The seventeenth edition of a book first published in 1902.The book feels well used, there is some damage to the spine and cover corners and the cover is probably very dirty.
There is some mottling on the pages, and some annotation in pencil.
Approx size: 16 x 11 x 1 cm
Chess Questions Answered Bonham and Wormald 2nd Edition 1946
This little paperback is a second edition printed in 1946, a year after the original. It has a dust jacket that has obvious damage, however the book itself is in good condition.
Approx size 11 x 14 x 0.75 cm
More Chess Questions Answered Bonham and Wormald 1948 (1st Edition)
This little hardback is a first edition printed in 1948. It has part of a dust jacket that has obvious damage, however the book itself is in good condition.
Approx size 11 x 14 x 1 cm
Mate in Two Moves (Brian Harley) 1947 Reprint This book was originally published in 1931. This is a 1947 reprint.There is no dust jacket.
The cover has not survived the years well and is very marked, especially around the edges and on the spine.
The price is written in pencil on the first page. The first few pages in front and back have slight mottling. All pages are yellowing.
The original receipt from Foyles in Charing Cross Road, London is included.
Approx size: 19 x 12.5 x 2 cm
Predominantly in German, although there are some sections in French.Pages are browned at edges. Covers are a little dirty and marked.
Size: 23 x 16 cm approx.
January 1952
February 1952
April 1952
Also a Zurich tournament payment form.
Single edition of Bulletin Ouvrier des Echecs March 1951 (French Chess magazine)
Number 49 published in Paris in March 1951.
Purple? cover has browned at the edges and there is some mottling. Slight damage along spine and lower right corner is curling a little
Inside pages are yellow with browning at the edges. otherwise in good condition..
Approx size 21 x 13.5 x 0.2 cm
The New Zealand Chessplayer Single edition: Winter 1948
A single edition of The New Zealand Chessplayer from Winter 1948.Cover and first/last pages have a little mottling and the pages have yellowed.
Cover has some marks.
Approx size: 24 x 18.5 x 0.2 cm
L'Echiquier de Paris 1949 Complete (6 editions) (French Chess magazine)
Each magazine 27 x 21 x 0.2 cm approx
No 19 January/February 1949
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges. Cover has split and detached, with significant damage at edges and some mottling. Page edges are damaged.
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges. Cover has some mottling and staining and a tear top left corner.
No 21 May/June 1949
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges. Cover has some mottling. Cover has a stain in bottom right corner and a tear top left.
No 22 July/August 1949
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges and crumpled corners. Cover has a little mottling. Back cover has a rip and is crumpled.
No 23 Sept/Oct 1949
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges and possibly water marking towards back. Cover has some marks. Cover has a fold in top right corner.
No 24 Nov/Dec 1949
Cover and pages yellowed with browning at edges, a rip in top left corner and corners are folded. Cover has some mottling and is marked.
Approximately 58 unused loose chess score sheets. Age uncertain however advertising relates to selling publications from 1946-7.Possibly formed from 2 separate sets as some have slight damage on edges, most don't.
Paper is yellowish.
Sheet size approx 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Pile depth approx 0.6cm