Search Results: Authors starting with B from Glynn's Books

Ansbach: C.Brugel, 1909. In German. Hb, decorative cloth covers, 215pp. Fair, light edgewear to spine, pages tanned, inked and pencilled notation throughout. Chess yearbook for 1909 which includes 140 games as well as reports, tables, problems.. Hard Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Cadogan, 1995. Pb, viii + 215pp. Good+ with clean contents, only marginal wear. Examines 1 c4 c5. Contents: Anti-Benoni; Hedgehog Variation; Double Fianchetto; Modern Variation; Rubinstein Variation; Symmetrical Variation. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cadogan, 1994. Pb, viii + 227pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Covers all variations where Black defends against 1 c4 with the classical 1. . . e5 or the "Indian" 1 . . . Nf6. Contents: Dragon variation by White; Three Knights variation; Four Knights variation; Closed variation; 2 . . . d6 variation; Defences with . . . f5; Anti-Nimzo Indian; Mikenas-Flohr variation; Anti-Grunfeld.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport In Russian. 17 books in the same series. Each is Pb, ranging from 174pp to 464pp. Generally Good with light wear, light page tanning and most with clean contents. One volume by Geller is Fair+ due to occasional inked notation and cellotape residue on inside covers and a couple of other volumes have corner stains on edge of page block. Includes 1) Bagirov - Angliyskoye Nachalo (English Opening) 2) Bagirov - Zashchita Alekhina (Alekhine Defence) 3) Fridstein - Zashchita Pirts-Ufimtseva (Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence) 4) Geller - Novoindiyskaya Zashchita ( Queen's Indian Defence) 5) Geller - Staroindiyskaya Zashchita ( King's Indian Defence) 6) Glazkov & Estrin - Korolevskiy Gambit ( King's Gambit) 7) Gufeld - Sitsilianskaya Zashchita Variant Drakona (Sicilian Dragon) 8) Kasparov & Nikitin - Sitsilianskaya Zashchita Skheveningen (Sicilian Scheveningen) 9) Kondratev - Slavyanskaya Zashchita (Slav) 10) Konstantinopolsky & Lepeshkin - Venskaya Partiya (Vienna Game)… Read More

London: Queen Anne Press, 1983. Hb, 207pp, b/w photos. Good+ with clean contents in a Good, price-clipped dj which has slight corner wear. Looks at 33 cricket fast bowlers over a span of 50 years and how the styles of fast bowling have developed in different countries. Told with the authors' personal opinions and anecdotes.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Budapest: Corvina Kiado , 1983. In German. Pb, 352pp. Good, light wear to covers/spine, presentation sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover. German edition of " Uj Magyar Sakkfeladvany Antologia" with 567 chess compositions of all types by Hungarian composers, with commentary.. Soft Cover. Good.

Budapest: Self Published, 1970. In Hungarian and German. Pb 64pp. No. 167 of an edition of 300 copies. Good(-), stamp of British Chess Problem Society Library on title page and inked number on inside covers, front cover and spine. 116 chess problems by the author, mainly from the 1960s, with notes in Hungarian. The German sections include the Forward/Intoduction and Contents pages.. Soft Cover. Good.

Budapest: Sport, 1982. In Hungarian with Contents page also in English and Russian. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, 320pp. Good(-), stamps of British Chess Problem Society Library on inside covers and also edge of page block together with inked number. 840 chess problems by Hungarian composers with 2-12 pieces, organized broadly into "Miniature chess problems" (290 of them) and "Problems with 8-12 pieces" , within which are sections on direct-mate, selfmates, helpmates, fairy chess and endgames.. Hard Cover. Good.

Budapest: Privately Published, 1981. In Hungarian and German. Pb booklet, staple-bound, 64pp. Good+, slight wear, presentation sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover. 116 chess problems by the author, from 1970-1980, with brief notes in Hungarian. The German sections comprise the Foreward/Introduction and Contents pages.. Soft Cover. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pb, xviii + 301pp, b/w illustrations/maps. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Compact and accessible history of Thailand which ranges over political, economic, social and cultural themes.. Soft Cover.

Two instructional chess books by the same author. Each is Pb, 144pp, VG(-) with clean contents, faintest of yellowing to page edges . 1) Simple Winning Chess - Everyman, 1999. Contents: Before the Game (opening prep., middlegame and endgame technique, blunders and how to avoid them, how to play against much weaker/stronger opponents); During the Game (behaviour, knowing the rules, clock-handling, swindling your opponent, when to offer a draw); After the Game (analysing results, faulty tactics, using computers etc.). Includes exercises. 2) Learn From Your Chess Mistakes - Batsford, 2002. Uses the games of club players to identify typical failings and suggest improvements. Chapters cover subjects as Poor opening preparation, Understanding standard and re-occurring themes, Losing the thread of a position, Miscalculation, Confidence and playing against weaker/stronger opponents, Losing the initiative, Having too many choices and missing tricks.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

London: Jazz Book Club, 1957. Hb, 286pp. Fair+in a Good dj which has a couple of tears and sunned spine. Pages tanned and with occasional foxing. Novel set in the 1920s jazz age about a talented trumpeter, Rick Martin, who dies young. The book was loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke and later made into a Hollywood film.. Hard Cover.

1991. In Russian. Pb, staple-bound, 128pp, b/w photos. Good, page tanning, contents clean, light cover wear. Includes 20 annotated games by Balashov, from the 1960s to 1980s, against players such as Smyslov, Keres and Beliavsky; 64 studies with notes and 36 direct mate problems, by Maksimovskikh.. Soft Cover. Good.

Prague: Prague Chess Agency, 1992. Hb, 305pp. VG with clean contents in VG(-) dj, small dent along spine. Manual of theoretical endgames.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Warner, 1998. Hb, 470pp. Fine in Fine dj. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover . Author's signature on title page.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Moscow: Planeta, 1989. English translation by Alex Miller. Hb, 190pp, numerous colour plates, plus slipcover. Front endpaper has been rather crudely removed although the book, dj (and slipcover) are otherwise in VG clean condition. Large coffee-table photo-guide to Moscow, with lovely shots of the city and its various tourist attractions. (Heavy book requiring additional postage for overseas shipping).. Hard Cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Limited Editions, 1996. Hb, 128pp, colour illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in Good+ dj which has slight edgewear only. Over 100 recipes using Balti cooking techniques. Examples include Murgh (chicken) Kofta Shahi , Balti Lamb Do-Plaza, Fish with Green Spices, Prawns with Spinach and Paneer, Onion and Mint-flavoured Bread, Aubergine Raita.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1983. Hb, 144pp, colour illustrations. Good+ in Good+ dj which has light edgewear. Light tanning to pages and cover edges but contents otherwise clean. 20 woodwork projects for unusual furniture pieces based on items found in famous paintings, each with full instructions and technical plans. Examples include Van Gogh's famous chair, Bruegel's Proverbial stool, Picasso's Still Life Sideboard and David's Madame Recamier's Bed.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: MacDonald, 1968. Hb, 366pp. Ex-library with stamps and tape residue. Good in a Fair dj which has a couple of closed tears. Selection of 70 odd articles from the author's jazz writing for The New Yorker, between 1962 to 1966, including profiles of Earl Hines, Pee Wee Russell and Mary Lou Williams; a long section on Duke Ellington; reviews of jazz festivals; and comments about the work of a range of musicians.. Hard Cover.

Two books by the jazz critic Whitney Balliett 1) American Singers - Oxford University Press, 1979. Hb, 178pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good dj which has a couple of small tears. 14 portraits of blues, jazz and cabaret style singers such as Ray Charles, Joe Turner, Alberta Hunter, Mabel Mercer, Stlvia Sims and Tony Bennett. 2) New York Notes - Da capo, 1977. Pb, 250pp. Good, light cover wear/creases, contents clean, speckles along edge of page block. Combines biography, criticisim and reportage in describing the New York jazz scene in the early to mid 1970s.. Good.