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Please note: Book titles in red text have recently been added. Book titles that have a strikethrough are no longer available.
| Finkenzeller |
Chess: A Celebration of 2000 Years 1st UK ed. |
Mackenzie ‘90 |
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208pp |
Large format. Lavishly illustrated. Impressive work on sets & history. DW. VG+. |
£25.00 |
| Graham, F |
Chess Sets 1st ed. |
Studio Vista ‘68 |
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84pp |
88 b&w illustrations. Includes section on modern sets. DW. VG |
£14.00 |
| Greygoose, F |
Chessmen 1st ed. 1979 |
D & Charles |
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160pp |
183 illustrations, many in colour. DW VG+ |
£16.00 |
| Hammond, A |
The Book of Chessmen 1st ed. |
Barker 1950 |
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160pp |
61 b&w plates. By an expert dealer and collector. XLib o/w VG- |
£25.00 |
| Keats, V |
Chessmen For Collectors 1st ed. |
Batsford ‘85 |
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240pp |
Large format. Many illustrations including coloured plates. 13 chapters on different countries, plus modern sets, literature & art, appendix, bibliography etc. High production standards. DW F- |
£50.00 |
| Keene, R. D. |
Chess – An Illustrated History 1st ed. |
Phaedon 1990 |
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128pp |
Large format. Sumptuously illustrated with many photos of pieces, and other chess equipment etc. |
£25.00 |
| Liddell, D. M. |
Chessmen |
White Lion ‘76 |
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171pp |
c. 100 b&w plates illustrating chess sets. DW VG+ |
£28.00 |
| Linder I. M. |
The Art of Chess Pieces 1st ed. |
Moscow ‘94 |
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288pp |
250 excellent photos b&w but mostly colour. Traces how chess pieces through the ages reflect the various societies in which they were created. Main text in English but bibliography in Cyrillic. Comes in card slip case. V high production values. DW VG+ |
£30.00 |
| Mackett-Beeson |
Chessmen 1st ed. 1968 |
Weidenfeld |
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120pp |
24 pp in colour with over 100 b&w illustrations. DW XLib o/w VG. |
£8.00 |
| Mackett-Beeson |
Chessmen |
Octopus ‘73 |
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97pp |
Broadly the same as the 1968 ed. with 123 b&w and colour illustrations. DW VG |
£10.00 |
| Matthews, K |
British Chess |
Collins 1948 |
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50pp |
From the well-known series “Britain In Pictures”, this has 4 colour plates + 24 b&w illustrations, most showing pieces in use. DW VG |
£10.00 |
| Schuyer, E. |
Het Schaakspel in de kunst-en cultuurhistorie 1968 |
Netherlands |
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88pp |
60 b&w plates + other illustrations showing how chess is reflected & recorded in art and cultural history. In Dutch. SB Small format. VG |
£9.00 |
| Wichmann, H |
Chess – The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times. 1st |
Hamlyn 1964 |
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328pp |
Large format with 196 plates, some in colour with extensive notes. A real heavyweight work. DW VG |
£39.00 |
| Williams, G. |
Master Pieces – The Architecture of Chess. |
Quintet 2000 |
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160pp |
Small format but solidly produced. Lavishly illustrated on every glossy page, with chess pieces, art works etc. A nice work - even the DW has its own DW. F |
£15.00 |
| Yalom, M |
Birth of the Chess Queen – A History. |
Pandora ‘04 |
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276pp |
In its Indian & Arab origins, there was no queen in chess, only a vizier. It was only when the Arabs invaded Spain that Europeans gradually changed the wise man to a wife – the queen, and thereby hangs a fascinating tale of different culture values, across continents and down the ages, thoroughly explored here. 56 photos 14 in full colour. DW F |
£14.00 |
| Chess Auction Catalogues |
| In alphabetical order of auctioneers and chronological order within each section. pp refers to the number of pages in the chess section of each catalogue. |
| Bloomsbury May 2007: |
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| 77pp |
Included medal, banknotes and coins. Colour pictures for all 217 chess lots with description and estimates. VG+ |
£12.00 |
| Bonhams July 2002: |
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| 8pp |
Includes furniture & carpets. 89 chess lots each with description and estimate+ 18 small colour photos. VG+ |
£5.00 |
| Bonhams February 2006: |
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| 4pp |
Includes pictures, maps & furniture. 40 chess lots each with description and estimates.+ 12 coloured photos. VG+ |
£6.00 |
| Bonhams February 2008: |
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| 4pp |
Includes pictures, maps & furniture. 37 chess lots each with description and estimates + 13 colour photos. VG+ |
£6.00 |
| Bonhams May 2008: |
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| 103pp |
281 chess lots all with description, estimates & colour photos. VG+ |
£15.00 |
| Freeman’s May 2002 (USA): |
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| 68pp |
230 chess lots with descriptions, estimates & photos. VG+ |
£15.00 |
| Phillips May 1997: |
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| 34pp |
115 chess lots with descriptions, estimates & photos. VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Phillips May 1998: |
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| 40pp |
183 lots with descriptions, estimates & some b&w photos VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Phillips April 1999: |
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| 35pp |
149 lots with descriptions, estimates & some b&w photos VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Phillips May 2001: |
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| 40pp |
172 lots with descriptions, estimates & some b&w photos F |
£10.00 |
| Phillips November 2001: |
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| 68pp |
243 lots with descriptions, estimates & some b&w photos F |
£10.00 |
| Sotheby’s Belgravia April 1980: |
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| 40pp |
Includes European Ivories. 141 chess lots with descriptions, estimates & some b&w photos. Small cut to front cover o/w VG |
£10.00 |
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