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

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 about Chess Pie: The Official Souvenir of the International Tournament -- 1922, 1927 and 1936 (Complete...

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 about Common Sense in Chess (In Dustjacket

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 about The Immortal Games of Capablanca

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 about Chess Review Annual -- 1946 (In a Very Sharp Dustjacket

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 about Science and Art of Chess

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 about Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters (2 Vols