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
London: Cadogan Chess, 1995. Original wraps. A clean, tight copy of the 1995 1st paperback edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 253 pgs. 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 Reshevsky. 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, 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
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
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
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 free endpaper. 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, etc. 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
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1976. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1976 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 155 pgs. More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1948. 1st. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1948 1st edition. VG+ (with former owner inscription at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with inconspicuous closed tear running along the spine. Octavo, 470 pgs. More
New York: Chess Review, 1948. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY SAMUEL RESHEVSKY on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1948 1st edition. Tight and VG+, with bright lettering along the spine and a near-pristine interior. Octavo, 272 pgs. More
New York: T.W. Strong, 1859. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1859 1st edition of this uncommon, early collection of the games of the great American master Paul Morphy (1837-1884) and puzzles by the great 19th century American organizer of tournament chess Thomas Frere. Believed by many to be the strongest player in... More
