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
Chess/Checkers
Chess and Its Stars.
David McKay, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo.161pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Stamp of "Oct 12 1945" on bottom edge of front pastedown. White dust jacket shows some age toning. Very nice copy. More
Adventures in Composition; The Art of the Two-Move Chess Problem
Sutton Colnfield England: World Chess Specialists, 1942. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 200pp. Bound in red and green boards with chess piece design in dust jacket. Publisher's sticker over publisher/date on title page. Chipping ot the top and bottom of the spine of the jacket. Laid in errata sheet..... More
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
66 Master Games Played in the London International Chess Tournament, 1932.
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., no date (1932). Hardcover. Blue boards. 86pp. Selected Games in the Premier Reserves and Women's Tournaments annotated by Mr.. J.H. Blake. 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
The Immortal Games of Capablanca and My Fifty Years of Chess and The Golden Treasury of Chess; Three books
New York: Horowitz and Harkness, 1942, 1942, 1943. first editions. Hardcover. Three volumes. octavo. Vol 1: 239pages, Vol. II :242pages and Vol. III :304pages. Uniformly bound. In slipcase. There are a few lines of red underlining in each volume from previous owner.STamp of Oct 12 1945 on each volume at..... More
Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess.
David McKay, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo 385pp Gray cloth in dust jacket. Date of " Dec 17 1947" stamped at bottom edge of front pastedown. Some toning to endpapers due to newspaper clippings laid inside book. Very light chipping at head of jacket. A very nice copy... More
Chess Mastery by Question and Answer.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1940. Hardcover. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 176 pages. Red cloth in dust jacket. Small date stamp on front fixed endpaper. Some soiling ot the back of the jacket. Small closed tear to front of jacket. 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
Chess History and Reminiscences.
London: Dean & Son, Limited, No date circa 1893. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. xxiv 138pp. Bound in brown boards. Front joint is cracked. Corners are bumped. More
Chess Masterpieces Compiled; Comprising a Collection of 150 Choice Games of the past quarter of a century, with Notes, including the finest Games in the Exhibition Tournament of 1851, and in the Vienna Tournament of 1873
London: Deand & Sons, nd circa 1875. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 140 pages. Bound in brown cloth. There is sticker residue to the spine and boards like a library label has been removed, however there is no internal evidence of it being an ex-library copy. Toning to the..... More
Modern Chess; Selected as Characteristic Specimens of Lively and Instructive Chess at Openings Now Most Popular
London: Dean & Son, no date circa 1885-1887. First edition. 1/2 Leather. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 126 pages detailing 115 games, most but not all played by Bird. Originally printed as a pamphlet this copy has been rebound preserving the original front cover of the pamphlet, though not the..... 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
The Chess-Player's Handbook; A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess. With an Alphabetical list of the principal openings and a bibliography by R.F.Green
London: 1893. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth. (stained front cover) 544pp and 12pp of ads. Binding tight. More
Point Count Chess; An Accurate Guide to Winning Chess
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 341pp. Black and tan cloth in dust jacket. Stated first printing. Jacket spine is faded and jacket shows some edgewear. 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
Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess; Selected Annotated and Arranged by Himself
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 331 pages. Black cloth. Spine has been rebacked with blue cloth, preserving most of the original spine. Rubbing to the boards. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. The frontispiece is partially detached..... 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
100 Soviet Chess Miniatures.
New York: Charles Scribern's Sons, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 174pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Jacket spine is faded. Faint price stamp on front free endpaper. First American edition with Scribner's A on copyright page. More