My System; A Treatise on Chess
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1947. revised edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Red cloth,. 372pp. Occasional pencil underlining by previous owner. More
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Encyclopedia of Chess Variants.
Games & Puzzles Publications, October 2001. Limited edition. Hardcover. This edition is limited to 150 copies of which this is copy #51 and is signed by D.B Pritchard. More
Chess Strategetics Illustrated; Military Art and Science Adapted to the Chessboard
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 16 cm. Octavo.284 + 3 ads. Bound in red boards with illustration of chess board on front cover. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Some rubbing to the front cover. Spine lightly bumped. Previous owner's date stamp to..... More
Wizards of the Chessboard; Book I: Botvinnik the Invincible and Book II: Nimzovich the Hypermodern
Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1946 & 1948. Hardcover. Two volumes. Red cloth. Black lettering to spines. Stamped dates on bottom edge of front pastedowns.Botvinnik the invincible bound upside down. Botgvinnik was one of the world's greatest masters. Niemzowitsch once tood part in a tournament where he was forbidden by law..... More
The Chess Pocket Manual; A Pocket-Guide for Beginners and Advanced Players
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. 17.5 x 9 cm. 16mo. 198pp. Discoloration to pages 144-145 from where a piece of paper lay. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. A few instances of pencil underlining of titles. Binding is tight. More
The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1922; Containing all the games played in the Masters Section and a small selection from the Minor Tournaments
London: Printing Craft Ltd, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. octavo. Burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering to spine.134pp including inded and ads. Date stamped of June 15, 1946 on front pastedown. More
The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895; Containing the Authorised Account of the 230 Games Played Aug. Sept 1895 With annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz, Schiffers, Teichmann, Bardeleben, Blackburne, Gunsberg, Tinsley, Mason, and Albin and Biographical Sketches of the Chess Masters
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First American edition. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. xii 370pp 1 ad. 22 portraits including frontispiece. Bound in worn red cloth. Fraying to the edges of the spine, staining to the front and back cover. Front and gutters are cracked. Inscription on..... More
200 Miniature Games of Chess; Combinations in the Openings
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1942. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 287pp. Bound in red cloth. There is toning to the endpapers. Light rubbing to the boards. More
Instructive Positions from Master Chess.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, No date circa [1940's]. Hardcover. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 75pp. Green cloth in dust jacket. Spine of the jacket has been re-enforced with tape down it's entire length. Original price of $1.50 present on front flap. Small chip out of rear of jacket. More
Mysteries of Dama or Julius D'Orio in Checkers.
California: Sun Printing and Publishing House, 1922. Hard Cover. octavo. 1390p Signed, inscribed and dated by author on front free endpaper. Some soiling to covers. More
Chess 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, January 9, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 29 x 22 cm. Quarto. 1105pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Some age toning to the pages. A massive work. More
Championship Chess; Match Tournament for the Absolute Chess Championshop of the U.S.S.R. Lenin-Moscow 1941 Complete Text of Games with Detailed Notes & an Introduction
Drexel Hill Pennsylvania: Bell Publishing Company, 1950. First English edition. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 186pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Translated by Stephen Garry. Some edgewear to the jacket. Nice copy. More
A Fly Went By.
Random House/Beginner Books, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Fritz Siebel. In price clipped dust jacket. Name of former owner on front endpaper. More
Pillsbury's Chess Career.
London: Printing-Craft LTD., 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 224pp 16 (errata), (2). Bound in blue boards. Originally published in 1922 this second edition has an additional errata. Evidence of sticker removal from the front fixed endpaper. Corners are bumped. There are some "air bubbles" to the..... More
Morphy Gleanings.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, No date, [1931] on preface. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 114pp. Bound in red board with gold lettering. Previous owner's small stamp on front fixed endpaper. More
Nottingham 1946; The Book of hte British Chess Federation's Congress, held at the University College, Nottingham, August 12th-24th, 1946, by kind permission of the University authorities, and under the patronage of J.N. Derbyshire
Liverpool, England: Chess Sutton Coldfield, 1946. Hardcover. 19 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. 158pp. Bound in orange cloth. Bottom of boards lightly bumped. Containing 66 championship games and 80 selected games from the Major tournaments. More
The Chess Players Compendium; A Practical Guide to the Openings
Philadelphia: David McKay, [1910]. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 25 x 16 cm. Octavo. 301 pages and with a 31 page supplement by Alfred Emery. Bound in green cloth decorated with chess pieces. Edges of spine lightly bumped. Toning to the endpapers. Nice copy. More
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