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| Alburt |
Just The Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge In One Vol. with Krogius |
CIRC 2000 |
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408pp |
11 clearly set out chapters. AN PB spine sunned o/w VG |
£8.50 |
| Addison |
The Book of Extraordinary Chess Problems |
Crowood ‘89 |
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115pp |
120 diagrams giving some of the more unusual/crazy positions. DW AN VG |
£6.00 |
| Anderson, G F |
Adventures of My Chessmen 1914 – 1923. |
Stroud 1924 |
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160pp |
LN 2686. 120 problems mostly 2-, 3- & 4-movers. AN Insc. Bound in red cloth in the style of the Christmas series. One corner bumped o/w VG |
£65.00 |
| Anderson, G F |
Are There Any? |
Stroud 1958 |
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149pp |
Claims to be the 1st book on kriegspiel problems. Intro by Vincent Eaton. Introduction to the art with 44 examples. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Scarce item VG |
£28.00 |
| Anderson, G F |
A Memorial Volume of Chess Problems of V. L. Eaton Private pub. |
1970 |
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79pp |
161 positions, mostly 2-movers. 2 photos & short appreciation of the man. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Small format. Scarce item AN VG |
£20.00 |
| Andrade, B. J. |
Andradiana 1st ed. |
Chess 1961 |
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81pp |
256 selected problems by the author, with his favourite quotations about the problem art. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title on spine. VG |
£15.00 |
| Andrews, H |
The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck 1st ed. (1887) |
Cassell |
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332pp |
400 problems & solutions from these 4 great composers, grouped separately for each, with career prizelist for each. LN 2476. Maroon cloth boards with patterned endpapers. Clean copy. VG |
£75.00 |
| Andrews, H |
The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck |
Tynron 1989 |
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332pp |
Revised facsimile edition of the 1886. 400 problems & solutions from these 4 great composers. Includes an essay on the Problem Art. PB VG+ |
£17.50 |
| Akobia |
World Anthology of Chess Studies Vol 1: 4,232 Studies with Stalemate |
Tblisi 1994 |
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544pp |
6p intro in English – the rest is languageless. AN VG- |
£10.00 |
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Barclay, B.
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America Salutes Comins Mansfield M.B.E.
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CE 1983
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62pp |
169 problems by the Master PB AN VG- Tribute by Koltanowski, and intros by Barclay & G. E. Carpenter.
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£14.00
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| Barnes B |
Pick of the Best Chess Problems |
Elliot 1976 |
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157pp |
200 2-movers with comprehensive solutions. PB AN VG |
£4.00 |
| Barnes, B |
Complete Mansfield Vol. 1 1911 – 1930 1996 |
Waterthorpe |
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52pp |
210 of Mansfield’s earliest compositions with solutions and comments. 5 photos. & signed letter from the author. PB AN VG+ |
£8.00 |
| Barnes, B |
Complete Mansfield Vol. 2 1931 – 1962 1997 |
Waterthorpe |
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128pp |
520 problems from the prime of his career with solutions and comments. 7 photographs. PB AN VG |
£9.50 |
| Barnes, B |
Comins Mansfield MBE: Chess Problems of a Grandmaster |
BCPS 1976 |
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38pp |
200 two-movers with commentary and biographical notes. 8 family photos. Scholarly foreword by E. I. Umnov. Limited edition of 750. PB AN VG |
£7.50 |
| Barnes, B |
A. R. Gooderson – An English Progressive – Selected Problems 1996 |
Waterthorpe |
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84pp |
138 two-movers by one of the lesser-known but equally brilliant composers, with solutions and commentaries. 4 photos & obituary by C. Vaughan. PB AN VG+ |
£8.00 |
| Blackburne S. |
Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) |
Routledge |
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169pp |
Preface by A. F. Mackenzie. Printed by Will Lyons, Kentucky USA but over-pasted by a Routledge, London sticker. 314 diagrams with solutions and explanations. LN2543. Insc. Olive cloth covered boards bearing attractive chess piece design. VG+ |
£30.00 |
| Blackburne S. |
Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) |
Routledge |
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Another copy but PB version with black tape on spine. VG |
£20.00 |
| Bouwmeester |
Schaakstukken spleen U voor (The chess pieces play for you) |
Holland ‘55 |
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155pp |
The original version of the following title, Golombek’s translation. Introduction by Euwe. 76 chess studies with solutions on facing page. PB somewhat rubbed but with attractive chess design on cover. |
£12.00 |
| Bouwmeester |
Modern Endgame Studies for the Chess-player 1st ed. |
Bell 1959 |
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128pp |
Signed by Golombek the editor. 101 miniatures. DW in protective covering. Some foxing on 1st 10 pp. o/w VG- |
£14.00 |
| Dawson |
Five Classics of Fairy Chess |
Dover 1973 |
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145pp |
An unaltered republication of 5 privately published pamphlets by Dawson between 1935 – 1937. They were Caissa’s Wild Roses (1935); C. M. Fox: His Problems (1936); Caissa’s Wild Roses In Clusters (1937); Ultimate Themes (1938) & Caissa’s Fairy Tales (1947). SB Some insect damage to bottom of 1st 2 pp not visible when closed o/w G |
£20.00 |
| Dickens, A |
A Guide To Fairy Chess republication of the original 2nd ed. |
Dover 1971 |
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66pp |
Preface by T. R. Dawson. A comprehensive introduction to the art. Large format. SB |
£10.00 |
| Dickens |
100 Classics of the Chessboard with Ebert.1st ed. |
Pergamon 83 |
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217pp |
Range of types: 2 & 3-movers, historic & weird. SB AN VG |
£6.25 |
| Dickens |
100 Classics of the Chessboard with H. Ebert |
Cadogan ‘95 |
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Another copy PB VG |
£5.00 |
| Euwe, M |
Schaak Met Verstand (Chess with Reason) with M. Blaine & J. F. Rumble. |
Tijstroom ‘51 |
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182pp |
Studies with 246 diagrams. Insc. “With very best wishes from the authors – J. F. S. Rumble”. PB G |
£20.00 |
| FIDE |
Fide Album No. 1 - 1956 – 1958 |
Zagreb 1961 |
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187pp |
The 1st of a project to record the best of the previous 3 years problems & studies, here numbering 661 examples with solutions. The 1st of a collectable series. Tri-lingual. SB with cloth spine & corners. Covers well-handled but internally clean. AN G+ |
£25.00 |
| FIDE |
FIDE Album 1914 – 1944 / I |
Zagreb 1971 |
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179pp |
725 all 2-movers (248 from 1914 – 1928 plus 449 from 1929 – 1944). Tri-lingual minimal text. PB VG |
£25.00 |
| FIDE |
FIDE Album 1914-1944 / II |
Zagreb 1972 |
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304pp |
838 3-movers; 396 4+ movers & 43 extras. Introduction by Mansfield. The 2nd part of the project, with matching covers. VG |
£25.00 |
| FIDE |
FIDE Album No. 3 1914 – 1944 |
Zagreb 1975 |
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199pp |
After the success of the 1st 2 Albums, the 3rd volume covered the years 1914 – 1944, with 803 of the best helpmates, self-mates etc from that period. Minimal language. AN HB VG+ |
£25.00 |
| Gosling |
John Brown – The Forgotten Chess Composer? 1st ed. |
Matador ‘11 |
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209pp |
The author has assembled as much biographical facts as are known and 50 of his problems. PB AN F+ |
£10.00 |
| Greuf, M |
200 Classic Chess Puzzles |
Sterling ‘93 |
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143pp |
Mates in 2, 3, or 4 moves. PB VG |
£4.00 |
| Harley, B |
Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy |
Bell 1947 |
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216pp |
G |
£4.75 |
| Harley, B |
Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy |
Dover 1970 |
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216pp |
An exact republication of the 1931 original SB VG |
£6.00 |
| Harley, B |
Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy |
Dover 1970 |
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Another copy. Covers creased G- |
£3.50 |
| Harley, B |
Mate In Three Moves – A Treatise on the Three-Move Problem. 1st ed. |
Chatto 1943 |
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198pp |
Intro by Alain C. White. LN 2863 DW worn. Paper yellowing. o/w G |
£4.50 |
| Harley, B |
The Modern Two-Move Chess Problem – Problems by Mansfield 1st |
Museum ‘58 |
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157pp |
Introductory primer to the art of composing & solving 2-movers. Insc. DW VG |
£15.00 |
| Healey, P |
A Collection of 200 Chess Problems composed by Frank Healey During The Years 1848 to 1904 |
Stroud 1908 1st ed. |
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225pp |
Compiled by the son of the composer (1828 – 1906). LN 2407 Olive cloth boards split on spine, with gilt chess design. Title page is tender but the rest is clean and sound. G |
£45.00 |
| Herbstman, A |
Schaakpartij en Compositie (Chess Games & Composition) (1948) |
Tijdstroom |
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55pp |
1st Dutch translation from Russian. LN 2732. Loose erratum page. DW frayed but intact. G |
£18.00 |
| Hochberg, B |
Award-Winning Chess Problems |
Sterling ’05 |
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95pp |
124 two-movers with hints & solutions. PB VG |
£5.50 |
| Hoffman |
Problemschach – 407 Aufgaben & Studien (407 Problems & Studies) |
Berlin 1985 |
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252pp |
DW VG |
£7.50 |
| Howard, K |
How To Solve Chess Problems |
Dover 1961 |
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171pp |
Corrected & revised version of the 1945 original. PB AN VG |
£7.50 |
| Howard, K |
Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers 1st ed. |
Dover 1970 |
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109pp |
155 positions in sections, each based on 1 composer. SB AN VG- |
£8.00 |
| Jones, R. H. |
The Two-Move Chess Problems of Godfrey Quack |
Keverel |
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48pp |
76 problems with solutions and explanations. Biographical end-piece by Barry Barnes IM. Comb-bound. F+ |
£4.00 |
| Kasparian |
Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies |
Progress 80 |
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542pp |
English trans. from the Russian. Classic work from a master. DW AN. Foxing to page edges & endpapers o/w VG- |
£12.00 |
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The 2 volume set below is a matching pair of a rare edition, mentioned specifically in the Oxford Companion as “authoritative”. Card covers are reinforced by red book-binder’s tape on spine, keeping titles visible and covers intact. Where exposed to air, paper is starting to brown due to age. The two volumes deserve to be kept as a pair. |
£50 the pair |
| Kasparian |
2,500 Finales Tomo I Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1961 |
Argentina |
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331pp |
Authoritative work by the master. 1,292 studies. PB AN |
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| Kasparian |
2,500 Finales Tomo II Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1963 |
Argentina |
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315pp |
Authoritative work by the master. Finishes 3 studies short. PB AN |
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| Kok |
Wege Zur Endspielstudie. – Bauern Endspiele Schwarze Damen In Zugzwang (Road to Endgame Study – Pawn Endings & Black Queens in Zugzwang) |
Koblenz ’92 |
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174pp |
251 diagrams. 2 books in one. DW AN VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Laws, B. G. |
The Two-Move Chess Problem |
Bell 1931 |
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116pp |
Brown pictorial limp cloth. “The Club Series.” Not in LN (1st Ed. was 1890.). Insc. Back cover has slightly ruckled with damp o/w G |
£9.00 |
| Laws, B. G. |
Chess Problems & How To Solve Them 1st ed. |
Leeds 1923 |
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152pp |
Blue pictorial limp cloth. Chapters on various categories. LN 2681 Some neat marginalia o/w G+ |
£12.00 |
| Lebeck |
Mate In Two! Originally USA 1987. This ed. by Tournament Chess |
1992 |
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28pp |
Large format. 300 2-movers in an early attempt at desk-top publishing. AN VG |
£4.00 |
| Korn |
American Chess Art – 250 Portraits of Endgame Study 1st ed. |
Pitman 1975 |
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384pp |
DW rubbed but in protective cover. o/w internally VG+ |
£15.00 |
| Korn |
American Chess Art – 250 Portraits of Endgame Study 1st ed. |
Pitman 1975 |
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Another copy minus DW o/w VG+ |
£12.00 |
| Lommer H. M. |
1357 End-Game Studies – The Best Chess Compositions 1935 - 1973 |
Pitman 1975 |
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234pp |
AN DW F- |
£15.00 |
| Lommer, H. M. |
1234 Modern End-Game Studies with M. Sutherland |
Dover 1968 |
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358pp |
An unabridged & corrected republication of the 1938 original. SB AN VG |
£10.00 |
| Lossa |
200 Schachrätsel (200 Chess Puzzles) |
Beyer 1984 |
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152pp |
Small format PB AN VG+ |
£5.00 |
| Mansfield |
Chessboard Delights – Selected From the Sunday Telegraph 1964 - 74 |
RKP |
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116 positions & commentaries from his weekly column. PB VG |
£4.00 |
| Nagler, A |
Schweizer Problemkomponisten (Swiss Problems) |
Triengen ‘51 |
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100pp |
68 problems by Swiss composers assembled by a leading Swiss composer & organiser. Good photo portrait. LN 2961. Insc. Small format HB with paper cover. VG |
£30.00 |
| Nunn |
Solving In Style 1st ed. |
Allen 1985 |
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238pp |
The master runs through the range of problems. DW AN Ex Lib o/w VG+ |
£12.00 |
| Pandolfini |
Pandolfini’s Endgame Course: Basic Endgame Techniques Explained |
Fireside ‘88 |
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319pp |
239 lessons, 1 per page, with diagram & explanation. PB AN F |
£9.00 |
| Paros, Dr. G |
Soviet Chess Compositions 1945 – 1947 (no date c. 1948) |
Kecskemet |
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64pp |
200 problems & studies in various categories. Text & titles in English. LN2931. AN Navy cloth boards F- |
£25.00 |
| Prokes |
Kniha Sachovych Studii (Book of Chess Studies) |
Prague 1951 |
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230pp |
623 diagrams Foreword by Pachman. Insc. AN VG |
£9.50 |
| Raynor, J |
Chess Problems: Their Composition & Solution. 5th Reprint |
London ‘35 |
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100pp |
Brown limp cloth covers. 108 diagrams. G+ |
£9.50 |
| Reinfeld |
Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess |
Dover 1957 |
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177pp Unabridged republication of the Pitman 1940 original. SB VG |
£6.00 |
| Rice, Lipton & Barnes |
The Two-move Chess Problem: Tradition and Development: Some essays on selected two-move themes. |
Faber 1966 1st ed. |
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206pp |
355 diagrams / examples illustrating the concepts of Flights, Half-pin, Cross-check etc. DW with rubbed patch o/w G+ |
£12.00 |
| Rice, Lipton |
Chess Problems: Introduction To An Art with R. C. O. Matthews 1st ed. |
Faber 1963 |
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295pp |
364 problems. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. DW VG+ |
£12.00 |
| Rice, J |
Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems |
Batsford ‘96 |
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352pp |
460 of the best ever compositions with explanations of the various themes. PB AN VG |
£12.00 |
| Roycroft |
Test Tube Chess – A Comprehensive Introduction to Endgame Study |
Faber 1972 |
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370pp |
433 diagrams DW AN F- |
£14.00 |
| Roycroft |
Test Tube Chess – A Comprehensive Introduction to Endgame Study |
Faber 1972 |
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Another copy DW Ex Lib G |
£7.00 |
| Russ, C |
Miniature Chess Problems From Many Countries 1st ed. 1981 |
Heinemann |
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262pp |
400 Compositions with Solutions and Comments. Errata slip. Blue cloth boards with silver titles & design. VG. |
£12.00 |
| Russ, C |
Miniature Chess Problems From Many Countries |
Unwin 1987 |
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262pp |
400 compositions with solutions & comments PB AN VG+ |
£9.00 |
| Smullyan, R |
The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes |
NY 1st ed 1979 |
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171pp |
“50 elegant, witty & unique chess problems”. PB AN VG |
£9.00 |
| Smullyan, R |
The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights – 50 New Problems of Chess Detection. |
Hutchinson ‘83 |
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170pp |
Explores the paradoxes of retrograde analysis in a novel way. PB VG |
£9.00 |
| Speckmann |
Das Logische Schachproblem |
Rau 1980 |
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123pp |
156 diagrams PB AN VG+ |
£8.00 |
| Speckmann |
Fremdlinge auf dem Schachbrett (Strangers on the Chessboard) |
1982 |
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123pp |
Self-published with errata slip. 144 miniature “fairies” PB AN VG+ |
£6.00 |
| Speckmann |
Schachmatt mit acht Steinen (Checkmate wth 8 pieces) |
1994 |
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142pp |
Self-published 220 problems PB AN VG+ |
£6.00 |
| Speckmann |
Schachmatt in 4 und mehr Zugen (Checkmate in 4 or more moves) |
1993 |
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242pp |
Self-published 44 miniatures PB AN VG+ |
£9.00 |
| Speckmann |
Schachminiaturen mit schwarzer Dame – Probleme und Studien |
Beyer 1988 |
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146pp |
189 positions all with Black’s queen on board. PB AN VG+ |
£7.50 |
| Sport |
Új Magyar Sakk Feladvány Antologia (Anthology of new Hungarian chess problems) |
Budapest ‘79 |
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346pp |
516 problems with diagrams & solutions. Mini biographies & photos of the composers. Black cloth covered boards VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Sutherland |
1234 Modern End-Game Studies with H. M. Lommer |
Dover 1968 |
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358pp |
Unabridged & corrected republication of the 1938 original, with appendix containing 24 additional studies. 6pp of errata with full explanations. SB VG |
£10.00 |
| Taverner, T |
Chess Problems Made Easy – How to Construct & Solve. c. 1920 |
Daily News |
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92pp |
250 positions & diagrams. LN2656. Some foxing o/w G- |
£5.00 |
| Wallis, E |
777 “Chess Miniatures In Three” |
Wallis (’08) |
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272pp |
Intro by P. H. Williams & a Hints to Solvers article by A. Neave Bradshaw, both tri-lingual. Set in alphabetical order of composer, from Abbott to Wynne. LN 2590. Narrow format. Bookplate showing the coat of arms of the original owner Dermot MacGregor Morrah (1896 – 1974) Writer, poet & royal biographer, whose full story may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Endpapers starting to brown o/w G |
£27.00 |
| White A. C. |
The White Rooks in Chess Strategy 1974 |
Hippocrene |
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210pp |
A facsimile ed. of the original The White Rooks of 1910 & No. 10 in Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 270 problems by 114 composers. PB AN VG+ |
£12.00 |
| White A. C. |
Classic Chess Exercises 1973 |
Hippocrene |
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223pp |
Facsimile of the 1915 original entitled Tasks & Echoes, No. 20 in the Xmas Series. 300 problems from 150+ composers. PB AN VG+ |
£12.00 |
| White A. C. |
The White King in Chess Strategy 1973 |
Hippocrene |
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212pp |
A facsimile ed. of the original The White King of 1914 & No. 19 in Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 296 problems by 161 composers. PB AN VG+ |
£12.00 |
| White A. C. |
D. J. Densmore and The Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918 |
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239pp |
A photocopy of the original of 1920 & No. 26 in Alain White’s famous Christmas Series. However, it has been nicely bound in green boards and endpapers. Biography of Densmore and 50 of his problems, followed by 85 from the Memorial Tourney. AN VG |
£18.00 |
| White, A. C. |
Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems. |
Dover 1962 |
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471pp |
An unabridged but corrected republication of the 1913 original, No. 16 in White’s famous Christmas Series. White’s great admiration for and early acquaintance with Loyd (1841-1911) made this a labour of love. 718 of his problems plus 4 by his brother Tom and 26 by brother Isaac, SB VG |
£18.00 |
| Whitworth, T. |
Mattison’s Chess Endgame Studies |
BCM 1987 |
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79pp |
60 Studies. BCM Quarterly No. 23. Intro by A. Hildband. PB AN VG+ |
£8.00 |
| Williams, P. H. |
The Modern Chess Problem 2nd ed. revised with new preface. (1912) |
Routledge |
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252pp |
Introduction to the art with 100 problems with diagrams & solutions. LN2567. Maroon cloth covered boards & chessboard design. VG+ |
£18.00 |
| Wood B. H. |
One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems |
Wayland 72 |
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128pp |
All taken from the Illustrated London News between 1850 -90 and very much of their time. DW VG+ |
£10.00 |
| Wood B. H. |
One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems |
Wayland 72 |
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Another copy minus DW |
£7.00 |
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