Chess rare books

First edition; 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm); 2 engravings, half-title, final leaf of ads., partially erased ownership inscription in pen to front pastedown, top-right title-page cropped to remove signature; contemporary cloth backed boards, red roan title-piece to spine, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, light spotting, margins toned, corners bumped, minor wear to extremities; [6], xviii, 382, [2]pp.

First edition, 2 vols.; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); with half-titles, final leaf of ads. to vol. 2; contemporary tree calf, gilt spine in compartments, contrasting black morocco title-pieces, joints cracked but holding, minor staining to top for-edge margin of vol. 1, occasional offsetting; xxxi, [1], 271, [1]; [4], 349, [3]pp.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; minor age toning, very occasional light spotting; publisher's pictorial laminated boards, red lettering to spine faded, spine and boards somewhat toned, laminate beginning to peel from the hinges (as usual), slight offsetting to endpapers, else a very good copy.