Chess from Andrew Barnes Booksellers

London: Cassell, (1887). 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 332pp., text ills., Well-used copy in worn cloth boards. Neat ownership signature, some small annotations in red ink & hinges tender, also several loose gathers, but appears complete. Would restore/rebind nicely

New York: Random House, 2006. 2nd printing. As New. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xvii + 327pp., text ills., appends., sources, index, David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1946. reprint. Very Good. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 246pp., text ills., Corner clipped from front end paper o/w a nice copy in bright red boards in a very good dust jacket

London: Bell, 1950. reprint. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth xvi + 265pp., text ills., Boards sunned o/w a very good reading copy & internally very good indeed

Sydney: Australasian Chess Review, 1939. 1st edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 79pp, Humorous articles and anecdotes written by C J S Purdy under pseudonym of Chielamangus. Drawings by Joan Redshaw. Very nice scarce hardcover edition in green boards with a very good slightly edge-worn dust jacket

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1957. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. stiff wrappers 119pp., b/w plates, text ills., Superb tournament guide with 50 selected games. Won by USSR followed by Yugoslavia, Hungary, Argentina, GDR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Rumania, & Israel in last place. With dozens of b/w plates of players in action. Loosely inserted an… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1891. 2nd edition. Very Good. small octavo. pictorial boards 100pp., text ills., Some wear to olive green decorated boards o/w a very good copy of an early edition of a classic text. Scarce

Oxford: The author, 1979. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. card covers 189pp., b/w plates, text ills., Problems by the great Australian Chess Problem setter. Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy signed by Bob Meadley. Loosely inserted a tls from Bob Meadley. Stain on front cover o/w a nice copy. Very scarce

Seattle: International Chess Enterprises, 1997. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 352pp., text ills., index, An in-depth analysis of the main line

New York: Dover, 1959. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 320pp., First published in 1952; translated from the German.

London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 1st edition / 1st printing. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 384pp., text ills., index, Nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket. Chess Championship Prize inscription to front end paper. Very scarce

London: George Routledge, 1901. new edition. Very Good. small octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 88pp., text illusts., Revised & enlarged edition

Leeds: Whitehead & Miller, 1955. 5th edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 144pp., diagrams, Lovely copy of a classic. Scarce in this condition

Coraopolis: Chess Enterprises, 1988. 1st edition. Nice copy. small octavo. card covers 104pp., text ills., Some relevant notes to verso of front wrapper o/w a nice copy

London: Hutchinson, 1987. 1st edition. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 243pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, Account of the life of the great Armenian /Soviet World Chess champion

London: Faber & Faber, 1965. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket viii + 789pp., text ills., index, Neat ownership inscription & light tape-marks to end papers o/w a nice copy

London: Gambit Publications, 2000. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 208pp., text ills., bibliog., index, Small closed tear to front wrapper o/w a nice copy

Los Angeles: Siles Press, 1993. reprint. As New. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xi + 423pp., text ills.,

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st edition. As New. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 171pp., text ills., sources,

New York: Sterling Publishing, 2005. 1st edition. As New. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 93pp., text ills.,