Chess from About Books

New York: Falls River Press, 2015. UNCOMMON HARDCOVER edition. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with chessboard diagrams throughout. Algebraic notation. Bound… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition (so stated). Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. 5" wide by 8" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, tight, square, and unmarked. Appears unread. Not price clipped ($4.95). No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. NOT a library discard. Illustrated with chess diagrams. Each of 50 chess problems… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1993. Near Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. Bright and shiny. Square and reasonably tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. One or two chessboard diagrams on nearly every page (178 diagrams total). Algebraic… Read more about this item

Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, 1974. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good+ dust jacket (only light shelfwear). NO chips, tears or fading. Square and reasonably tight. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. One or two chessboard diagrams on… Read more about this item

New York: Collier Books, 1986. English language edition. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT price clipped ($8.95). NO chips or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Translated by Les Blackstock. 117 chessboard diagrams. A volume from the Macmillan Library of Chess. From the… Read more about this item

London: Everyman Chess (Gloucester Publishers PLC), 2003. This book won the ChessCafedotcom Book of the Year award. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT price clipped (£14.99 / $24.95). NO chips or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with numerous chessboard diagrams. A… Read more about this item

Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1975. A beautiful copy of the first edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket has been protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve since day 1. Near PERFECT condition (price clipped). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Pages are fresh,… Read more about this item

Melbourne [Australia]: Belmont, 1982. Very Good+ condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Old price stickers on the first page. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Illustrated with photos and numerous chessboard diagrams. Descriptive notation. Account of International Master C. J. S. Purdy,… Read more about this item

New York: Quadrangle, 1974. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Very Good dust jacket (a few closed tears reinforced with clear tape on the jacket's blank side/light shelfwear). NOT price clipped ($6.95). Square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and… Read more about this item

Quality Chess, 2006. Appears unread. Fine condition. Flat uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Profusely illustrated with chessboard diagrams -- mostly 3 or 4 per page. From the rear cover: "Chess is… Read more about this item

New York: Cardsmith Publishing, 2003. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Bright and shiny. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages… Read more about this item

London: Everyman Chess / Cloucester Publishers PLC, 2005. INSCRIBED with one word greeting in Hungarian and SIGNED by 4-time Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgar, as "Polgar," directly on the title page. Laid in are two printouts of her signature for authentication. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (one 2 inch long scrape to the… Read more about this item

New York: R. H. M. Press, 1975. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips or tears. Price clipped. Previous owner's small ink stamp on the endpaper. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 150… Read more about this item

Sahovski Informator Beograd, 1986. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket (only a little rubbed). NO chips. NO tears. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1986. Multi-Lingual edition, with title and… Read more about this item

Sahovski Informator Beograd, 1982. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket (only a little rubbed). NO chips. NO tears. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1982. Multi-Lingual edition, with title and… Read more about this item

Sahovski Informator Beograd, 1989. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket (only a little rubbed). NO chips. NO tears. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1989. Multi-Lingual edition, with title and… Read more about this item

Chess Informant, Inc. / Sahovski Informator Beograd, 1993. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is only a little rubbed, but has some bubbling to the lamination, as usual due to a production error). NO chips. NO tears. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NO owner's name or… Read more about this item

London & New York: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1991. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1991. First Edition. This bibliography of books on… Read more about this item

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1969. As New condition. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth,… Read more about this item

New York: Advanced Computer Techniques Corp, 1977. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 8" wide by 10.25" tall. Illustrated. Complete with errata sheet that corrects the chess diagram… Read more about this item