The Tower Struck by Lightning
New York: Viking, 1988. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. (New York): Viking, (1988). A novel. More
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Chess: East and West, Past and Present; A Selection from the Gustavus A.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. Pfeiffer Collection. Many Illus., some in color. Square 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1968). Very good. Over hundred chess sets illustrated. More
The Chess Players' Text Book and Elementary Treatise on The Game of Chess
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1889. Illustrated. 156 pages. 12mo, original burgundy cloth; rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, light dampstain at foot of covers. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1889. A worn, but still very good copy with clean interior. More
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, From the Board to the Boardroom
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. 224 pages, 8vo, black boards with a gilt-stamped spine, dust wrapper. New York: Bloomsbury, (2007). First U.S. Edition. Near fine. Signed on the title page: "To Tom Rayhill, G. Kasparov 12/18/07." More
Enchanted Chessmen: A World of Fantasy; A Exhibition of Chessmen through History March - August 1996
Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library, 1996. Illustrated (color). 67 pages. Oblong 8vo, paper wrappers. Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library, 1996. A near fine copy. More
Der Internationale Schach-Kongress des Barmer Schach-Vereins 1905
Barmen: Adolf Graeper, 1905. 3 volumes bound in one with continuous pagination. 628 + 14 [music to Schach Walzer] pages with illustrations of chess boards and some portraits. Tall 8vo, recent black cloth. Barmen: Verlag Adolf Graeper, 1905. Very good(+). The richly endowed Barmen Chess Association commemorated its 40th year anniversary with a celebration centered around two major tournaments and three strong "Hauptturnieren". The innovative organizers added such melodious entertainment as a "Singspiel" involving a 60-person chorus, and a three-act..... More
Hypermoderne Schachpartie:; ein Schachlehr- und Lesebuch zugleich eine Sammlung von 150 schonen Meisterpartien aus den Jahren 1914-1925
Vienna: Wiener Schachzeitung, 1925. Well illustrated throughout with portraits of players and diagrams of games. 517 pages including the index, printed on thin paper; evenly toned and with tiny tears in margins on some pages. Thick 8vo, older rebind in simple green cloth (rear cover partially soiled; several pages with inked annotations in margins). Wien: Wiener Schachzeitung, 1925. Zweite unveranderte auflage. Overall a very good copy of this scarce book. Tartakower's Die Hypermoderne Schachpartie, first published in 1924, is (along..... More
Wiener Schach-Zeitung: Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben. 1933. Nos. 1-18, 20-24.
Vienna: Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1933. A nearly complete run of issues from 1933 of this famous periodical -- "the best chess magazines in the world" (Golombek: 342). Thick 8vo, 384 pages, consisting of the actual issues, including original green printed covers, now bound together in burgundy library cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Wien: Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1933. First editions. Printed on thin paper, toned as usual and with a few minor tears at edges, still overall a very good copy but LACKING issue..... More
Schach; Ursprung und Wandlung der Spielfigur in zwolf Jahrhunderten
Munchen: Georg D. W. Callwey, 1960. Many color and b/w illustrations. 4to, blue cloth. Muchen: Georg D. W. Callwey, (1960). A very good(-) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Pocket Guide to Chess Openings
Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1955. Illus. 62pp. 24mo, pr. wrs., lacks bottom right corner of front wrapper, pages lightly browned. Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1955. More
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