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 about The Chess-Player's Hand-Book; Containg a Full Account of the Game of Chess, and the Best Mode of...

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 about Games Played in the Return Match for the World's Championship Between Alexander Alekhin (Holder...

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 about Jose Raul Capablanca: Games 1927-1942

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 about Chess Analysed: By Which a Perfect Knowledge of This Noble Game May in a Short Time Be Acquired

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 about Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess

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 about My 60 Memorable Games (William Lombardy's Copy and the First Copy Bobby Fischer Signed as World...

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 about Chessmen

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 about Chess for Fun & Chess for Blood

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 about Chess Generalship (Vol I: Grand Reconnaissance

London: Oxford University Press, 1913. 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 the endpapers... More about A History of Chess (Including Wonderful Chess Ephemera

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 about Chess Review Annual -- 1947 (In a Bright, Crisp Dustjacket

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, etc. More about Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games

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 about Collected Chess Games 1926-1926