Lot 379
Chess
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
A collection of books on chess, to include Hoffer, L. Chess. London, [no date]. Sixteenth edition, 8vo, original cloth; Lee, F.J. and Gossip, G.H.D. The complete chess guide. Edinburgh, 1914. 8vo, original cloth; Matanovic, A. Encyclopaedia of chess openings. London, 1979. 8vo, 5 volumes, dustwrappers; Averbakh, Y. Comprehensive chess endings. Oxford, 1985. First English edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, original covers; Staunton, Howard The chess-player's handbook. London, 1890. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Cook, William The chess player's compendium. London, 1910. Fifth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Rice, John M., et al. The two-move chess problem: tradition and development. London, 1966. 8vo, dustwrapper; and a quantity of others on chess, mainly modern. 8vo, including 6 volumes of the British chess magazine (84)