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| titles marked as indicated are sold as of 01/05/08 --------- | S | ||||
| abrahams | allen unwin | 1974 | S | not only chess | £5 |
| abrahams | pitman | 1977 | brilliance in chess | £5 | |
| abrahams | bell | 1961 | technique in chess | £4 | |
| adams j. | cassia | 1991 | S | baden baden 1925 | £9 |
| alekhine | bell | 1973 | my best games 1908-1923 | £8 | |
| alekhine | bell | 1974 | my best games 1924-1937 | £8 | |
| alexander | bell | 1972 | alekhine's best games 1938-45 | £7 | |
| alexander | hutchinson | 1973 | dw | book of chess | £5 |
| alexander | pitman | 1965 | dw | chess | £4 |
| assiac | macgibbon kee | 1960 | dw | the delights of chess | £7 |
| assiac | turnstile | 1951 | adventure in chess | £6 | |
| assiac/o'connell | pergamon | 1982 | S | opening preparation | £5 |
| averbakh | batsford | 1975 | queen & pawn endings | £6 | |
| averbakh/checkover | pergamon | 1983 | S | comprehensive endings vol1 | £10 |
| averbakh | pergamon | 1985 | S | comprehensive endings vol2 | £10 |
| averbakh/henkin/chekhover | pergamon | 1986 | S | comprehensive endings vol3 | £10 |
| averbakh/maizelis | pergamon | 1987 | S | comprehensive endings vol4 | £10 |
| averbakh/kopayev | pergamon | 1987 | S | comprehensive endings vol5 | £10 |
| barden | routledge/kegan | 1964 | dw | how good is your chess? | £4 |
| barden | treasure | 1987 | play better chess | £4 | |
| barden | pergamon | 1977 | S | the ruy lopez | £4 |
| barden | RKP | 1957 | a guide to chess openings | £4 | |
| barden/hartston/keene | batsford | 1969 | the king's indian defence | £6 | |
| barden/heidenfeld | RKP | 1960 | modern chess miniatures | £9 | |
| beheim | thames hudson | 1963 | chess with the masters | £7 | |
| bellin | batsford | 1977 | the classical dutch | £6 | |
| benko | RHM batsford | 1974 | the benko gambit | £6 | |
| brady | batsford | 1974 | bobby fischer | £5 | |
| blake | routledge | chess endings for beginners 8th.ed. | £2 | ||
| bott/morrison | faber | 1966 | dw | chess-player's bedside book | £3 |
| botterill/harding | batsford | 1977 | the scotch | £5 | |
| botterill/keene | batsford | 1973 | the pirc defence | £6 | |
| botvinnik | mcgibbon kee | 1951 | 100 selected games | £6 | |
| brace | hamlyn | 1979 | an illustrated dictionary | £4 | |
| bronstein | batsford | 1973 | 200 open games | £8 | |
| bronstein/smolyan | pergamon | 1982 | chess in the eighties | £6 | |
| cafferty/hooper | pergamon | 1981 | S | a complete defence to 1.d4 | £5 |
| chernev | hollis carter | 1952 | dw | the bright side of chess | £6 |
| chernev | chess review | 1943 | chessboard magic : 160 endings | £4 | |
| chernev | pitman | 1947 | winning chess traps | £6 | |
| chernev | faber faber | 1962 | dw | practical chess endings | £7 |
| clarke | bell | 1963 | 100 soviet miniatures | £7 | |
| clarke | bell | 1964 | petrosian's best games | £8 | |
| clarke | bell | 1961 | mikhail tal's best games | £7 | |
| cockburn | weidenfeld/nicol. | 1975 | dw | idle passion (ficton) | £4 |
| coles | pitman | 1956 | dynamic chess | £4 | |
| coles | pitman | 1950 | dw | chess-player's w/end book | £7 |
| coles | williams norgate | 1948 | battles royal of the chessboard | £7 | |
| cozens | bell | 1970 | the king hunt | £5 | |
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | 1916 | the modern chess primer 10th ed. | £3 | |
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | lessons in pawn play 4th. ed. | £2 | ||
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | 1950 | chess traps & stratagems 18th.ed. | £2 | |
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | 1903 | selected chess endings | £2 | |
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | chess openings for beginners 4th.ed. | £2 | ||
| cunnington e.e. | routledge | 1960 | chess lessons for beginners 26th.ed. | £2 | |
| du mont | bell | 1919 | openings illu.1 centre counter | £7 | |
| du mont | bell | 1920 | openings illu.11 centre game/danish gambit | £7 | |
| du mont | bell | 1925 | the elements of chess | £8 | |
| du mont | routledge | 1944 | the basis of combination | £5 | |
| du mont | RKP | 1953 | chess : more miniature games | £5 | |
| du mont | routledge | 1942 | 200 miniature games of chess | £5 | |
| eales/williams | batsford | 1973 | alekhine's defence | £5 | |
| edwards/keene | batsford | 1975 | dw | the chess player's b/side bk | £5 |
| elliott fletcher | RKP | 1954 | gambits accepted | £12 | |
| estrin | chess s.c. | 1971 | 2 knights defence | £5 | |
| euwe | pitman | 1940 | meet the masters | £6 | |
| euwe | bell | 1962 | judgment & planning in chess | £6 | |
| euwe/hooper | routledge kegan | 1959 | a guide to chess endings | £6 | |
| euwe/kramer | bell | 1973 | the middle game bk1:static | £9 | |
| euwe/kramer | bell | 1972 | the middle game bk2:dynamic | £9 | |
| euwe/meiden | allen unwin | 1968 | the road to chess mastery | £6 | |
| evans | faber faber | 1971 | dw | chess questions answered | £5 |
| evans/smith | batsford | 1973 | dw | fischer-spassky move by move | £7 |
| evans et al | RHM | 1974 | how to open a chess game | £6 | |
| fine | hollis carter | 1953 | dw | the middle game in chess | £5 |
| fine | bell | 1959 | ideas behind the openings | £4 | |
| fischer | faber faber | 1969 | my 60 memorable games | £15 | |
| fischer/margulies/mosenfelder | xerox | 1966 | bobby fischer teaches chess | £4 | |
| florian | pergamon | 1983 | defence & counter-attack | £5 | |
| geller | pergamon | 1984 | S | the application of chess theory | £10 |
| gizycki | abbey | 1977 | dw | history of chess | £8 |
| gligoric | batsford | 1974 | dw | the world chess championship | £5 |
| gligoric/sokolov | pergamon | 1970 | sicilian defence bk1 | £6 | |
| golombek | putnam | 1976 | dw | chess-a history | £7 |
| golombek | bell | 1942 | dw | 50 great games of modern chess | £3 |
| golombek | macgibbon & kee | 1959 | modern opening chess strategy | £9 | |
| golombek | bell | 1972 | capablanca's 100 best games | £8 | |
| golombek | herbert jenkins | 1962 | the game of chess | £3 | |
| golombek | macgibbon kee | 1957 | world championship 1957 | £11 | |
| golombek | macgibbon kee | 1954 | world championship 1954 | £11 | |
| golombek/hartston | oxford u.p. | 1976 | best games of alexander | £6 | |
| green | bell | 1947 | chess | £2 | |
| griffith/white (sergeant/goldstein) | whitehead miller | 1932 | M.C.O. 5th. ed | £5 | |
| griffith/white (korn) | pitman | 1946 | M.C.O. 7th ed. | £5 | |
| griffith/white (korn) | pitman | 1952 | M.C.O. 8th ed. | £5 | |
| griffith/white (korn/collins) | pitman | 1962 | M.C.O. 9th ed. | £5 | |
| korn | pitman | 1972 | dw | M.C.O. 11th. ed | £6 |
| gunsberg | bell | 1901 | the chess openings | £10 | |
| harding | batsford | 1976 | the leningrad dutch | £6 | |
| harding | batsford | 1979 | colle,london & blackmar-diemer | £6 | |
| harding/botterill | batsford | 1977 | dw | the italian game | £6 |
| harley | bell | 1942 | chess for the fun of it | £4 | |
| harley | whitehead miller | 1936 | chess & it's stars | £6 | |
| harley | bell | 1947 | mate in 2 moves | £4 | |
| hartston | pavilion | 1985 | dw | the kings of chess | £7 |
| hartston | batsford | 1973 | the benoni | £6 | |
| hartston | batsford | 1971 | the grunfeld defence | £6 | |
| harwood | latimer | 1975 | S | caissa's web-bedside book | £7 |
| hoffer | RKP | 1962 | chess | £4 | |
| hooper | bell | 1973 | a pocket guide to endgames | £4 | |
| hooper/brandreth | batsford | 1975 | the unknown capablanca | £6 | |
| hooper/cafferty | bell | 1977 | play for mate | £7 | |
| horowitz | batsford | 1973 | dw | from morphy to fischer | £9 |
| horowitz/mott-smith | allen unwin | 1973 | point count chess | £7 | |
| horowitz/reinfeld | arco | 1956 | dw | chess traps | £5 |
| ilyin-genevsky | cassia | 1986 | S | notes of a soviet master | £7 |
| karpov | pergamon | 1984 | S | chess at the top 1979-1984 | £4 |
| keene | bell | 1974 | aron nimzowitsch : a reappraisal | £8 | |
| keene | bell & hyman | 1979 | the openings | £4 | |
| keene | batsford | 1993 | gary kasparov's best games | £5 | |
| keene | batsford | 1991 | duals of the mind : 12 best games | £5 | |
| keene/botterill | batsford | 1972 | the modern defence | £5 | |
| keene/levy | batsford | 1975 | olympiad nice 1974 | £5 | |
| keres | herbert jenkins | 1966 | early games of paul keres | £9 | |
| keres | herbert jenkins | 1966 | middle years of paul keres | £9 | |
| keres | herbert jenkins | 1969 | later years of paul keres | £9 | |
| konig | chess s.c. | 1946 | british champ. nottingham 1946 | £7 | |
| korchnoi/zak | batsford | 1974 | the king's gambit | £7 | |
| korn | pitman | 1950 | dw | the brilliant touch | £3 |
| kotov | batsford | 1972 | think like a grandmaster | £6 | |
| kotov/yudovich | foreign la. moscow | 1958 | dw | the soviet school of chess | £6 |
| lasker ed. | hollis carter | 1952 | chess for fun and chess for blood | £5 | |
| lasker ed. | hollis carter | 1952 | chess secrets | £7 | |
| lasker ed. | bell | 1963 | modern chess strategy | £4 | |
| lasker ed. | batsford | 1992 | chess the complete self-tutor | £4 | |
| lasker em. | printing craft | 1932 | lasker's manual of chess | £10 | |
| lawson | macmillan | 1993 | dw | the inner game | £7 |
| levy | pergamon | 1979 | learn from the world champions | £4 | |
| levy | collins | 1975 | how fischer plays chess | £5 | |
| levy | collins | 1972 | gligoric's chess career | £6 | |
| levy | batsford | 1974 | sacrifices in the sicilian | £5 | |
| levy/keene | collins | 1974 | how to play the opening in chess | £5 | |
| levy/o'connell/watt | imprint | 1981 | K's Indian | £6 | |
| levy/o'connell/watt | imprint | 1981 | english | £6 | |
| liepnieks | kalnajs | 1961 | dw | psychologist w/champion tal | £7 |
| livshitz | pergamon | 1981 | S | test your chess IQ book1 | £5 |
| livshitz | pergamon | 1989 | S | test your chess IQ book2 | £5 |
| lombardy | batsford | 1973 | snatched opportunities | £7 | |
| lowenthal | batsford | 1985 | S | morphy's games of chess | £10 |
| marovic | pergamon | 1984 | S | play the k's indian defence | £5 |
| marovic/susic | batsford | 1977 | K fianchetto defences | £5 | |
| marovic/susic | batsford | 1975 | king's pawn openings | £5 | |
| marovic/susic | batsford | 1977 | king's fianchetto defences | £5 | |
| matanovic | batsford | 1979 | dw | encyclopedia of openings A | £6 |
| matanovic | batsford | 1984 | dw | encyclopedia of openings2 B | £6 |
| matanovic | batsford | 1981 | dw | encyclopedia of openings2 C | £6 |
| matanovic | batsford | 1987 | dw | encyclopedia of openings2 D | £6 |
| matanovic | batsford | 1978 | dw | encyclopedia of openings E | £6 |
| mieses | bell | 1947 | manual of the end game | £2 | |
| mieses | bell | 1938 | instructive positions from master chess | £2 | |
| miles/moskow | batsford | 1979 | sicilian dragon:yugoslav | £5 | |
| milev | 1970 | dw | old Indian defence (BUL) | £5 | |
| neishtadt | pergamon | 1991 | queen sacrifice | £5 | |
| neishtadt | moscow | 1967 | Q.G.Declined (RUS) | £3 | |
| niemzowitsch | printing craft | 1936 | the praxis of my system | £8 | |
| nimzowitsch | bell | 1974 | my system | £5 | |
| olde | demerlen | 1995 | paul keres photos. & games | £10 | |
| pachman | batsford | 1975 | S | complete chess strategy 1 | £6 |
| pachman | batsford | 1978 | S | complete chess strategy 3 | £6 |
| pachman | chess s.c. | 1964 | queen's gambit | £6 | |
| pachman | RKP | 1973 | attack & defence in modern chess tactics | £5 | |
| parkinson keyes | eyre spottiswoode | 1961 | dw | the chess players(fiction) | £2 |
| peyton | souvenir | 1991 | dw | sinister gambits(ficton) | £6 |
| polugayevsky | pergamon | 1981 | S | G.M. preparation | £6 |
| reinfeld | sterling | 1974 | attack & counterattack | £4 | |
| reinfeld | foulsham | ??? | dw | how to play the q's p openings | £3 |
| reinfeld | pitman | 1964 | dw | great moments in chess | £4 |
| reinfeld | bell | 1941 | keres best games 1931-40 | £5 | |
| reinfeld | chatto & windus | 1947 | tarrasch's best games | £7 | |
| reinfeld | pitman | 1940 | dw | practical endgame play | £4 |
| reinfeld | pitman | 1948 | dw | relax & win in 20 moves | £4 |
| reinfeld | arco | 1955 | dw | chess by yourself | £4 |
| reinfeld | bell | 1947 | british chess masters | £4 | |
| reinfeld | sterling | 1958 | dw | complete book of stratagems | £4 |
| reinfeld | arco | 1955 | treasury of chess lore | £5 | |
| reinfeld | foulsham | ??? | how to play the black pieces | £2 | |
| reinfeld | pitman | 1946 | chess mastery by Q & A | £3 | |
| reinfeld | pitman | 1946 | chess for amateurs | £3 | |
| reti | bell | 1947 | modern ideas in chess | £3 | |
| robinson/edwards | batsford | 1973 | dw | art and science of chess | £4 |
| roche/battersby | littlebury | 1947 | chess for rank and file | £4 | |
| saidy/lessing | collins | 1974 | dw | the world of chess | £6 |
| sergeant | chatto windus | 1939 | the endgame at chess | £4 | |
| sergeant | bell | 1937 | morphy's games of chess | £8 | |
| shamkovich | batsford | 1980 | S | the modern chess sacrifice | £5 |
| smyslov | routledge kegan | 1958 | my best games 1935-1957 | £8 | |
| smyslov | pergamon | 1983 | S | 125 selected games | £8 |
| sokolsky | pitman | 1972 | S | modern openings in theory & practice | £6 |
| soltis | pitman | 1973 | S | the best gms of boris spassky | £10 |
| speelman | batsford | 1981 | analysing the endgame | £5 | |
| spielmann | bell | 1935 | art of sacrifice in chess | £9 | |
| standage | penguin | 2002 | dw | the mechanical turk | £6 |
| staunton | jaques | ??? | the chess-player's textbook | £2 | |
| staunton | bracken | 1989 | the chess-player's handbook | £9 | |
| steiner | faber faber | 1973 | dw | white Kts of reykjavik | £7 |
| szabo | pergamon | 1986 | my best games of chess | £8 | |
| tal/chepizhny/roshal | pergamon | 1980 | S | montreal 1979 | £9 |
| tartakower/du mont | bell | 1952 | 500 master games bk1 | £6 | |
| tartakower/du mont | bell | 1952 | 500 master games bks 2/3 | £6 | |
| tartakower/du mont | bell | 1956 | S | 100 master games of modern chess | £6 |
| taulbut | pergamon | 1985 | S | play the bogo-indian | £4 |
| thomas h. | batsford | 1979 | complete games of tal 1967-73 | £6 | |
| vainstein | pergamon | 1983 | S | bronstein chess improviser | £9 |
| varnusz | pergamon | 1987 | S | paul keres' best games vol1 | £9 |
| varnusz | pergamon | 1990 | S | paul keres' best games vol2 | £9 |
| varnusz | batsford | 1979 | selected games of lajos portisch | £7 | |
| vukovic | bell | 1968 | the chess sacrifice | £9 | |
| wade/gligoric | batsford | 1973 | the world chess championship | £5 | |
| wade/harding | batsford | 1974 | dw | the marshall attack | £5 |
| wade/o'connell | batsford | 1973 | the games of robert j. fischer | £5 | |
| watson | batsford | 1979 | dw | english 1....., P-K4 | £5 |
| watson | batsford | 1979 | dw | english 1....., N-KB3 | £5 |
| watson | batsford | 1980 | dw | english 1....., P-QB4 | £5 |
| wenman | whitehead miller | 1948 | dw | great american players l F.J.Marshall | £7 |
| wenman | mitre | 1948 | great american players ll H.N.Pillsbury | £7 | |
| wenman | whitehead miller | 1945 | dw | games from monte carlo vol1 | £5 |
| wenman | pitman | 1947 | 175 chess brilliancies | £4 | |
| wenman | whitehead miller | 1945 | 100 chess gems | £4 | |
| wicker | batsford | 1981 | dw | 200 modern brilliancies | £5 |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. des schachs 11:lasker | £15 | |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. des schachs 14:capablanca | £15 | |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. des schachs 21: keres | £15 | |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. des schachs 23:botwinnik | £15 | |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. d. scha. 33:sowjetschachI | £15 | |
| wildhagen | hamburg | 1960 | w. d. scha. 36:sowjetschachIV | £15 | |
| winter | carroll & nicholson | 1951 | chess for match players | £6 | |
| znosko-borovsky | hollings | 1938 | traps on the chessboard | £4 | |
| znosko-borovsky | bell | 1942 | the middle game in chess | £4 | |
| znosko-borovsky | hollings | 1946 | how to play the chess endings | £4 | |
| znosko-borovsky | hollings | 1947 | how to play the chess openings | £4 | |
| znosko-borovsky | chatto windus | 1936 | the art of chess combination | £4 | |