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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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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)
$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
$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
$20.00 AUD
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
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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
$20.00 AUD
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
$25.00 AUD
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
$20.00 AUD
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
$25.00 AUD
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
$25.00 AUD
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
$15.00 AUD
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
$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
$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
$20.00 AUD
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
$20.00 AUD
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
$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
$15.00 AUD
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
$30.00 AUD
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
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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
$15.00 AUD
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
$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
$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)
$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
$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
$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
$40.00 AUD
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
$40.00 AUD
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
$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
$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
$30.00 AUD
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
$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
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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
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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
$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
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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
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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
$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
$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
$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
$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...