3847. ---- HISTORY OF CHESS - Some Recommended Books: ***** 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 £0.001403. 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. £12.001876. Davidson (H.A.): A Short History of Chess.
Greenberg, NY 1949. 1st Edn. G. 228pp. With bookplate of Jens Enevoldsen. The author states that he knows of no other history of chess being published in the U.S. before this one. £25.00194. Eales (R.): Chess. The History of a Game.
Batsford 1985. 1st Edn.VG,d/w. 240pp. A seriously researched, but also readable, history. £15.003216. 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. £50.002466. Gizycki (J.): A History of Chess.
Abbey Library, 1972. 8 x 11in. VG,d/w. 375pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. 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. £28.004214. Gizycki (J.): Schach zu Allen Zeiten.
Stauffacher Verlag, Zurich 1967. Large thick hardback, 21 x 27.5cm., VG,d/w (small tear top of spine), with card slipcase. 391pp., many illustrations, including colour plates. First published in Polish in 1960. This First German edition with new chapter on German chess history. Includes sections on chess and art, in poetry & prose, mathematics, famous people who played chess etc... £25.009. Golombek (H.): A History of Chess.
Routledge 1976. 1st Edn. Large format, VG,d/w. 256pp., numerous illustrations, some coloured. £10.003989. Griffiths (M.J.): Chess in Wales.
Moravian Chess (2008.) New hardback. 339pp, 68 illustrations, mainly from photos, 32 games, index of Welsh chess players. (A.) A history of Welsh chess up to 1970. Includes sections on Thomas Bowdler and Philidor, Captain Evans, early clubs, details of the associations, championships, congresses, correspondence chess, the clubs, their officials, matches etc.. £25.002685. 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. £50.0012. Hartston (W.R.): The Kings of Chess. A History of Chess Traced through the Lives of its Greatest Players.
Pavilion, 1985. 4to, VG,d/w (small tear on back). 192pp., well illustrated with photos and old historical prints and pictures, a few famous games annotated. (A.) £15.003299. 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.) £28.004296. Keats (V.): Vol.1 Chess, Jews and History.
Oxford, 1994. Folio (8.5 x 12in., 215 x 300mm) hardbound cloth. VG. Well illustrated from old books, paintings etc., 396pp., including history, chess in medieval Spain, de Lucena, Ruy Lopez, Jewish chess literature etc. £60.004297. Keats (V.): Vol.2 Chess: Its Origin. A Translation with Commentary of the Latin & Hebrew in Thomas Hyde's De Ludis Orientalibus (Oxford, 1694).
Oxford, 1994. Folio (8.5 x 12in., 215 x 300mm) hardbound cloth, slight staining to back cover o/w VG. 337pp., illustrations. A complete translation of Hyde's work, one of the most important books on chess. £60.002004. Lasa (T.von der): Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels.
Leipzig 1897. (Facsimile Reprint 1976.) 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.) £35.001324. Murray (H.J.R.): A History of Chess.
Oxford (University Press.) 1969. Reprinted from Corrected Sheets of the 1913 First Edition. Thick Royal 8vo, original dark grey cloth, gilt. VG, d/w (repaired at edges). 900pp., 19 plates. A MONUMENTAL WORK. £60.00436. Murray (H.J.R.): A Short History of Chess.
Oxford UP 1963. 1st Edn. Near fine copy. 138pp. A new and original brief history of the game up to 1866, brought up to 1962 by B.Goulding Brown and Golombek. £25.00