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The Modern Chess Primer: Thirteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged

Cunnington, Rev. E. E. · 1933

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Routledge, 1933. Reprint (13th edition), Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Titles; contents & preface to front. Revised and Enlarged edition of the popular 1899 classic on chess play. Illustrated with many b/w. Diagrams of Chess Board & Pieces. Includes Checkmates, Ope...

Tactical Ideas In Chess

Love, John · 1981

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Bell Chess Books Bell & Hyman Ltd. London, 1981. First Paperback Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780713512526 Titles; contents & introduction to front. John Love is an experienced chess teacher and author. Every position reached in a chess game, from t...

The Chigorin Queen's Gambit

Dunnington, Angus · 1996

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1996. First Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780713480207 Titles; contents; symbols & introduction to front.Opening secrets from the founder of the Russian School of Chess, Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908). The Chigorin is ...

Not Only Chess: A Selection of Chessays

Abrahams, Gerald · 1974

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Allen & Unwin, London, 1974. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Brown Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780047940057 Titles, preface & contents to front. Gerald Abrahams here spreads his net over a range of chess-based subjects in such a way as to amuse and enlighten pla...

How to Play the Sicilian Defence

Levy, David N.L. & Kevin J. O'Connell · 1978

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1978. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Black Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 9780713407570 Titles, contents list; preface & introduction to the Sicilian Defence to the front. It is much more important to understand an opening than to memorize long s...

Chess: Indian Systems, based on a MS by Ludek Pachman - Modern Chess Theory (Indian Defences)

Pachman, Ludek (international grand master) · 1967

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Chess Ltd. Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, 1967. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Orange Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. A volume in the 'Chess for Modern Times' series. Contents; editor's preface; notes on notation etc. & move by move index to the front. This book covers the...

The Chess Player's Bible: Illustrated Strategies For Staying Ahead of the Game

Eade, James · 2004

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

B. T. Batsford, London, 2004. First Edition, Hardcover (Printed Black Boards with ring-bound pages). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780713489255 Titles, contents list & introduction to front. Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Now, novice players can lea...

An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess

Brace,, Edward R. (Introduction By Svetozar Gligoric) · 1979

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Hamlyn, London, 1979. Reprint, Hardcover (Original Green Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780600329206 Titles, preface & introduction to front. First published in 1977, this uses the older, but still easily understood, descriptive notation: P-K4 rather than the later sh...

100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

Clarke, P. H. (selected and Annotated by) · 1963

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

G. Bell and Sons Ltd. London, 1963. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Maroon Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Tactics, audacity, and speed are the hallmarks of chess matches called "miniatures," games played in 25 moves or less. Games by the lesser-known - but still strong -...

Norwich Cathedral: Church, City and Diocese, 1096 - 1996

Atherton, Ian; Eric Fernie; Christopher Harper-Bill & Hassell Smith. · 1996

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Hambledon Press, London, 1996. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Green Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9781852851347 Frontis. illust; titles; contents; foreword by the Bishop of Norwich; preface & abbreviations key to the front. Published for the 900th anniversary ...

David Chipperfield Architects - Essentials

Fundacion ICO, (edited by) · 2015

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Museo ICO, Madrid, Spain, 2015. Presumed First Edn. Hardcover (Original Black Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9788460821694 black end-papers. A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Essentials. David Chipperfield Architects 1985-2015 held at Museo ICO in Madrid 29 Septe...

The Japanese House Reinvented

Jodidio, Philip · 2015

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Thames & Hudson, London, 2015. First Edition, Hardcover (Grey Pictorial Boards). Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780500343081 Titles, contents list & introduction to front. Japanese houses today have to contend with unique factors that condition their design, from tiny plots in cro...

Project Japan: Architecture and Art Media - Edo to Now

Cooper, Graham · 2009

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd,, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia, 2009. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Black Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. 9781864703092 Olive end-papers. Titles; dedication; contents list; preface; foreword & introduction to the front. Project Japan and Art ...

Japan Style: Architecture + Interiors + Design

Mehta, Geeta, Kimie Tada, Murata, Noboru · 2005

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Tuttle Publishing, Singapore, 2005. First Edition, Gold Boards Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780804835923 Decorated end-papers design based on Shoji(paper) walls. Title pages followed by a b/w. floor plan of a Japanese house & Geeta Mehta's introduction. Enter the world of ...

The Architect's Home

Postiglione, Gennaro · 2013

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2013. New Edition, Brown Plastic Laminated Boards. Fine Condition/Fine. 9783836544870 Titles & contents list to front. The 100 houses presented here not only show a broad spectrum of building styles and interior designs, but also tell 100 individual sto...

A Whole Loaf : Stories from Israel

Kahn, ,Sholom J. (Editor) · 1957

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Karni Publishers Ltd. Tel Aviv, Israel, 1957. First Edition, Hardcover (Orange Boards, Black Cloth Spine). Very Good Condition/Good. Titles, contents list, editor's acknowledgements & introduction to front. Here are a vintage collection of fifteen short stories from Israel, ‘a...

Arthur Machen's Occult Catalogues

Gilbert, R. A. (editor) · 2019

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Friends of Arthur Machen & Tartarus Press, Leyburn,. North Yorkshire, 2019. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Purple Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. One of a limited edition of 370 copies. Black end-papers. Integral golden silk ribbon bookmark. Covers show the signatures in gilt...

Adventure of the Mind

Castiglioni, Arturo · 1946

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Sampson Low, London, 1946. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Titles, preface, contents & illustrations list & to front. Translated from the Italian by V. Gianturco. A fascinating history of magic, ritual, and mass suggestion from primi...

At The Edge Of History: Speculations on the Transformation of Culture

Thompson, William Irwin · 1971

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harper & Row, New York, 1971. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Grey Boards, Red Cloth Soine). Good Condition/Good. 9780060143169 Titles, contents list & preface to front. "At the edge of history, history itself can no longer help us, and only myth remains equal to reality. W...

Alarms and Diversions

Thurber, James · 1957

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1957. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Black Cloth with Yellow Spine). Fair Condition/Good. Titles, contents list & foreword to front. A collection of humourous stories, essays, and drawings by the American humorist and cartoonist, James Thurber,...