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Petrosian's Best Games Of Chess

Petrosian's Best Games Of Chess

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: fep and title pages missing. A masterclass in strategic genius awaits within the pages of Petrosian's Best Games...
My Best Games Of Chess: 1931-1954

My Best Games Of Chess: 1931-1954

$55.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedA titan of the chessboard speaks directly to the reader in My Best Games of Chess: 1931–1954, a definitive collection...
My Best Games Of Chess: 1908-1923

My Best Games Of Chess: 1908-1923

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Chipped dj with some loss. A legend's mind laid bare on the...
Modern End-Game Studies For The Chess-Player

Modern End-Game Studies For The Chess-Player

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Glue residue on endpapers. A masterclass in the most demanding phase of chess, Modern End-Game Studies...
The Middle Game In Chess

The Middle Game In Chess

$35.00 AUD
Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew games have inspired as rich a body of instruction as chess, and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky's The Middle Game...
Petrosian's Best Games Of Chess 1946-1963

Petrosian's Best Games Of Chess 1946-1963

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the world of competitive chess, few careers are as strategically brilliant and psychologically fascinating as that of Tigran Petrosian...
Selected Works Of Alfred Jarry

Selected Works Of Alfred Jarry

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedAt the chaotic crossroads of Symbolism, Surrealism, and outright theatrical anarchy stands Alfred Jarry — the maverick French writer whose...
100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous owner100 Soviet Chess Miniatures is a masterclass in the art of swift, decisive chess, presenting one hundred brilliantly compact games — each...
The Chess Sacrifice: Technique, Art And Risk In Sacrificial Chess

The Chess Sacrifice: Technique, Art And Risk In Sacrificial Chess

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: Minor nicks/tears on endpapers. Internally sound. Few moves in chess carry the dramatic weight of the sacrifice —...
Chess From Morphy To Botwinnik: A Century Of Chess Evolution (SIGNED)

Chess From Morphy To Botwinnik: A Century Of Chess Evolution (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedA century of genius, rivalry, and relentless innovation unfolds in Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik: A Century...
Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Marshall

Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Marshall

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings carry the weight of legend that surrounds the Marshall Attack — a daring, sacrificial gambit born from the mind of Frank...
The Batsford Guide To Chess Openings

The Batsford Guide To Chess Openings

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFor every chess player who has ever felt lost in the labyrinth of opening theory, The Batsford Guide to Chess Openings presents a definitive,...
The Marshall Attack

The Marshall Attack

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew chess openings carry the daring, swashbuckling legacy of the Marshall Attack — a bold gambit within the Ruy Lopez that has...
Bishop Endings

Bishop Endings

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedA cornerstone of endgame theory, Bishop Endings is an authoritative and exhaustively detailed treatise on one of chess's most nuanced and technically demanding phases...
Knight Endings

Knight Endings

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor the serious chess student, Knight Endings stands as one of the most authoritative and rigorous treatments of endgame theory ever committed to print....
The Sicilian Accelerated Dragons

The Sicilian Accelerated Dragons

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFor chess players seeking to command the board with dynamic, aggressive play, The Sicilian Accelerated Dragons is an indispensable guide to one...
The Sicilian Scheveningen

The Sicilian Scheveningen

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings demand as much strategic depth and tactical precision as the Sicilian Scheveningen, and Craig Pritchett's authoritative volume stands as one of...
Ruy Lopez: Breyer System

Ruy Lopez: Breyer System

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew openings in the world of chess demand as much theoretical precision and strategic depth as the Ruy Lopez, and the Breyer...
Alekhine's Defence

Alekhine's Defence

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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minimal markings in grey lead. Few chess openings carry the mystique and daring of Alekhine's Defence, the provocative...
The Scotch

The Scotch

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings demand as much precision and cunning as the Scotch Game, and The Scotch stands as the definitive guide to mastering this...
King Pawn Openings

King Pawn Openings

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFor chess players seeking to sharpen their tactical edge, King Pawn Openings presents a rigorous and authoritative examination of one of the...
The Classical Dutch

The Classical Dutch

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor the competitive chess player seeking a dynamic and ambitious weapon against 1.d4, The Classical Dutch presents one of the most provocative and strategically...
Complete Chess Endings: Queen V. Rook / Minor Piece Endings

Complete Chess Endings: Queen V. Rook / Minor Piece Endings

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minimal markings on pages 13 & 14. A masterwork of chess endgame theory, Complete Chess Endings: Queen v. Rook /...
How To Play The King's Indian Defence

How To Play The King's Indian Defence

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew chess openings command the same fierce loyalty and tactical complexity as the King's Indian Defence, and this authoritative volume by two of the...
The Sicilian Flank Game: Najdorf Variation

The Sicilian Flank Game: Najdorf Variation

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Markings on title page. Few openings in the history of chess have inspired as much passionate...
The Queen's Gambit Declined

The Queen's Gambit Declined

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew openings in chess have endured the test of time and competitive scrutiny quite like the Queen's Gambit Declined — a storied defence that...
The Benko Gambit

The Benko Gambit

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew chess openings carry the DNA of their creator as vividly as the Benko Gambit — an audacious, pawn-sacrificing system...
Benko Counter-Gambit

Benko Counter-Gambit

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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew chess openings reward the bold and the adventurous quite like the Benko Gambit, and Benko Counter-Gambit stands as the definitive guide...
French Winawer: Modern And Auxiliary Lines

French Winawer: Modern And Auxiliary Lines

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew openings in chess demand as much theoretical precision and strategic imagination as the Winawer Variation of the French Defence, and French Winawer: Modern...
The French Defence Main Line Winawer

The French Defence Main Line Winawer

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFor the serious chess player seeking to master one of the most combative and theoretically rich openings in the game, The French...
Miracles In Enlightenment England (SIGNED)

Miracles In Enlightenment England (SIGNED)

$120.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Book launch ephemera laid-in. At the heart of Britain's Age of Reason lurks a profound and startling paradox: the...
The Psychology Of Chess

The Psychology Of Chess

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedWhat compels a rational mind to sacrifice a queen, gamble a kingdom on a single pawn, or spend a lifetime mastering 64 squares? The...
The King's Indian Defence

The King's Indian Defence

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew openings in the history of chess inspire the kind of fierce, complex battles that...
Both Sides Of The Chessboard: An Analysis Of The Fischer/Spassky Chess Match

Both Sides Of The Chessboard: An Analysis Of The Fischer/Spassky Chess Match

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the summer of 1972, the world held its breath as American prodigy Bobby Fischer faced Soviet champion...
World Championship Interzonals: Leningrad And Petropolis 1973

World Championship Interzonals: Leningrad And Petropolis 1973

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the fiercely competitive world of championship chess, the 1973 Interzonal tournaments held in Leningrad and Petropolis stand as pivotal...
The Praxis Of My System: A Text-Book On Practical Chess

The Praxis Of My System: A Text-Book On Practical Chess

$70.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Sticker residue on fep. Internally soundA cornerstone of chess literature, The Praxis of My System is the essential companion volume...
Selected Games 1967-1970

Selected Games 1967-1970

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodCondition remarks: Faded boards. Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, three-time World Chess Champion and one of the most dominant figures in...
How To Play Chess

How To Play Chess

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Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFor anyone who has ever sat across a chessboard and wondered how grandmasters think, Fred Reinfeld's How to...
My 60 Memorable Games

My 60 Memorable Games

$90.00 AUD
Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markIn the annals of competitive chess, no name resonates with greater intensity than Bobby Fischer, and My 60 Memorable Games...
Coleridge: Select Poetry Prose Letters

Coleridge: Select Poetry Prose Letters

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew literary figures cast as long and luminous a shadow as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Romantic visionary whose poetry, prose, and letters together constitute...
Love And Exile: The Early Years - A Memoir

Love And Exile: The Early Years - A Memoir

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew memoirs carry the weight of an entire vanished world, but Isaac Bashevis Singer's Love and Exile: The Early Years does precisely that —...
Virginia Woolf: A Biography; Virginia Stephen 1882-1912; Mrs Woolf 1912-1941

Virginia Woolf: A Biography; Virginia Stephen 1882-1912; Mrs Woolf 1912-1941

$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew literary lives have been as turbulent, brilliant, and ultimately tragic as that of Virginia Woolf — and few biographers were as uniquely placed...
Dostoyevsky: The Novel Of Discord

Dostoyevsky: The Novel Of Discord

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew writers have charted the abyss of the human soul with the relentless precision of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Malcolm V. Jones's Dostoyevsky:...
This Is The Abc: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983

This Is The Abc: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor fifty years, one institution shaped the voice of a nation — and This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting...
Stormy Passage: A Personal History Through Two Russian Revolutions To Democracy And Freedom, 1905-1960

Stormy Passage: A Personal History Through Two Russian Revolutions To Democracy And Freedom, 1905-1960

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew lives have intersected so dramatically with history as that of W. S. Woytinsky, whose memoir Stormy Passage chronicles five...
The Idea Of Poverty: England In The Early Industrial Age

The Idea Of Poverty: England In The Early Industrial Age

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an age when industrialisation was reshaping the fabric of English society, The Idea of Poverty confronts one of the most urgent and...
Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters: 1917-1961

Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters: 1917-1961

$25.00 AUD
Edition: trade ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind every great literary legend lies a private voice, and in Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters: 1917–1961, that voice...
Letters From Patrick: Letters Of Life And Love From An R.A.F. Pilot-Bombardier To The American Actress, Claire Luce

Letters From Patrick: Letters Of Life And Love From An R.A.F. Pilot-Bombardier To The American Actress, Claire Luce

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$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the shadow of the Second World War, a young RAF Pilot-Bombardier named Patrick poured his heart onto paper in...