57pp., 163 lots with estimates and price list. Includes 45 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. £15.003366. Bloomsbury Auctions: Fine Chess Sets and Traditional Games.
3 Nov.2005. Sale catalogue. 85pp., 300 lots with estimates and price list. Includes 97 lots of mainly antiquarian books, memorabilia, a few pictures and prints, and many chess sets illustrated throughout in colour. A nice catalogue. Prices handwritten against many lots. £15.003859. DeLucia (David): David DeLucia Chess Library.
Self-published, NY, USA 1990. 1st Edn. 4to, p/b. F. iii,71pp. Interesting foreword on how the author built up his collection and some of the highlights, followed by over 3000 catalogued items with collations, arranged in categories, ending with letters, autographs, manuscripts, ephemera etc. One of the finest collections in private hands including numerous early books. Limited Edition of 250 copies. £25.004189. DeLucia (David): David DeLucia’s Chess Library. A Few Old Friends.
USA,2007. 4to (22 x 28cm), blue cloth. Printed on high-quality shiny paper, 394pp, every page illustrated in black & white or colour (750 in all). The books include collation, notes and value at 2007. Details highlights from DeLucia’s library, including autographs & ephemera. A superb book and of great interest to anyone who likes antiquarian and rare chess books. Limited to 225 copies, signed with compliments of the author. (Greatly enlarged from the 2003 first edition which had 236 pages.) £250.002939. 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. Includes one or two books for most years 1901-2000. £24.002685. 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 VG,d/w (very slightly frayed at top edge). 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. £50.001309. 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. G. 150pp, 8 plates, copy of corrections leaf, 1300 annotated entries. £45.003972. Lasa (T.H. von der): Erneutes Verzeichniss meiner Sammlung von Schriften uber das Schachspiel.
Wiesbaden 1896. (Facsimile reprint by Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2008). New hardback. 208pp. A catalogue of over 3300 chess books in Lasa's collection, arranged alphabetically, some entries with notes. Only 100 copies of the original book were published. £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. G. 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.. £30.003144. Phillips Auctioneers: Chess & The Library of Kevin O'Connell.
7 Nov 2000. Sale catalogue, VG. 58pp., many illustrations, 333 lots with estimates and price list. The first 130 lots comprise the O'Connell collection of mainly books, the remaining lots mainly chess sets and memorabilia. £20.001301. Phillips Auctioneers: The Important Library of Chess Books of the Late Richard John Ford.
3 Oct.1985. Sale catalogue, VG. 29pp., 4 plates, 357 lots with estimates and price list. Many lots comprised multiple volumes and the total library was over 2000 volumes. It was the largest auction of chess books in England since the famous Rimington-Wilson auction in 1928. This copy includes a loose booklet by Ken Whyld, limited edition copy no.32 of 40, which lists the books included in the multiple lots, corrections to the catalogue and report on the auction. £45.001746. 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. £30.00228. Walker (G.): A New Treatise on Chess.
Sherwood,Gilbert & Piper, 1841. 3rd Edition. Original brown cloth, spine missing top inch of cloth, front cover loose. Internally good. Frontispiece (spotted as usual), pp xvi, 296, 24 adverts. Includes the useful 36 page Bibliographical Catalogue. LN 667. £50.003163. 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. £30.002164. 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. £32.00