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| AUTHOR | TITLE | PAGES | PLACE OF PUBLICATION | DATE | OP? | COMMENTS | PRICE | |
| 1 | Soltis, Andrew | Opening Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players. 2 volumes. | 283 + 220pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest | 1991 & 1992 | OP | A just about fine set, paperbound as issued, of what I believe to be Andy's best work by far for Chess Digest. In fact, Soltis told me he meant this to be a sequel to Konig's classic study & games collection about the evolution of the modern openings, "Chess From Morphy to Botvinnik", and wanted to call it "Chess from Botvinnik to Kasparov" but Ken Smith wouldn't let him! Now very scarce. | $ 40.00 |
| 2 | Clarke, P. H. | Petrosian's Best Games of Chess1946-1963. | xiv, 207pp. | London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. | 1964, reprinted 1971 | OP | A fine copy in a slightly nicked d-j. Very scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 3 | (anonymous) | The CHESS-PLAYER'S HAND-BOOK; containing A Full Account of the Game of Chess, and the Best Mode of Playing It. | 64pp., including a nice frontis. diagram showing how pieces move (!) and both orig. endpapers. | Philadelphia & New York: Appleton | 1849 | OP | A very nice copy of this prettty little (24 mo size) book in the orig. red gilt-lettered & decorated cloth, with the front cover decorated with four "Barlycorn-type" (pre-Staunton) chess pieces and the spine lettering is still bright. Spine ends & corners slightly rubbed, but quite good, sound copy of what is, in my experience, A RARE BOOK. HAGEDORN 25. While apparently there were six American editions published between 1844 and 1853, in my 35 years as a dealer I have never had a copy of any of them! | $200.00 |
| 4 | Zeuthen, Steffen | Son of Sorrow: MODERN BENONI. Survey of a Structure. | xiv, 404pp. + approx. 150pp. of complete games. | Denmark | 1973 | OP | A very good copy of this large, somewhat obsessive collection, with 928 analysed Benoni positions & 868 complete, unannotated games. Becoming scarce. ( I also have another copy with a small, clear tape-repair to spine in sound condition for $20.00). | $ 30.00 |
| 5 | Cafferty, Bernard | Spassky's 100 Best Games | 255pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Amazingly, this is still the best book on Spassky! Scarce. | $25.00 |
| 6 | Kashdan, Isaac (editor) | Second Piatigorsky Cup. International Grandmaster Tournament...Santa Monica, California, August 1966. | 228pp. | Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, | 1968 | OP | Very good copy in chipped d-j. of one of the greatest tournament books ever produced. Most games annotated by BOTH players, who included Spassky, Larsen, Petrosian—even Fischer contributed notes to one of his games! Very scarce 1st ed. | $ 40.00 |
| 7 | Reshevsky, Samuel (Annotated by...). Edited by Isaac Kashdan. | FIRST PIATIGORSKY CUP. International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Held in Los Angeles, California, July 1963. | xix, 204pp. | Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press | 1965 | OP | First edition. Very nice copy in slightly chipped, tape-repaired d-j. Very scarce--even more so, in my experience, than the book of the SECOND PIATIGORSKY CUP. Keres & Petrosian tied for first place. | $ 45.00 |
| 8 | Vainstein, B. S. | David Bronstein--Chess Improviser. Translated by Kenneth P. Neat. | (5) 194pp. | Pergamon Press: Oxford | 1983 | OP | SIGNED TWICE by David Bronstein on the half-title page, in both Russian & English! First edition. A very good copy of what has become a rather scarce book. | $ 90.00 |
| 9 | Wilson, Fred (editor) | Classical Chess Matches: 1907-1913. 157 Games from 19 Matches as Reported in | xi, 227pp. | New York: Dover Publications, Inc. | 1975 | OP | My first book, and the scarcest of my Dover books as it was never reprinted. VG copy, pb. Inscribed on request. | $30.00 |
| 10 | Petrosian, T. V. (editor) | approx. 700+pp. | Moscow | Jan.-Dec., 1972 | OP | A complete set of the 52 issues of "64" for 1972, neatly placed in a black "press binder" thereby creating one large volume. Lightly browned (as always), but this is in pretty good shape for the original issues! Certainly either 1857 or 1972 is the most important year in the history of chess (sorry, Garry!). | $40.00 | |
| 11 | Saidy, Anthony & Norman Lessing | The World of Chess. | 252pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Entertaining & beautifully illustrated. VG copy. | $20.00 March bargain price!! |
| 12 | Winter, Edward (Editor) | World Chess Champions. | iv, 185pp. + 8pp. of illus. | Oxford; Pergamon Press | 1981 | OP | Contains interesting material by Hooper, Whyld, Diggle, Cozens, et al. A very nice copy, pb, and now quite scarce. | $25.00 |
| 13 | Chernev, Irving | Wonders and Curiosities of Chess. | 203pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1974 | OP | Paper, vg copy. Vastly expanded edition of "Curious Chess Facts" (1937). | $12.50 |
| 14 | Lissowski, T., A. Mikhalchishin & Miguel Najdorf | NAIDORF: Life and Games. | 256pp. | London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd. | 2005 | Mint copy, paperbound. An excellent biographical games collection with over 130 (mostly annotated) games. Recommended. | $15.00 | |
| 15 | Maroczy, Geza | The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1922. | 144pp. | London: Printing Craft Ltd. | 1923 | OP | First edition. Spine & outer hinges are a trifle wrinkled but a very nice copy of this scarce & fragile tournament book. This was Capablanca's first major post-WW I victory. | $45.00 |
| 16 | Howard, Kenneth S. | The Enjoyment of Chess Problems. | x, 222pp. | Philadelphia: David McKay Co. | 1943 | OP | VG copy in d-j. First edition. Quite scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 17 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Judgement and Planning in Chess. | ix, 190pp. | London | 1973 | OP | VG copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 18 | Kasparov, Garry | The Test of Time | 214pp. | Oxford/New York | 1986 | OP | Paperbound, 1986 reprint edition. Very good, sound copy. Quite scarce nowadays. | $60.00 |
| 19 | Abrahams, Gerald | Not Only Chess. A Selection of Chessays. | 264pp. | London: George Allen& Unwin Ltd. | 1974 | OP | Entertaining, instructive & funny–also with a selection of Abrahams' best games. Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. | $ 35.00 |
| 20 | Alexander, C.H.O'D. | A Book of Chess. | 163pp. | New York: Harper & Row Publishers | 1973 | OP | An very entertainly written book illustrated with several terrific photos. VG copy in good d-j. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 21 | Weinreb, Michael | The Kings of New York. A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team. | (7)289pp. | New York: Gotham Books | 2007 | A great read! I was instrumental in having this book win the Cramer "Book of the Year" award in 2007, lobbying for it mightily. Mint in d-j. | $ 10.00 | |
| 22 | Winter, Edward | Chess Explorations. A Pot-Pourri from the Journal "Chess Notes". | (7)343pp. | London/NewYork: Cadogan Chess | 1996 | OP | The first of Winter's books of this type; filled with interesting and unusual historical material, trivia, & games. VG copy, pb. | $ 20.00 |
| 23 | (CHESS SETS). Williams, Gareth | Master Pieces. The story of chess: the pieces, players and passion of 1,000 years. | 160pp. | London | 2000 | OP | This is the most useful and accurate book ever written on chess pieces, and is essential for the serious collector of chess sets. Profusely illustrated IN COLOR. Mint in d-j. | $ 20.00 |
| 24 | Lyons, Will H. | Chess Requisites and Works on Chess. CATALOGUE No. 10, | 96pp. | Will H. Lyons. Bookseller, Publisher, (etc.): Newport, KY, U.S.A. | July, 1909 | OP | A fine copy in the orig. fragile printed paper wrappers. RARE, especially so in this condition. L/N 52; "aucta" 709. ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING RARE CHESS BOOK CATALOGUES EVER ISSUED. I could retire if I now had what Will Lyons was offering for sale in 1909! | $300.00 |
| 25 | Clarke, P. H. | 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures. | xvi, 174pp. | London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. | 1963 | OP | First edition. Fine copy in d-j. A delightful anthology. The chapter on "Sicilicide" alone is worth the price of admission! I also have a couple of fine copies of the Dover pb reprint (2000) for $8.00 each. | $ 25.00 |
| 26 | (CHESS SETS) Wichmann, Hans and Siegfried | Chess. The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times. | 328pp. | New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. | 1960 | OP | An essential work for chess set collectors with 196 pages of FULL-PAGE PLATES (some in color). Very scarce. A just about fine copy in a chipped d-j. | $50.00 |
| 27 | Byrne, Robert and Nei, Ivo | Both Sides of The Chessboard. An Analysis of The Fisher/Spassky Chess Match. | 211pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | VG copy in chipped d-j. Rather scarce. | $20.00 |
| 28 | Sosonko, Genna (editor) | NEW IN CHESS YEARBOOK. | averaging 230-245pp. per volume | The Netherlands | 1989-2004 | OP | I offer the following numbers of this terrific quarterly publication, paperbound (exceptions noted), which in my opinion since at least 1995 has become much more interesting & useful than INFORMANT, in vg condition: NUMBERS: 14 (hardcover), 16, 18 (hc), 26, 28 (hc), 50, 53, 57, 62 (hc), 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, & 73. IMPORTANT NOTE: I NO LONGER SHIP BOOKS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES! | $15.00 per volume |
| 29 | Matanovic, Aleksandar | Chess Olympiad Skopje 1972. | 214pp(+ 8pp. ads) | Beograd | 1972 | OP | Contains 280 games from the Men's event & 21 games from the Women's event–all with "Informant style" notes. Very good copy in d-j. Quite scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 30 | Trifunovic, Dr. Petar, S. Gligoric, R. Maric & D. Janosevic. | Yugoslav Chess Triumphs. | 292pp. | Belgrade: Chess Informant | 1976 | OP | An interesting collection of 731 games with "Informant style" notes. Very good copy in d-j. Quite scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 31 | Waitzkin, Fred | Searching for Bobby Fischer. | (4)227pp. | New York: Random House | 1988 | OP | Interesting, well-written & a "good read". Fine copy in d-j. of the attractively produced first edition. Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 32 | Hartston, William | The Kings of Chess. A history of chess traced through the lives of its greatest players. | 190pp. | New York | 1985 | OP | Nicely illustrated with some great photos & now scarce. Very nice copy in a good d-j. | $25.00 |
| 33 | Kazic, B. M. | International Championship Chess. A complete record of FIDE events (from 1927-1973). | (8)360pp. | New York: Pitman Publishing | 1974 | OP | Also contains 273 (unannotated) games & positions. VG copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 34 | Ilyin-Genevsky, Alexander | Notes of a Soviet Master. Translated by B. Cafferty. Edited by Dale A. Brandreth. | (5) 54pp. | Yorklyn (DE): Caissa Editions | 1986 | OP | With an additional 50 games added by Brandreth. Fine copy. | $30.00 |
| 35 | Levy, David N. L. (compiler) | Learn Chess From the World Champions. | vii, 206pp. | Oxford: Pergamon Press | 1984 | OP | Often interesting articles, sometimes in translation, by all the world champions (except Bobby!) from La Bourdonnais through Spassky. Paperbound, VG copy. Scarce! | $20.00 |
| 36 | Levy, David & Kevin O'Connell (editors) | Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games. Volume 1, 1485-1866 (all published) | xviii, 527pp. | Oxford: Oxford University Press | 1981 | OP | Contains approx. 4000 games! VG copy in slightly faded d-j. Extremely scarce. | $ 60.00 |
| 37 | Fiske, Daniel W. | The Book of the First American Chess Congress...New York 1857. | 563pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1985 | OP | The Olms reprint of the important work, first published in 1859. Fine copy in d-j. | $30.00 |
| 38 | Kavalek, Lubomir | World Cup Chess. The Grand Masters' Grand Prix - The Games. The Players. The Pictures. | 285pp. | North Pomfret, Vermont | 1990 | OP | Contains 1,600 games! Fine copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 39 | Ree, Hans | The Human Comedy of Chess. A Grandmaster's Chronicles. | vi, 334pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 1999 | Paperbound, fine copy. A treasure-trove of fine, perceptive writing! Very entertaining! | $15.00 | |
| 40 | Matanovic, Aleksandar (General editor) | Encyclopedia of Chess Endings. Four of the 5 issued: Rook Endings; Queen Endings; Pawn Endings & Bishop/Knight Endings. | Beograd: Informant | 1982, '83, '85, '86 | OP | All four volumes in very good condition, with the dust-jackets. Becoming scarce. PRICE PER VOLUME.... | $ 35.00 | |
| 41 | Ellison, James Whitfield | Master Prim. | (5) 208pp. | Boston: Little, Brown and Company | 1968 | OP | An exceptionally scarce chess novel about an obnoxious, emotionally retarded young American grandmaster...whose life turns out better than Bobby's! Fine copy in faded d-j. PRESENTATION COPY, signed & dated by the author on the first blank. | $75.00 |
| 42 | (bibliography) Kruijswijk, K. W., Compiled by... | Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana aucta et de novo descripta. A catalogue of the chess collection in the Royal Library, The Hague | xi, 148(3)pp. | The Hague: Government Printing Office | 1974 | OP | Volume 1: Bibliography and History. Only volume issued so far(!). Fine copy. Very scarce. Essential for serious collectors of chess history. | $ 75.00 |
| 43 | Chernev, Irving and Fred Reinfeld | The Fireside Book of Chess. | viii, 401pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1949 | OP | A very good copy in a worn d-j. of this still very entertaining potpourri. The hardcover edition is becoming quite scarce nowadays. | $20.00 |
| 44 | Harding, T. D. | The Leningrad Dutch. | ix, 179pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $ 10.00 |
| 45 | Lasker, Edward | Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters. | xviii, 428pp. | New York | 1951 | OP | 1st ed. A VG copy in a worn d-j. Probably the most interesting of Ed Lasker's semi-autobiographical books, and certainly the most scarce. | $25.00 |
| 46 | Karpov, Anatoly & Aleksandr Roshal | Anatoly Karpov: Chess is My Life. | vii, 359pp. | Oxford/New York: Pergamon Press | 1980 | OP | First edition. A very good, sound copy of the extremely scarce hardcover edition, which I believe I have only even seen once before! | $60.00 |
| 47 | Magriel, Paul | Backgammon. | xii, 404pp. | Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. Still the best introductory book on this game. | $50.00 |
| 48 | Cafferty, Bernard & Mark Taimanov | The Soviet Championships. | 222pp. + 8pp. of photos | London/New York: Cadogan Books | 1998 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A nice selection of annotated games & positions from the 1st (Moscow 1920) to the 51st (Moscow 1991) Soviet Championships. (Originally published at $29.95). | $20.00 |
| 49 | Finkenzeller, R. (et al) | Chess: A Celebration of 2,000 Years. | 208pp. | New York | 1990 | OP | A beautifully produced book with quite a silly text; it does however contain a wealth of fine illustrations (many in color). Fine copy in d-j. | $35.00 |
| 50 | Darrach, Brad | Bobby Fisher vs. the Rest of the World | 240pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Fine copy in VG d-j., now quite scarce. An awful book—but some of you won't take my word for it and will have to discover how crappy it is for yourselves! | $20.00 |
| 51 | Soltis, Andy | Chess to Enjoy. | (5) 227pp. | New York: Stein and Day | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in vg d-j. A very entertaining potpourri! Scarce. | $20.00 |
| 52 | Fine, Reuben | Psychoanalytic Observations on Chess and Chess Masters. | 80pp. (+ 2pp. illus.) | (New York): National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. | 1956 | OP | 1st ed., vg copy, paperbound. Fine's sorry screed describing the chessplayer's true, "grimmer motivation" ("father murder") for playing the game takes up the complete issue of "PSYCHOANALYSIS 3. Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychology". Deservedly scarce. | $20.00 |
| 53 | Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld | The Oxford Companion to Chess. | (7)483pp. | Oxford | 1992. | OP | Second Edition. Serious students of chess history need both editions as there are additions AND deletions in the 2nd ed.! Also, there is a totally new selection of games & illustrations in the "New Edition". Fine copy in very good d-j. | $40.00 |
| 54 | Napier, William Ewart | Paul Morphy and The Golden Age of Chess. edited by I. A. Horowitz | frontis., vi, 288pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1957 | OP | Very nice copy in a good d-j. of this very scarce anthology of older games. | $20.00 |
| 55 | Golombek, Harry (editor) | Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess | 360pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | An uneven compilation though the material by Soltis & W. Heidenfeld is excellent. Scarce. Nice copy in d-j. | $35.00 |
| 56 | Gufeld, Eduard & Efim Lazarev | Leonid Stein. Master of Risk Strategy. | 253pp. | Davenport, Iowa: Thinker's Press | 2001 | OP | Certainly the only really good book Gufeld was ever involved in! Contains a good bio + 61 deeply annotated games (& a few others + some positions) by one of the most brilliant players of all time. Paperbound, mint copy. | $20.00 |
| 57 | (CHESS SETS). Lanier Graham, F. | Chess Sets | unpaginated (83pp.) | New York | 1968 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Profusely illustrated (a couple in COLOR). The frontispiece is the charred (from a WW II bombing of the British Museum) remains of the original drawings for "The Staunton Chessmen" done in 1839! Quite scarce! | $20.00 |
| 58 | (CHESS SETS). Greygoose, Frank | Chessmen. | 160pp. | New York | 1979 | OP | Fine copy in nice d-j. Profusely illustrated (many in COLOR). Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 59 | Wilson, Fred | 101 Questions on How to Play Chess. | 77pp. | New York | 1994 | Paper, mint. Probably the greatest bargain on the planet! This book will tell you everything you need to know about chess. This book will set you free! | $3.00 | |
| 60 | Zweig, Stefan | The Royal Game & Other Stories. with an introduction by John Fowles. Translated from the German by Jill Sutcliffe. | xviii, 250pp. | New York: Harmony Books | 1981 | OP | 1st ed. of this—probably still the best—translation. Fine copy in chipped d-j. Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 61 | Nimzovich, Aron | Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929. Translated from the Russian by Jim Marfia. | xiii, 146pp. | NY: Dover Pub., Inc. | 2004 | MINT COPY of the 2004 paperbound reprint of the 1st Dover edition of 1981(itself a translation, originally suggested by moi, of the rare Russian edition of 1930). Nimzowitsch's condescending, and occasionally acerbic, comments re his contemporaries are a hoot! | $ 8.00 | |
| 62 | Avery, Bryce D. | Correspondence Chess in America | 278pp. | North Carolina: McFarland | 2000 | Mint. Currently in print for $45.00 | $25.00 | |
| 63 | Waitzkin, Fred | Mortal Games: The Turbulent Genius of Gary Kasparov. | 302pp. | New York | 1993. | OP | 1st ed. Although Waitzkin is almost sycophantically pro-Kasparov, his accurate & honest reporting of what he saw and heard gives a true picture of Garry's delightful personality. Fine copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 64 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP) | XXII Russian Championship (Moscow 1955). (in RUSSIAN) | 264pp. | Moscow | 1956 | OP | Has all 197 games with notes. Geller & Smyslov tied for first. Edges rubbed, spine faded, lightly browned (as always), but a good, sound copy. Very scarce. | $25.00 |
| 65 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP). | XVIII Russian Championship (Moscow 1950). (in RUSSIAN) | 340pp. | Moscow | 1952 | OP | Contains 153 well-annotated games. Keres won ahead of Aronin, Lipnitsky & Tolush. A very nice tight, clean copy-- slightly browned as always. Very scarce thus! | $35.00 |
| 66 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP). | XVII Russian Championship (Moscow 1949). (in RUSSIAN) | 315pp. | Moscow | 1952 | OP | Has all 190 games with notes. Smyslov & Bronstein tied for first. A very nice, tight clean copy, only very slightly browned. Extremely scarce thus! | $35.00 |
| 67 | Kotov, A. (edited by M. Maklin) | Alexander Kotov. (in RUSSIAN) | 304pp. | Moscow | 1984 | OP | With 77 well-annotated games + his famous articles on the "tree of variations", which formed the backbone for his epic "Think Like a Grandmaster". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 68 | Baturinski, V. | Grossmeister FLOHR (in RUSSIAN). | 256pp. | Moscow | 1985 | OP | With 75 well-annotated games(116 in all) by one of the first great "grinders". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 69 | Vasyukov, E, A. Narkevich & A. Nikitin. | Mikhail Tchigorin. (in RUSSIAN) | 312pp. | Moscow | 1972 | OP | With 63 deeply annotated games--this was a primary source for Jimmy Adams notes to the games in his monumental Tchigorin book. One of the best volumes in the famous "black just-jacket" biographical Russian series of games collections. Very slightly browned, but a nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 70 | Ragozin, V. V. | Selected Games. (in RUSSIAN) | 200pp. | Moscow | 1964 | OP | With contributions by Abramov & Botvinnik. Contains 74 well-annotated games by BOTVINNIK'S primary sparring partner. Nice copy. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 71 | Golombek, Harry | A History of Chess. | 256pp. | London | 1976 | OP | An uneven albeit still interesting text, profusely illustrated (some in color). Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 72 | Bronstein, David and Furstenberg, Tom | The Sorcerer's Apprentice. | 305pp. | New York | 1995 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 73 | Gallagher, Joe | c3 Sicilian | 176pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 1999 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Contains 70 deeply annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 74 | Harding, T.D., G.S. Botterill & C Kottnauer | The Sicilian Sozin. | iv, 192pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1974 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 75 | Blackstock, L. S. | Ruy Lopez: Breyer System | viii, 102pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $10.00 |
| 76 | Euwe, M | The Development of Chess Style. | 152pp. | New York | 1966 | OP | Nice copy in slightly frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 77 | Reinfeld, Fred (editor) | The Treasury of Chess Lore. | xii, 306pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1959 | OP | A VG copy of the now scarce Dover pb reprint of the orig. 1951 edition. A terrific compilation! Contains the wonderful short story "Last Round" by Kester Svendsen, along with much other good reading. | $10.00 |
| 78 | Pandolfini, Bruce | Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics. | 201pp. | New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. | 1986 | OP | Paperbound. A fine copy of one of Pandolfini's better books (which, in fact, didn't sell all that well because the positions & analysis were relatively demanding!). | $10.00 |
| 79 | Plaskett, James | The Sicilian Taimanov. | 144pp. | Brighton: The Chess Press | 1997 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. Essentially done as a GAMES COLLECTION, with 92 well-annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 80 | Przewoznik, Jan & Malcolm Pein | The Blumenfeld Gambit. | 107pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 81 | Tseitlin, Mikhail | Winning with the Schliemann. | 155pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 82 | Wetzell, Rolf | Chess Master... at any age. | 298pp. | Davenport, Iowa | 1994. | OP | Paperbound, now scarce. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 83 | Soltis, Andrew | Bobby Fischer Rediscovered. | 287pp. | London: Batsford | 2004 | The best book readily available about Bobby. With 100 deeply & entertainingly annotated games. Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 | |
| 84 | Dawson, T. R. | Five Classics of Fairy Chess. With a New Preface and Introduction by A.S.M. Dickens. | xiv, 145pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1973 | OP | The very scarce Dover pb reprint of five of Dawson's limited editions on this subject from 1935 to 1947. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 85 | (CHESS SETS). Mackett-Beeson, A.E.J. | Chessmen. | 120pp. | New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons | 1968 | OP | A beautifully illustrated work by a major dealer of rare CHESS SETS. The first printing—not the later reprint with with occasionally less sharp plates. Very good copy in frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 86 | (CHESS SETS). Dennis, Jessie McNab and Charles K. Wilkinson | Chess: East and West, Past and Present. A Selection from the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Collection. | xxxvi, (108)pp. | New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1968 | OP | Very good, sound copy in worn d-j. Profusely illustrated, with a few in COLOR. | $20.00 |
| 87 | Pritchard, D.B. | The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants | 364pp. | Games & Puzzles Publication, Surrey, | 1994 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A most thorough work! | $30.00 |
| 88 | Reinfeld, Fred and Reuben Fine | Lasker's Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914. | ix, 165pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1965 | OP | VG copy of Dover pb reprint of this excellent collection, originally published in 1935 as "Dr. Lasker's Chess Career. Part I: 1889-1914". | $10.00 |
| 89 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Meet the Masters. Eight Great Chess Players and their most Characteristic Games. | vii, 279pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1975 | OP | Dover pb reprint of the Second Edition of 1945. My favorite Euwe title, which contains great insights (e.g., "Reshevsky likes "boring" positions") about his contemporaries. Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 90 | Fine, Reuben | Fifty Chess Masterpieces 1941-1944. | v, 218pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1977 | OP | Dover pb reprint of "Chess Marches On", orig. published in 1945. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 91 | Reinfeld, Fred | Nimzovich the Hypermodern. | viii, 221pp.+ 3pp. ads | Philadelphia: David McKay | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in torn d-j. | $15.00 |
| 92 | Brady, Frank | Profile of a Prodigy. The Life and Games of Bobby Fischer. (Revised Edition) | x, 435pp., + 16pp. of photos. | New York | 1973 | OP | Fine copy in VG d-j. | $20.00 |
| 93 | Horowitz, I. A. & P. L. Rothenberg | The Personality of Chess. | xii, 372pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | 1st ed., nice copy. Almost certainly by Rothenberg! A nice collection of essays, games, problems, etc. | $20.00 |
| 94 | Korchnoi, Viktor | Chess is my Life. Autobiography and Games. | 168pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in faded d-j. | $20.00 |
| 95 | Reinfeld, Fred | Great Moments in Modern Chess. | x, 182pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | Entertaining. Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 96 | Berry, Jonathan (editor) | Diamond Dust. (a correspondence chess tournament book) | 122pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, VG copy. A well-annotated collection of 105 games from this strong event won by Eric Bang, ahead of Berry, Kiviaho, Hebert, Rittner, etc. | $6.00 |
| 97 | Konig, Imre | Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik - A Century of Chess Evolution | xv, 202pp. | New York | n.d. (c. 1955) | OP | A fine copy in a good d-j. of one of my favorite games collections. A wonderful history of the first 100 years of 4 major opening systems, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit (& QGA), English Opening & King's Gambit, done mainly with COMPLETE GAMES. | $20.00 |
| 98 | Wilson, Fred | Lesser - Known Chess Mastepieces: 1906 - 1915. 335 Games as Reported in The Year - Book of Chess. | 370pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy, inscribed to former owner. Re-inscribed on request! | $20.00 |
| 99 | Botterill, George & Tim Harding | The Scotch. | xviii, 140pp. | London: B. T. Batsford | 1977 | OP | Fine copy, now scarce. | $15.00 |
| 100 | Tartakower, Dr. S. & J. Du Mont | 100 Master Games of Modern Chess. | xiii, 171pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1975 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1955 edition. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 101 | Sergeant, Philip W. | CHAROUSEK'S Games of Chess. (New) edition (which) includes and Appendix incorporating previously unpublished corrections and additional notes prepared by the author and edited for this edition by Fred Wilson. | xxiii, 231pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1989 | OP | Paper, nice copy. The Dover reprint of the orig. 1919 edition, which some new material. Now scarce! | $15.00 |
| 102 | Assiac (H. Fraenkel) | The Pleasures of Chess. | vi, 193pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1952 | OP | 1st ed. VG copy with the FOLDING PAPER CHESSBOARD & PIECES bound in at the back in perfect condition! | $20.00 |
| 103 | Steiner, George | Fields of Force. Fischer & Spassky at Reyjavik. | (6)86pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. An "essential trivial endeavor", being an arrogant literary critic's jaundiced view of the match in particular, and chessplayers in general. Not worth reading. | $20.00 |
| 104 | Sergeant, Philip W. | The Unknown Morphy. Games, Writings, Biography. | 114pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc | 1973 | OP | Nice copy of the Dover reprint of "Morphy Gleanings" (1932), which is, itself, quite scarce as it was never reprinted. | $12.50 |
| 105 | Coles,R.N. | The Chess-player's Week-end Book. | 162pp. | London | 1950 | OP | 1st. Ed. | $20.00 |
| 106 | Frey, Peter W. | Chess Skill in Man and Machine | 329pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Paperbound. | $10.00 |
| 107 | Keene, Raymond D. | Learn from the Grandmasters | 120pp. | London | 1975 | OP | Paper, nice copy. Scarce. | $12.50 |
| 108 | Romanowsky, P. A. | Selected Games. (IN RUSSIAN!) | 227pp. | Moscow | 1954 | OP | Very scarce! Pages slightly browned, as always, but a very nice copy. | $30.00 |
| 109 | Lawson, Dominic | End Game. Kasparov vs. Short: Dispatches from a war for the World Chess Crown. | 253pp. | New York | 1994 | OP | Mint in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 110 | Keene, Ray & Levy, David | Chess Olympiad 1972 | 240pp. | New York | 1973 | OP | $20.00 | |
| 111 | Varnusz, Egon | PAUL KERES' Best Games. Volume 2: Open and Semi-Open Games. | 278pp. | Oxford: Pergamon | 1990 | OP | Paper, fine copy. The "blue" volume—much scarcer than Vol. 1 of this set as it wasn't really distributed well in the US. | $20.00 |
| 112 | Gallagher, Joe | The Magic of Mikhail Tal. | 224pp. | London | 2001 | Contains 34 deeply researched & annotated games from the so-called "neglected period" of Tal's career, roughly 1975-1992. An absolute "must" for the Tal enthusiast! Paper, MINT. | $20.00 | |
| 113 | Fine, Reuben | The World's A Chessboard. | xi, 323pp. | Philadelphia | 1948. | OP | 1st ed., VG copy. A largely post-WW II, well-annotated games collection. | $20.00 |
| 114 | Mednis, Edmar | How to Beat Bobby Fisher | 282pp. | New York | 1974 | 1st ed. Nice copy in slightly worn d-j. | $20.00 | |
| 115 | Kasparov, Garry | Garry Kasparov an Autobiography - Unlimited Challenge with Donald Trelford | 275pp. | New York | 1987 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 116 | Levy, David | The Chess of Gligoric. | 192pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | Best games of the Yugoslavian grandmaster - 1945-1970-who has become a legend in his own time. | $20.00 |
| 117 | Blackburne, Henry Joseph | Blackburne's Chess Games. | 330pp. | New York | 1979 | OP | Paper, nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 118 | Karpov, Anatoly | Karpov on Karpov. Memoirs of a Chess World Champion. | 232pp. | New York | 1991 | OP | An unintentionally funny autobiography — probably has a lie on every page! Fine copy! | $15.00 |
| 119 | Foldeak, Arpad | Chess Olympiads 1927-1968 | 417pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1979 | OP | Dover paper reprint of the 2nd, enlarged edition of 1969. Contains over 200 annotated games. Scarce! | $ 15.00 |
| 120 | Wilson, Fred & Alberston, Bruce | 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles | 222pp. | New York | 2002 | Paper, mint. A wonderful book!! | $12.00 | |
| 121 | Gligoric, Svetozar | Shall We Play Fischerrandom Chess? | 144pp. | London | 2002 | Paperbound, mint. | $12.50 | |
| 122 | Gallagher, Joe | Beating the Anti-Sicilians. | 160pp. | London | 1994 | OP | Paper, vg copy. | $10.00 |
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