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My Game for 2000 A.D. and After
First Edition
(Liverpool?): (the author), (n.d. but ca. 1972). 12 pages plus cover. Photocopied typescript, as issued. One of this prolific chess variant inventor's least common pamphlets. ISBN: 281AIB0077480.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled wrappers (pamphlet). Inscribed by the author on the front cover. Very scarce. OCLC locates but three copies in libraries, one each in the UK, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Book ID: 42601More details Price: $250.00 -
Chessery for Duffer and Master
First Edition
(N.-pl. but Liverpool?): (the author), (n.d. but ca. 1974?). 23 pages plus cover and final blank. A variety of chess variants are described here: the Game of Rettah Chess, Semi-Queen Chess, and the Diversion of Zerta, among others. ISBN: 281AIB0077499.
First edition (first printing). Staples replaced, else a near fine copy.
Book ID: 42600More details Price: $125.00 -
My Game for 2000 A.D. and After
First Edition
(Liverpool?): (the author), (n.d. but ca. 1972). 12 pages plus cover. Photocopied typescript, as issued. One of this prolific chess variant inventor's least common pamphlets. ISBN: 281AIB0077480.
First edition (first printing). Staples removed and pages three-hole punched for placement in a binder. Inscribed by the author to W. H. Rawlings. OCLC locates just three library holdings; none in the United States.
Book ID: 42602More details Price: $125.00 -
Challenge & Delight of Chessical and Decimal
First Edition
(N.-pl. but Liverpool?): (the author), (n.d. but ca. 1970). 12 pages plus cover sheet. Chess variants. ISBN: 281AIB0077502.
First edition (first printing). Staples removed and pages three-hole punched for placement in a binder. Inscribed by the author to W. H. Rawlings, and hand-corrected in several places by Parton. Several passages underlined, apparently by Parton or at least using a similar pen as the inscription.
Book ID: 42599More details Price: $85.00 -
Chessical Cubism, or, Chess in space
First Edition
(Liverpool?): (the author), (n.d. but 1971). 14 pages, plus cover. One of Parton's uncommon variant chess pamphlets, including the games of Cubic Chess, Sphynxian Chess, and Ecila Chess. ISBN: B0007CA5RO.
First edition (first printing). Staples removed and pages three-hole punched for placement in a binder. Inscribed by the author to W. H. Rawlings, and hand-corrected in several places by Parton.
Book ID: 42572More details Price: $85.00 -
The Compleat Gamester: Or, Instructions How to Play at All Manner of Usual and Most Genteel Games
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. 176 pages. One of 1,950 copies. First published in 1974. Cotton's book was the standard work on English games before being replaced by Hoyle. Black-and-white illustrations by Joseph Low. ISBN: 9780876360088.
Small scuff to leather at one edge else a fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. In the marble papered slipcase with a small sticker scar on one side rubbing to the corners.
Book ID: 266660More details Price: $35.00 -
Evans Gambit Games
First Edition
(Brentwood, TN): Chess Scribe, (1991). 116 pages. ISBN: 9780939298921.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Light fading to spine.
Book ID: 30414More details Price: $30.00 -
Chess Tournament, 1938
Sussex: British Chess Magazine, (n.d. but ca. 1973?). B. C. M. Classic Reprint no. 12. Consists of lists of moves for 56 games. ISBN: 9780900846106.
Very good in wrappers (paperback). A few games "starred", with no other highlighting or underlining.
Book ID: 30287More details Price: $25.00 -
Playing the Cards That Are Dealt: Mead Dixon, the Law, and Casino Gaming
First Edition
Reno: Univ of Nevada Press, 1992. The book contains a wealth of information about the gaming industry in Nevada. Mead Dixon began the practice of law in Reno in 1950 and became the principal attorney for William F. Harrah. Following Harrah's death, Mead became the executor of the estate and, in 1980, accomplished the merger of Harrah's with Holiday Inn. ISBN: 9781564753656.
First edition (first printing). Gray cloth covers. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by author below his photograph on front endpaper.
Book ID: 67239More details Price: $20.00 -
Prekrasnyi i iarostnyi mir: (Subektivnye zametki o sovremennykh shakhmatakh) [Beautiful and furious world: (Subjective notes on modern chess)]
First Edition
Moscow: Znanie, 1977. Illustrated with plates. 112 pages. ISBN: 281AIB0056424.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 30432More details Price: $20.00 -
Polveka V Shakhmatakh
Moscow: Fizkul'tura i sport, 1978. ISBN: B004BJXB66.
Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 30496More details Price: $20.00 -
Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Fantasy Roleplaying Fundamentals (D&D Boxed Game) (5th Edition)
Wizards of the Coast, 2014. ISBN: 9780786965595.
NEW
Book ID: 261811More details Price: $19.99 -
Ruy Lopez: Improved Steinitz Defence
First Edition
London: Caissa Books, 1987. 120 pages. How Steinitz, Lasker, and Capablanca used the Improved Steinitz Defense. ISBN: 281AIB1031240.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 141294More details Price: $18.75 -
The Mary Dawson Game Book
David McKay, 1916. ISBN: B000I8D47A.
Very Good
Book ID: 71041More details Price: $18.00 -
The Game of Draughts : Fourth Edition
Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863. ISBN: B001OBWHM8.
Very Good
Book ID: 71045More details Price: $18.00 -
The British Draughts-Player : A Course of Studies on the Principles and Practice of the Game of Draughts, Third Edition
F. Warne & Co, 1888. ISBN: B001NJGAA6.
Very Good
Book ID: 71047More details Price: $18.00 -
The New York Times Will Shortz Presents Crosswords to Go: Fun, Portable Puzzles
St. Martin's Griffin, 2007. ISBN: 9780312366957.
NEW
Book ID: 256024More details Price: $16.99 -
399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.
Workman Publishing Company, 2012. ISBN: 9780761168256.
NEW
Book ID: 261917More details Price: $16.95 -
Sitsilianskaia zashchita: sistema Paulsena
Moscow: Fizkul'tura i sport, 1986. 208 pages. On the Sicilian defense, Paulsen system. ISBN: 281AIB0056610.
Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 30490More details Price: $15.00 -
My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937: With a memoir by J. du Mont
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. ISBN: B0007EV512.
Very Good
Book ID: 131646More details Price: $15.00
