Category: Chess

Drueke's Chess Primer

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI, WM F. Drueke & Sons

Seller ID: EW5730

Condition: Very Good

Textblock is very clean and tight. Undated, circa 1930. Covers slightly shelf rubbed and sunned around the edges. 30p.
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Chess

By: Abrahams, Gerald

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Teach Yourself Chess Books : 1971

Seller ID: SB14758

ISBN-13: 9780340055441

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Grey end papers, textblock appears unread. Faintly soiled top edge; Black cloth binding. Unclipped dust jacket minimally shelf worn, light soiling to covers. 255pp., including illustrative games.
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White To Play and Win [Chess Strategy]

By: Adams, Weaver W.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay Company : 1939

Seller ID: SB7659

Binding: Embossed Cloth

Condition: Good+

Moderately aged endpapers and some yellowing to the edges, otherwise very tight, no markings to textblock. Top and fore-edges are a bit shelf soiled. Lightly frayed corners and spine extremities, titling faded; Lacks dust jacket; 169p.
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Three Days with Bobby Fischer & Other Chess Essays: How to Meet Champions & Choose Your Openings

By: Alburt, Lev; International Grand Master; Lawrence, Al

Price: $8.95

Publisher: NY, Chess Information and Research Center : 2003

Seller ID: EW4146

ISBN-13: 9781889323091

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed otherwise in near perfect condition. 288p.
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My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923

By: Alekhin, Alexander; Ttranslated from the Original MSS (in French) by J. Du Mont and M.S. Goldstein

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company

Seller ID: SB14189

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Circa 1928. Aged end papers, age toning to the edges; End papers separated at the gutters, hinges secure and intact; Penciled notations on one of the blank pages in back, else textblock is clean and tight. Faded black cloth binding; Frayed spine extremities, bumped/frayed corners, boards lightly character-soiled; Lacks dust jacket; 267p., including index
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The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament 10th to 28th August, 1936: Containing all the Games in the Masters' Tournament and a Small Selection of Games from the Minor Tournament

By: Alekhine, Dr. A. (annotations & analysis); Watts, W. H. (general editor)

Price: $15.99

Publisher: NY, Dover Publications, Inc. : 1962

Seller ID: SB7335

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A great copy covering one of the great Chess Tournaments of all time; Bright, clean and unmarked; Several creases along the spine on the front and back, edge wear and lightly creased corners. 291p., including index and outstanding annotations.
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Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945

By: Alexander, C.H. O'D. (chosen and Annotated by)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company : 1950

Seller ID: SB14187

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Early reprint; Aged, and with a couple dog-eared pages; Previous owner's inked name on ffep, else textblock is clean and tight. Coffee cup "ring" on the front cover, bumped head and foot of spine and to the corners. Heavily sunned, spotted, chipped and edge-worn dust jacket; Very worn edges/corners and spine, inked name on back cover, mylar sleeved. 118p., including index.
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The Pleasures of Chess

By: Assiac

Price: $12.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster : 1952

Seller ID: SB14176

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

"A Pocket Chess Set" stapled to rep; Aged textblock, else clean and tight. Yellow top page edges, bumped and light fraying to head and foot of spine, cumped corners, lightly scuffed back cover. Lacks dust jacket; 192pp., including solutions and index.
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The Ruy Lopez: Winning Chess with 1 P-K4

By: Barden, Leonard

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Oxford, Pergamon Press : 1971

Seller ID: SB14410

ISBN: 080130062

Binding: Illustrated Boards

Condition: Very Good

Glue remnant on fep, usual age toning, else textblock is clean and tight. Rubbing to the tips, bumped head and foot of spine as well as to the corners. Lacks dust jacket; 170p.
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The King's Indian Defence (Contemporary Chess Openings)

By: Barden, Leonard; Hartson, William R.; Keene, Raymond D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Chess Digest : 1973

Seller ID: EW2579

ISBN-13: 9780713403671

Binding: Blue Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Textblock is very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; some light wear around the spine. Dust jacket lightly edge and corner worn; some light wear at the base of the spine. Genral Editor of this series is R.G. Wade: 334p., including index.
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Chess: First Steps

By: Bott, Raymond and Morrison, Stanley; Foreword by R.G. Wade

Price: $11.00

Publisher: NY, Bell Publishing Company, Inc : 1958

Seller ID: AC2021

Binding: Red Cloth

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean and tight textblock with minimal edge wear. Binding is lightly edge rubbed and the tips of the spine are gently bumped. Dust jacket flaps taped to the end papers. 192p.
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Pirc-Robatsch Defense 1969: The Austrian Attack- Volume 1 [Chess]

By: Botterill, G.S.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK, Chessman Publicaions : 1968

Seller ID: EW3159

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn; some light shelf wear along the spine; covers lightly surface soiled and sunned. 24p.
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Pirc-Robatsch Defense 1969: The Austrian Attack-Volume 2 [Chess]

By: Botterill, G.S.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK, Chessman Publicaions : 1969

Seller ID: EW3160

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn; some light shelf wear along the spine; covers lightly surface soiled and sunned. 60p.
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Soviet Chess Championship, 1941: Complete Text of Games with Detailed Notes & Introduction

By: Botvinnik, M. M.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: NY, Dover Publications, Inc. : 1973

Seller ID: SB5984

Binding: Green Illust. Wraps

Condition: Good+

Textblock is clean and tight. Chipping and tearing to corners and head and foot of spine. 185pp., including index of openings.
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Championship Chess: Match Tournament for the Absolute Chess Championship of the U.S.S.R. Leningrad-Moscow 1941: Complete Text of Games with Detailed Notes & Introduction

By: Botvinnik, M. M. (by); Garry, Stephen (translated by)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Bell Publishing Company : 1950

Seller ID: SB9161

Binding: Red Cloth

Condition: Very Good+

Minor stain on rear free end paper, faint age toning, else textblock is clean and tight. Very clean red cloth binding, minor shelf wear. All edges clean; Unclipped, gently spine-sunned dust jacket, small rust colored stain on back inner flap, moderate chip to head of spine with partial loss of the title, small chip on foot of spine, chipped corners, moderate chip on back top edge by corner, shelf soiled covers, in brodart for safe-keeping. 185pp., including index of openings.
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One Hundred Selected Games

By: Botvinnik, M.M.; Garry, Stephen (translated by)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Dover Publications : 1960

Seller ID: SB14203

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Chinese Pirate edition; Aged and lightly bubbled end papers, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges lighlty soiled. Dark red cloth minimally shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket, chipping to corners, chip to front bottom edge and back top and bottom edge, chipping to foot of spine, mylar sleeved. 272pp., including index.
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The Vulture & Associated Opening Systems

By: Bucker, Stefan; Hardy, Otto (english Translation by)

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Wiltshire, The Crowood Press : 1989

Seller ID: SB1117

ISBN-13: 9781852232931

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Immaculate and tight, gift quality copy. Light crease on bottom edge of back cover. 178p.
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The King's Indian for the Attacking Player [Chess]

By: Burgess, Graham

Price: $8.50

Publisher: NY, Henry Holt and Company, Inc. : 1993

Seller ID: AC2026

ISBN-13: 9780805029369

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean and tight textblock with minimal edge wear and cover rubbing. 178p., including index
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Combinations: The Heart of Chess

By: Chernev, Irving

Price: $9.50

Publisher: NY, Dover Publications : 1960

Seller ID: EW2721

ISBN-13: 9780486217444

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner worn; some light wear at the base of the spine. 245p., including index.
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The Russians Play Chess

By: Chernev, Irving

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, David McKay Company : 1947

Seller ID: SB8163

Binding: Red Cloth

Condition: Good+

Probable First Edition/Printing; Aged endpapers, otherwise textblock is clean and tight with chess diagrams. Red cloth binding, bumped head and foot of spine, light bumping to the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, basically in three pieces, large tear to front fore-edge yet still intact at the corners, several chips on the head and foot of spine, several edge tears and moderate character soil; 200p.
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Category: Chess