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| AUTHOR | TITLE | PAGES | PLACE OF PUBLICATION | DATE | OP? | COMMENTS | PRICE | |
| 1 | Murray, H.J.R. | A History of Chess. | 900pp. | Oxford: Clarendon Press | 1913 | OP | First edition in the orig. gilt-lettered dark blue cloth. Top of spine slightly rubbed, very slightly "shaken" (though inner hinges are not cracked), but quite a nice copy of the very scarce first edition, which being such a large heavy book is rarely found in good shape. Also, the few plates are much sharper in the first printing than in the later reprints. | $125.00 |
| 2 | Wolff, Patrick | Kasparov versus Anand. The Inside Story of the 1995 World Chess Championship Match. | 191pp. | Cambridge, Mass., | 1996 | OP | Fine copy, pb (as issued). One of the best world championship match books ever written. Now scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 3 | Cockburn, Alexander | Idle Passion. Chess and the Dance of Death. | 248pp. | New York: Village Voice/Simon and Schuster | 1974 | OP | A dreadful book filled with untruths by a man who hates chess. 1st ed., fine copy in d-j. Becoming (justly) scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 4 | 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. Fine copy, pb. A rare, uninscribed copy! However, I will inscribe it on request. | $30.00 |
| 5 | (BOBBY FISCHER) Brady, Frank | Endgame. Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall... | xi, 384pp. | New York: Crown Publishers | 2011 | First edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, paperbound (as issued), without the 8pp. of photos which appear in the first trade edition. Fine copy. | $ 40.00 | |
| 6 | Winter, Edward | Kings, Commoners and Knaves. | iv, 452pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 1999 | OP | A very entertaining potpourri of games, history, tough book reviews, & etc. Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 7 | Goldman, Warren | Carl Schlechter! Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard | 335pp. | Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, DE USA | 1994 | OP | VG copy of a terrific biographical games collection. | $50.00 |
| 8 | (Reinfeld, Fred) Reshevsky, Samuel | Reshevsky on Chess. The US Champion Tells How He Wins. | frontis., viii, 274pp.+ 1 p. photo | New York: Chess Review | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in worn d-j. Incidentally, John Rather himself told me that he received the complete typescript of this book from Reinfeld when he was assistant editor of Chess Review in 1948, and that Sammy did not write a single word of it! Compare the language and writing style of this book with anything we know Sammy wrote and see what you think. So, either this or "The Human Side of Chess" (1952) is probably Reinfeld's best book! | $25.00 |
| 9 | Saidy, Anthony & Norman Lessing | The World of Chess. | 252pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Entertaining & beautifully illustrated. VG copy. | $20.00 Winter bargain price!! |
| 10 | 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, but don't take my word for it--find out what a snotty piece of junk this is yourself! Not scarce enough. | $15.00 |
| 11 | Zeuthen, Steffen | Wing Benoni. A Key to Key Structures. | 331pp. | Denmark | 1975 | OP | First & only edition. Contains 683 games. VG copy. Now scarce. | $20.00 |
| 12 | Benko, Pal | The Benko Gambit. | (6)143pp. | New York: RHM Publishing | 1973 | OP | First edition. VG copy d-j. Still best strategically instructive book about this opening. | $20.00 |
| 13 | Estrin, Y and V. N. Panov | Comprehensive Chess Openings. Volume 1: Open Games. Volume 2: Semi-Open Games. Volume 3: Closed Games. | 271+192+278pp. | Oxford: Pergamon Press | 1980 | OP | A very nice copy of the paperbound, complete 3 VOLUME SET. Becoming scarce. | $35.00 |
| 14 | 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. | $25.00 |
| 15 | Donaldson, IM John | A Legend On the Road: Bobby Fischer's 1964 Simul Tour. | (3)124pp. | Seattle, WA: International Chess Enterprises | 1994 | OP | First edition, the exceptionally scarce HARDCOVER edition. Fine copy in repaired d-j. | $ 50.00 |
| 16 | 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 | OP | 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. | $ 15.00 |
| 17 | Lasker, Dr. Emanuel | Das verstandigeKartenspiel. | 296pp. + 3pp. ads | Berlin | 1929 | OP | The mighty Emanuel's bridge book! The orig. beige buckram cloth is very lightly age-spotted, but a very good, sound copy. Obviously scarce. | $75.00 |
| 18 | Hagedorn, Ralph K. | Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America. A Review of the Literature. | 92pp. + 8pp, of illus. | Phila.: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press | 1958 | OP | Contains an important bibliography of pre-1860 American chess literature. Very scarce! Pages browning (as always), but a fine copy in a torn d-j. | $60.00 |
| 19 | Kawabata, Yasunari | The Master of Go. translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. | viii, 188(3)pp. | New York: Alfred A Knopf | 1972 | OP | A VG copy in a torn, tape-repaired d-j. of the very scarce 1st edition (& only hardcover edition) in English. I consider this to be the best "chess novel" ever written, but you'll have to read it to see why I believe this! | $20.00 |
| 20 | Salzmann, Jerome. Compiled by… | The Chess Reader. The Royal Game in World Literature. | xvii, 366pp. | New York: Greenberg Publisher | 1949 | OP | 1st & only edition. A very nice copy. Quite scarce. Probably the best literary anthology about chess. | $35.00 |
| 21 | 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. VG copy, no d-j. Very scarce--even more so, in my experience, than the book of the SECOND PIATIGORSKY CUP. Keres & Petrosian tied for first place. | $ 30.00 |
| 22 | Wilson, Fred & Bruce Alberston | 303 Tricky Checkmates. | 184pp. + 8pp. of ads | Las Vegas, NV: Cardoza Publishing | 2011 (3rd printing) | Mint copy. Special price (list: $12.95) to introduce you to our "303" series! | $ 10.00 | |
| 23 | Greenwell, William John | Chess Exemplified: in One Hundred and Thirty-Two Games Of the Most Celebrated Players, Selected and Arranged by... | vii, 142pp. + 10 pp. of chess ads at end | Leeds: I. M. Brown, Publisher | (1890) | OP | A handsomely & sturdily rebound copy in gilt-lettered, maroon buckram cloth, including the orig. endpapers & 10 pp. of chess ads at the end, in fine condition. BETTS 24-9. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed & dated (29th April, 1893) by Greenwell on the verso of the front endpaper. Very scarce. | $150.00 |
| 24 | Sherwood, Robert & Dale Brandreth | AVRO 1938 International Chess Tournament. | Delaware: Caissa Editions | 2010 | A fantastically good job!! Mint copy. | $44.00 | ||
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Zeuthen, Steffen | Son of Sorrow: MODERN BENONI. Survey of a Structure. | xiv, 404pp. + approx. 150pp. of complete games. | Denmark | 1973 | OP | Spine & outer edges slightly rubbed, but a good, sound copy of this large, somewhat obsessive collection, with 928 analysed Benoni positions & 868 complete, unannotated games. Becoming scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 27 | O'Connell, Kevin & David N.L. Levy | Anatoly Karpov's Games as World Champion 1975-1978. | 208 pp. | London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. | 1978 | OP | Paperbound, with 200 diagrams. Fine copy. Very scarce! | $ 20.00 |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | Silman, Jeremy | Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move, Volume One, Novice through Intermediate. | 224pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1992. | OP | Revised 2nd Edition. Fine copy, pb. One of the best endgame books ever written for players under 1400-1500. Scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 31 | Soltis, GM Andrew | Black to Play and Win with 1…g6. A Complete Defensive System. | 152pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1993 | OP | Revised, 2nd Edition. Nice copy, pb. Becoming scarce. | $ 10.00 |
| 32 | Soltis, Andrew | Beating the Caro-Kann with the Advance Variation. | 104pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1993 | OP | Nice copy, paperbound. | $ 10.00 |
| 33 | Soltis, Andrew | Bird-Larsen Attack. A Complete Opening System with 1. f4 then 2. b3. | 112pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1989 | OP | Paperbound, nice copy–becoming scarce. | $ 10.00 |
| 34 | Blackburne, Henry Joseph | Blackburne's Chess Games. | 330pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1979 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Quite scarce. | $20.00 |
| 35 | Boumeester, Hans | Winning Chess Combinations. | vi, 138pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 36 | MacDonald - Ross, Michael | Nimzo - Indian Defence: Leningrad System | 135pp. | London | 1978 | OP | Fine copy, paperbound. Very scarce! Still the only book on this fascinating variation. | $15.00 |
| 37 | Kruijswijk, K. W. (editor) | BONUS SOCIUS. Bijdragen tot de cultuurgeschiedenis van het schaakspel en andere bordspelen. Jubileumuitgave voor MEINDERT NIEMEIJER. | 296pp. + 1 p. of errata | 's-GRAVENHAGE: KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK | 1977 | OP | Paperbound, as issued & extremely scarce–certainly not more than 500 copies were printed. An attractrive "festschrift" to celebrate the great Dutch book collector & problemist's 75th birthday, with most of the interesting historical articles in Dutch or German, though three, including a fascinating one on Alekhine-Capa 1927, are in English. A very good copy. | $ 60.00 |
| 38 | Mednis, Edmar | How to Beat the Russians | xv, 297pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1978 | OP | Actually, in my opinion, the best way is with a big stick (just kidding!). First edition, fine copy in d-j. | $ 20.00 |
| 39 | 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. Fine copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 40 | Tevis, Walter | The Queen's Gambit. | 243pp. | New York | 1983 | OP | One of the best chess novels, by the author of "The Hustler". 1st edition. Nice copy in the attractive (slightly repaired) d-j. Recently given somewhat belated recognition in the Jan 27th, 2007 issue of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL! | $20.00 |
| 41 | Soltis, Andrew | Grandmaster Secrets: Endings | 214pp. | Davenport, IA | 2003 | OP | Paperbound.Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 42 | Soltis, Andrew | Grandmaster Secrets: Openings. | 238pp. | Davenport, IA | 2002 | OP | Paperbound. Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 43 | White, Alain C. | Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems. | 471pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1962 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1913 edition. VG copy. Scarce! | $15.00 |
| 44 | Konig, Imre | Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik - A Century of Chess Evolution | xv, 202pp. | New York | n.d. (ca. 1954) | OP | A very good, sound copy 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 |
| 45 | 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 |
| 46 | 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 |
| 47 | 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 |
| 48 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Judgement and Planning in Chess. | ix, 190pp. | London | 1973 | OP | VG copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 49 | 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 |
| 50 | 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 |
| 51 | (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 |
| 52 | (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 |
| 53 | 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 |
| 54 | 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 |
| 55 | 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 |
| 56 | 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 |
| 57 | 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 |
| 58 | 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 |
| 59 | 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 | |
| 60 | 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 | |
| 61 | 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 |
| 62 | Harding, T. D. | The Leningrad Dutch. | ix, 179pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $ 10.00 |
| 63 | 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 |
| 64 | 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 |
| 65 | 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 |
| 66 | 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 |
| 67 | 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 |
| 68 | 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 |
| 69 | 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 |
| 70 | 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 |
| 71 | (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 |
| 72 | (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 |
| 73 | 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 | |
| 74 | 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 |
| 75 | 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 | |
| 76 | Avery, Bryce D. | Correspondence Chess in America | 278pp. | North Carolina: McFarland | 2000 | Mint. Currently in print for $45.00 | $25.00 | |
| 77 | 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 |
| 78 | (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 |
| 79 | (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 |
| 80 | 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 |
| 81 | 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 |
| 82 | 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 |
| 83 | 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 |
| 84 | Bronstein, David and Furstenberg, Tom | The Sorcerer's Apprentice. | 305pp. | New York | 1995 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 85 | Gallagher, Joe | c3 Sicilian | 176pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 1999 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Contains 70 deeply annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 86 | Blackstock, L. S. | Ruy Lopez: Breyer System | viii, 102pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $10.00 |
| 87 | Euwe, M | The Development of Chess Style. | 152pp. | New York | 1966 | OP | Nice copy in slightly frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 88 | 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 |
| 89 | 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 |
| 90 | 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 |
| 91 | Przewoznik, Jan & Malcolm Pein | The Blumenfeld Gambit. | 107pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 92 | Tseitlin, Mikhail | Winning with the Schliemann. | 155pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 93 | Wetzell, Rolf | Chess Master... at any age. | 298pp. | Davenport, Iowa | 1994. | OP | Paperbound, now scarce. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 94 | 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 | |
| 95 | 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 |
| 96 | (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 |
| 97 | (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 |
| 98 | 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 |
| 99 | Reinfeld, Fred | Nimzovich the Hypermodern. | viii, 221pp.+ 3pp. ads | Philadelphia: David McKay | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in torn d-j. | $15.00 |
| 100 | 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 |
| 101 | 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 |
| 102 | Korchnoi, Viktor | Chess is my Life. Autobiography and Games. | 168pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in faded d-j. | $20.00 |
| 103 | Reinfeld, Fred | Great Moments in Modern Chess. | x, 182pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | Entertaining. Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 104 | 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 |
| 105 | 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 |
| 106 | Botterill, George & Tim Harding | The Scotch. | xviii, 140pp. | London: B. T. Batsford | 1977 | OP | Fine copy, now scarce. | $15.00 |
| 107 | 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 |
| 108 | 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 |
| 109 | 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 |
| 110 | Coles,R.N. | The Chess-player's Week-end Book. | 162pp. | London | 1950 | OP | 1st. Ed. | $20.00 |
| 111 | Frey, Peter W. | Chess Skill in Man and Machine | 329pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Paperbound. | $10.00 |
| 112 | Keene, Raymond D. | Learn from the Grandmasters | 120pp. | London | 1975 | OP | Paper, nice copy. Scarce. | $12.50 |
| 113 | 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 |
| 114 | Keene, Ray & Levy, David | Chess Olympiad 1972 | 240pp. | New York | 1973 | OP | $20.00 | |
| 115 | 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 |
| 116 | Mednis, Edmar | How to Beat Bobby Fisher | 282pp. | New York | 1974 | 1st ed. Nice copy in slightly worn d-j. | $20.00 | |
| 117 | Kasparov, Garry | Garry Kasparov an Autobiography - Unlimited Challenge with Donald Trelford | 275pp. | New York | 1987 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 118 | 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 |
| 119 | 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 |
| 120 | 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 |
| 121 | Wilson, Fred & Alberston, Bruce | 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles | 222pp. | New York | 2002 | Paper, mint. A wonderful book!! | $12.00 | |
| 122 | Gligoric, Svetozar | Shall We Play Fischerrandom Chess? | 144pp. | London | 2002 | Paperbound, mint. | $12.50 | |
| 123 | Gallagher, Joe | Beating the Anti-Sicilians. | 160pp. | London | 1994 | OP | Paper, vg copy. | $10.00 |
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