Search Results: Authors starting with D from Glynn's Books

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1976. In Russian. Hb, 288pp, portrait frontis, b/w photos. Good with clean contents in a Fair dj which has 1 cm loss top of spine, small tears and edgewear. Small dampstain along top edge of page block. Extensive biography and 64 of Geller's games with annotations.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1990. In Russian. Pb, 208pp. Good, light wear, clean contents.Instructional text on (I think) defence in chess and defending seemingly lost positions, with examples from master games.. Soft Cover.

London: Batsford, 2005. Pb, 304pp. VG clean copy. Chess reference which includes entertaining facts and figures, annotated games and biographical details.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1982. In Russian. Hb, cream pictorial cloth covers, no dj, 304pp, b/w photos. Good, price stamped on back endpaper, contents otherwise clean. Biography and 60 of Polugayevsky's games with annotations.. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Jazz Book Club, 1962. Hb, 253pp. Good in a Fair+ dj which has a closed tear, light edgewear and slightly sunned spine. Foxing along top edge of text block, contents clean. The bulk of the book consists of entries ( bios. and criticism) about individual musicians and their recording output during the 1940s.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1962. Hb, 253pp. Good with a small mark on the top edge of the page block, in a Good+ dj, slightly sunned along spine. A few pages near the front have brief inked underlining. First of four volumes covering jazz in the modern era, this one examining the developments and direction of jazz in the 1940s and including entries on individual influential musicians with lists of selected recordings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Macmillan, 1971. Hb, xvi+ 301pp, b/w photos. Good(-) in Good(-), price-clipped dj which has edgewear and a couple of small tears. Pages tanned. Account of Duke Ellington's career and the musical scene he occupied, told through interviews with the maestro himself and with family, collaborators and other musicians, painting a vivid picture of the jazz world.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Octopus, 1986. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, 128pp, colour illustrations. Good+ copy, clean contents, light cover wear. Around 200 recipes suitable for diabetics, with analysis of calories, carbohydrates, fibre, protein and fat content, plus calorie-counted daily meal plans. Includes Breakfast recipes, Soups & starters, Salads, Main course meals, Desserts, International dishes, Children's recipes, Baking, Snacks.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Guild/BCA, 1989. Book club edition. Hb, 191pp, colour illustrations. VG copy with clean contents in VG dj which has the slightest of edgewear at the base of the spine. Anecdotes and background on life in a typical Victorian kitchen, plus recipes adapted from Victorian cookery books. Contents: the Lay-out; the Mistress of the House; the Servants of the House; Kitchen fittings; Victorian values; the Kitchen and Garden; Preserving; Shopping; Breakfast; Luncheon; Tea; Dinner; Supper; Beverages; Charity; Alexis Soyer; Victorian recipes.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Everyman, 2004. Pb, 144pp. Good, light corner wear, clean contents. With 65 illustrative games. Contents : Closed Reti; Open Reti; Reti Slav; Reti Benoni; Reti Accepted; Symmetrical Englis; Reti King's Indian; Reti Dutch; Others.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Everyman, 2008. Pb, 189pp. VG(-), clean contents, marginal wear. Key moves and ideas of the Modern defence with the usual tips/warnings/notes typical of this series. Includes 58 illustrative games and a selection of positions to solve.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1998. Pb, 160pp. Good+, clean contents. Practical guide to chess improvement for club players covering topics such as chess vision, the art of developing good positions, building an opening repertoire, how to defuse three of the most popular openings at club level (the 1 d4 charge, Trompovsky, Grand Prix attack), basic endgame ideas, using the computer, general guidelines for practical play.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman, 2001. Pb, 158pp. Good, corner wear, clean contents. Includes 62 illustrative games. Coverage of the Classical, the Exchange variation, Four Pawns, Chase variation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman, 2003. Pb, 160pp. VG with clean contents. Repertoire for White based on the Veresov. Includes 80 complete annotated games. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Everyman/Gloucester, 2020. Pb, 287pp. VG+ clean copy. With 86 annotated games.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Everyman, 2005. Pb, 144pp. VG, clean contents. With 67 complete games, key strategies and tactics, coverage of all main lines.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1995. Pb, 111pp, b/w photos. Good with light wear, corner crease, clean contents. David Norwood helps the snooker champion improve his chess by discussing such topics as : how to choose openings, planning, tactics, blunders and pitfalls to avoid, the endgame, computers and chess.. Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pb, xi + 307pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Sequel to " The Selfish Gene" and aimed primarily at professional biologists or general readers with some knowledge of evolutionary biology.. Soft Cover.

Allen Lane/Penguin, 1998. Hb, xiv + 337pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. " An inspiring defence of the scientific imagination ".. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

N.Y.: Free Press, 2009. Hb, ix + 470pp, colour plates. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj. Explains the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist argument.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.