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Games and Hobbies : Chess

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Tal's 100 Best Games 1961 - 1973

Batsford, London
8vo in grey faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 251pp, indexes etc
A well preserved FINE barely read copy in a faintly tanned but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket (publisher-price-clipped with publishers new price sticker to inner flap)
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History of Chess (Revised 1977 Edition)

Abbey, London
1st Edition Thus. Thick, heavy 4to. In green faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 374pp, numerous plates and illustrations in text etc
Merest hint of sunning to spine ends, pages slightly tanned else FINE, an extremely well preserved and very clean and tight unread or barely read copy in a FINE Dust Jacket (faintly creased at head of spine panel, a few minute surface nicks at flap folds, looks almost as new in its protector)
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Battles Royal of the Chessboard

Cadogan Books, London
Reprint. 8vo Paperback, 155pp, indexed. A collection of 50 notable games from 1834 to 1946
Few specks of very slight shelf rub to cover edges, pages very slightly tanned else FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight probably unread copy
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The World Chess Championship

Batsford, London
8vo in patterned red faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 191pp
Page-block edges faintly tanned else an extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy in a very slightly tanned but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket
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The Illustrated Dictionary of Chess

David McKay, New York
1st Edition Thus 8vo 1st Edition 320pp
A very clean and tight near FINE copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to spine ends) in a slightly edge-creased but otherwise FINE Dust Jacket (looks fine in its protector)
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The Official Chess Yearbook 1996

British Chess Federation / Batsford, London
Small 4to Paperback. 208pp, plates etc
An almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Chess - Volume 51 (Sutton Coldfield Club magazine March 1986 - April 1987 - Bound in one volume)

Chess, Sutton Coldfield
8vo in brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, all issues for this volume complete with index, advert leaves also bound in
Tiny creases to top cover corner tips from mild bumping, page-block edges very slightly tanned else an extremely well preserved AS NEW copy
1st editionHardcover
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Queen's Gambit Accepted

Chess Digest, Dallas
Revised and enlarged edition (1st Edition Thus). 8vo paperback. 170pp
An AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Winning With the Giuoco Piano and the Max Lange Attack

Chess Digest, Dallas
Revised 2nd edition and 1st Edition Thus. 8vo paperback. Chess. 132pp
Slight mild spine lean, minor surface rub to rear cover else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise very clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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100 Classics of the Chessboard

Cadogan Books, London
Reprint. Large 8vo Paperback. 217pp, index
Pages very slightly tanned else FINE, a well preserved very clean and tight unread or barely read copy
Softcover
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Kasparov V Short 1993 - The Official Book of the Match

B. T. Batsford, London
Reprint 8vo Paperback. 146pp
FINE, a very clean and tight unread or barely read copy still very close to new
Softcover
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Fighting Chess - My Games and Career

Batsford, London
8vo Paperback. 136pp, index
Single reading crease to slightly sunned spine, page-block edges faintly dusty else VERY GOOD+, a clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Chess For The Fun of It (First Edition with the scarce Dust Jacket)

G Bell and Sons, London
8vo in yellow cloth with brown chequered spine decoration. 170pp, index
Spine and cover margins slightly tanned, slight dust speckling to top edge of front cover. Page-block edges tanned else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise well preserved clean and tight copy in a spine tanned and slightly dusty VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (lacks upper half of blank rear inner flap, tiny chips to corner tips, looks very presentable in its protector). Uncommon in 1st Edition, more so with wrapper
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Chess - From First Moves to Checkmate (SIGNED COPY)

Kingfisher, London
Square 4to in colour printed laminated boards, 64pp, plates in colour and b/w etc. Signed by author on fly-leaf (no other inscription)
AS NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket
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Boris Spassky Master of Tactics (Re-issue of Spassky's 100 Best Games)

Batsford, London
1st Edition Thus. 8vo Paperback. 255pp, index
Name on fly-leaf. Slight mis-cut of two leaves (extra paper at top corners, a minor production flaw), minute crease to top corner of front cover else an AS NEW barely-read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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A Complete Defence to 1 D4 - A Study of the Queen's Gambit Accepted

Oxford: Pergamon Press, Oxford
Large 8vo Paperback. 144pp, index
Few spots of very slight shelf rub to cover edges, page-block edges very slightly tanned else an almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy
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Beating the French Defense with the Advance Variation

Chess Digest, Dallas
Large 8vo Paperback. 81pp
AS NEW unread copy
1st editionSoftcover
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How to Think Ahead in Chess - The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game

Faber and Faber, London
Reprint, 8vo Paperback
Some very light edge rubbing else a FINE unread copy
Softcover
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Winning Chess Openings

Collier / Macmillan, London and New York
1st Edition Thus 8vo Paperback
Light thumbing to fore-edge, rear cover lightly corner creased (flat, no splaying) else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise a well preserved clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Chess Sacrifices and Traps

Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, London
2nd Edition revised and updated Small 8vo in linen backed paper wraps. 117pp, index
Pages slightly tanned. Covers a little rubbed and dusty else VERY GOOD, an otherwise a well preserved clean and tight copy
Softcover
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Karpov's Collected Games

Hale, London
303pp, index
Pages slightly tanned else VERY GOOD+, a clean and tight copy in a slightly dusty and slightly creased but otherwise VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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Semi-Open Games (Enlarged Edition)

Chess Ltd., Sutton Coldfield
Hardback 350pp. 1st Edition thus (previously published in a shorter edition)
Slight spotting to covers else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise well preserved, very clean and tight copy
1st editionHardcover
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The Grunfeld Defence

Batsford, London
182pp, index
Faint soil to top edge of page block else FINE, an otherwise very clean and tight barely read copy in a slightly dusty and tanned but otherwise VERY GOOD+, Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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The Bird Variation in the Ruy Lopez - 1. e4 e5 2. (knight) f3 (knight) c6 3. (Bishop) b5 (knight) d4

S1 Editrice, Bologna
8vo paperback. 128pp, indexed
Faint and very slight spine lean (from poor storage) else an almost AS NEW barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Catalan Opening

Batsford Library of Tournament Openings, London
8vo paperback. 140pp
Pages slightly tanned else an almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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The Italian Game (C53-C54)

Editrice, Bologna
8vo paperback. 103pp
FINE, a very clean and tight barely read copy, still very close to new
1st editionSoftcover
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Sicilian 2c3 (Batsford Algebraic Chess Openings series)

Batsford, London
8vo paperback. 110pp. 1st Edition
Pages slightly tanned else VERY GOOD+, a well preserved, very clean and tight barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Improve Your Chess

Pitman, London
2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition (1st Edition Thus). 8vo in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 160pp, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW barely read copy in a faintly tanned but otherwise almost AS NEW publisher-price-clipped Dust Jacket
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Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation

Batsford, London
Tournament Player's Repertoire of Openings series. Large 8vo Paperback. 186pp
VERY GOOD+, a clean and tight copy (specks of shelf rub to cover corner tips, covers and pages slightly tanned)
1st editionSoftcover
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Capablanca's Best Chess Endings

Oxford University Press, Oxford
8vo Paperback. 288pp, bibliography, etc
VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy (slight soil to bottom corner tip of first few leaves, minor rub to cover corner tips with very slight splay to top corners)
1st editionSoftcover
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