New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1853. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Handsome and very uncommon miniature chess handbook, 1853. Still tightly-bound, well-preserved and VG+ in its original chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design to the front panel and lavish blindstamped borders. Internally immaculate, with no markings of any kind and..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brothers, 1888. Boards. An especially crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1888 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its its wonderful pictorial boards, with virtually no wear to the panels and no writing or markings internally. 16mo, truly a collector's copy. More
Holborn, England: Printing-Craft Ltd., 1935. Boards. 1st edition of this 1935 compilation of all 26 games played in the World Championship match between Alexander Alekhin and E.D. Bogoljubow. Solid and VG in its printed boards, with light staining to the front panel, light soiling along the rear panel and small..... More
CS Chess Stars, 1997. Original wraps. 1997 compilation of the great Capablanca's tournament games 1927-1942. Tight and VG+ (a bit of writing at the half-title) in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 287 pgs. More
New York: Quadrangle Books (A New York Times Company), 1972. Original wraps. A solid copy of this 1972 analysis by Samuel Reshevsky of the legendary 1972 World Championship. Tight and VG in its orange wrappers, with light soiling and offsetting along the panel egdes. Quarto, a crisp move-by-move analysis by..... More
London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1762. Full-Leather. The 1862 2nd English language edition (following the 1850 original English language edition, also published out of London) of this great 19th century classic of chess instruction. A respectable, generally sound copy. Bound in a contemporary-to-the-period speckled calf, with 5 raised bands..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. Cloth. An unusually crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1860 1st edition of this selection of games by the great 19th century American chess player Paul Morphy. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its pebbled green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine and..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Cloth. The 1959 stated 1st edition of 15 year old Bobby Fischer's first published collection of chess games. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of wear at the spine crown) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.95), VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the panel..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. Hardcover. ****AN EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF CHESS HISTORY**** AND ONE OF THE TOWERING ASSOCIATION COPIES IN THE GAME'S VAST LITERATURE. WARMLY inscribed (in itself very unusual) by the newly-minted World Champion to William Lombardy, Bobby Fischer's "second" at Reyjavik and the man widely credited with..... More
Philadelphia: Self-published, 1969. Cloth. Solid copies of the first 3 volumes of Chess Table Crosstables. Each octavo volume is tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with lightly-rubbed gilt-titling along the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel. Each is also clean as could be internally, with no..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY G.A. PFEIFFER, THE CO-AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1937 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG in its dark cloth, with bright, completely unflecked gilt-lettering and design along the spine. One..... More
Off ice of the Chess Amateur, 1921. 1st. Hardcover. An obscure 1921 collection of tactical puzzles from actual games. mates in 4, mates in 3, etc. 1st ed., red cloth with gilt lettering, 12mo. A VG copy with a small amount of staining on top and bottom edges of the..... More
London: The British Chess Federation, 1922, 1927 and 1936. Original wraps. A handsome example of the complete --and uncommon-- 3 volume set of this wonderful chess periodical from the 1920s and 30s. Bound together in its dark bevelled boards and including each of the 3 issues in its entirety, from..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1942. 1st. Cloth. The 1942 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears and light chipping at the panel edges. Light fading as well along the spine. Still though, a perfectly presentable copy of this classic of chess..... More
New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1910. Cloth. The 1910 1st US edition, following the 1896 original London edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG-/VG example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping --and one small closed tear-- along the top-edges and at the spine ends. Still..... More
Boston: International Publishing Co., 1910. Cloth. The uncommon 1910 1st edition of this unusual, thoughtful book on chess strategy. Dispensing with the typical annotated games and diagrams, this book is all prose and reflects on essential ingredients of successful play such as "mobility", "position", "organization", "grand reconnaissance", etc. A very..... More
New York: Horowitz and Harkness, 1942. 1st. Cloth. NICELY INSCRIBED ("A terrible substitute for the principal of this book, but my autograph will have to do in a pinch") BY RENOWNED CHESS AUTHOR, INTERNATIONAL MASTER, NEW YORK TIMES CHESS COLUMNIST AND OWNER AND EDITOR OF CHESS REVIEW, I.A. HOROWITZ (WHO..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sopena, 1963. Original wraps. The 1963 1st Argentinian edition of this collection of chess games compiled by Genrikh Kasparian (1910-1995), the Armenian International Grandmaster considered to have been one of the great composers of chess endgame studies. Complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and VG+ in..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1913. Decorative Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1913 1st edition of H.J.R. Murray's sweeping history of the greatest board game of all. Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with crisp, unrubbed gilt-design and titling along the frpnt panel and spine respectively. Offsetting to..... More
New York: Chess Review (Distributed by David McKay Company), 1946. Cloth. A handsome copy of Vol. 14 (1946) of the Chess Annual Review, with all 12 monthly issues nicely bound-in by the publisher and ALSO INCLUDING ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and Near Fine in a clean, price-intact ($3.75), VG+..... More
New York: Chess Review (Distributed by David McKay), 1947. Cloth. A very presentable copy of Vol. 15 (1947) of the Chess Annual Review, with all 12 monthly issues nicely bound-in by the publisher and ALSO INCLUDING ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (light bumping to the front tips) in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1859 1st edition. Tight and VG in its decorative, blindstamped panels. Still-bright gilt-lettering and devices to the spine. 12mo, 281 pgs. Artistic (done with great flourish) former owner name. address and date (1861) to the front..... More
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. A very sharp copy of the 1994 less common hardback edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 1,104 pgs. The recent bible of tactical exercises such as mates in 3, mates in 4..... More
Norton Company, 1997. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this 2 volume set. 1st editions, 1997. Both volumes Fine in Near Fine, price-clippped dustjackets. Vol. 1: Fundamentals of the Game and Vol. 2: Beyond the Basics. Octavos, 512 pgs. all told. More
Moscow: 1938. 1st. Cloth. The very uncommon 1938 1st edition, published out of Moscow in Cyrillic. A ten year collection of games (1926-36) of the 3-time World Champion and International Grandmaster. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with very light chipping to the spine ends and light wear at..... More
