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Auction No 370, Tag: Chess

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

J. Burt "The Bristol Chess Club; its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years' Record of Principal Events", James Fawn, 1883

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £62
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J. Burt The Bristol Chess Club; its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years’ Record of Principal Events, James Fawn, 1883, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt; fox marks to end-papers and some minor tone marks affecting a few other pages but generally fine internally, without inscriptions. 202pp 

G.A. MacDonnell "Chess Life-Pictures, containing Biographical Sketches, Caissana, and Character Sketches"

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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G.A. MacDonnell Chess Life-Pictures, containing Biographical Sketches, Caissana, and Character Sketches, Kelly & Co, 1883, original gilt cloth, spine darkened; original owner’s signature; tissue-guarded frontispiece; staples rusted and first two leaves of preface loose o/w fine internally; viii, 243pp. Scarce

Znosko-Borovsky "The Art of Chess Combination", 1951, Tartakower "A Breviary of Chess", 1956, both in d/jkts;

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Znosko-Borovsky The Art of Chess Combination, 1951, Tartakower A Breviary of Chess, 1956, both in d/jkts; and other chess books from early 20th Century to 1970s including Franklin Young & Edwin Howell The Minor Tactics of Chess, 1910, VG but with some underling of text on two pages. Most are h/bks, some in d/jkts. Fair to VF (27)

Lipton, Matthews, Rice "Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art", Faber, 1963 in VG d/jkt;

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Lipton, Matthews, Rice Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art, Faber, 1963 in VG d/jkt; Paul Schmidt How Chessmasters Think, 1989, printed wraps; Chess Combination as a Fine Art, Crowood Press, 1989; and other Chess titles, many devoted to Chess Problems. Mainly good to VF (27)

Collection on Chess Openings including Jovicic "Modern Chess: French Defence", 1998;

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Collection on Chess Openings including Jovicic Modern Chess: French Defence, 1998; Hartston The Exchange Variation of the Gruenfeld; Bill Wall 500 King’s Gambit Miniatures, 1986; Minev & Donaldson Dutch Defense, 2003; Wade & Harding The Marshall Attack, 1974, in d/jkt. Fair to Fine. (28)

Chess Strategy including Wenman "I75 Chess Brilliancies", 1947 in d/jkt; Speelman "Endgame Preparation", 1989;

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £48
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Chess Strategy including Wenman I75 Chess Brilliancies, 1947 in d/jkt; Speelman Endgame Preparation, 1989; Rubin & Emms Chess for the Rank and File, Tournament Chess, 1992; and others with many modern softbacks; fair to fine, mostly VG/Fine. (38)