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

San Francisco: Hypermodern Press, 1995. Pb, 148pp, b/w photos. VG(-), clean contents. Background, player bios and games for this US tournament, held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations charter in San Francisco. Korchnoi was the winner ahead of Nunn and Gulko in a field of twelve which also included women GMs such as Xie Jun.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Picador, 2014. Hb, xxii + 363pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Entertaining biography of Sylivia Brooke, wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah of Sarawak. " The kind of gift subject that a biographer must dream of . . .colourful anecdotes of eccentricty, lunacy and infidelity crowd every page " ( Sunday Times, Books of the Year).. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1978. Pb, 92pp. Good, clean contents, slight cover wear. Commemorates the achievements of Cambridge University Chess Club, one of the most successful clubs in Britain, which had amongst its players Raymond Keene, Penrose, John Rice, Dickins and Eales himself. Contains over 60 annotated games, mostly from the 1970s. Contents: From the 1870s to the 1970s; Club matches; The Cambridge opening; County matches; Some articles from Dragon (the club's magazine); College matches; Cambridge problemists; University matches; Club tournaments. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1973. Hb, 140pp. Good in a Good+ dj which has slightly sunned spine. Foxing/speckling along top edge of page block, contents clean. Covers the Four Pawns Attack, Modern Variation, Exchange Variation, Two Pawns Attack, 3 N-QB3 System and other lesser known variations. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Book Club Associates, 1979. Hb, 260pp, b/w illustrations. Good with clean contents in a Good dj. Pages are slightly wavy. Story of the 17th century shipwreck of the Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, the almiranta of the Mexican treasure fleet, and the incompetent attempts to locate the wreck until the successful efforts 46 years later of the Boston sea-captain William Phips. The story continues up till the time of publication when the wreck was once again discovered, with the involvement of the author.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Guild Publishing, 1987. Book club edition. Hb, 176pp, colour and b/w illustrations. VG clean copy in VG dj. Includes choosing and operating sewing machines, fabric glossary, basic sewing techniques, making garments and home furnishings, decorative techniques to add individuality to your sewing. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hamlyn, 1986. Hb, 176pp, colour illustrations. VG clean copy in VG dj. Comprrehennsive reference book of 449 fabric and canvas stitches, described in detail, graded for difficulty from one to three stars, and illustrated. Step-by-step photos accompany the more complicated stitches.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Aachen: Four Men Only/Ebert, 1987. In German. Pb, 208pp. Signed by author with inscription to previous owner ( chess composer Dennison Nixon). Good, presentation sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover, a few pencilled ticks/brief notation. 200 chess compositions of various kinds by the author, with commentary.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Greenhill Books, 1996. Hb, blue boards, no dj, 159pp, b/w photos. Good with small cover dent, clean contents. Part of the German Airforce Monograph project, developed in the 1950s for the U.S. Airforce Historical Division. . Hard Cover. Good.

Webb & Bower, 1980. Hb, 217pp, colour illustrations. VG clean copy in G+ dj. Reminiscences by Emily Lady Clive Bayley and her father Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the Resident of Delhi. Includes over 100 beautiful colour illustrations; fascimiles of the paintings commissioned by Thomas Metcalfe at the time from native artists, including a 12 page foldout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bologna: S1 Editrice, 1994. Pb, 104pp. VG clean copy. Monograph on the Giuoco Piano with line analysis and many games.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bologna: S1 Editrice, 1994. Pb, 74pp. Good(-), scuffed spine, contents clean.. Soft Cover.

London: Faber & Faber, 2004. Hb, xiii + 302pp, b/w photos. Good+ in a VG dj. . Story behind the 1972 World Chess Championship encounter between Fischer and Spassky, drawing upon previously unpublished Soviet and US records and combining biography, history, politics and chess. (Please note there are no games).. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gent: Thinkers Publishing, 2014. Pb, 228pp. Good+, light wear, clean contents. The author uses extracts from his own games to reveal his thought process at critical moments and how to avoid common mistakes. Each chapter has exercises. Contents : Objectivity throughout a chess game; General reasons for blundering; Concrete moves and concessions; A few key tips to improve your results.. Soft Cover. Good.

Landegem, Belgium: Thinkers Publishing, 2019. Pb, 308pp. VG, clean contents. The author worked with Topalov from 2010 to 2014 including the 2012-2103 Grand Prix series and the 2014 Candidates. He analyses many of Topalov's games from this period and discusses training/preparation and how they worked together to generate new ideas.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Gent: Thinkers Publishing, 2015. Pb, 152pp. In English and French. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents. 280 test exercises using positions from recent games. Contents : Find the winning move; Defend yourself; Move now!; Difficult choices; Weigh up a possibility; Spot the missed opportunity.. Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford: Pergamon, 1991. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, vii + 480pp. Good, top corners slightly bumped, stain along fore-edge of page block, contents clean. First of two volumes. Contains 1089 games, with many annotated by Petrosian as well as other grandmasters such as Boleslavsky and Zaitsev. Also includes brief introductory articles by Krogius, Gligoric and Tarasov.. Hard Cover. Good.

Milford, Connecticut: Russell, 2011. Pb, 400pp. VG, clean contents. Foreward by Karsten Muller. Includes history and theory of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice since its inception by Greco; over 300 annotated games from the early years to 2010; test positions.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1975. Hb, ix + 149pp, b/w photos. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has slight wear only. Anthology of chess writings ranging from "problems to play, from literature to personality, from history to humour, from Staunton to Fischer". Contributors include Gufeld, Andy Soltis, and Gligoric amongst others. Examples such as "No Queens? How boring?" by Wolfgang Heidenfeld or " Unsung heroes of US Chess" by Soltis. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pb, 220pp. Good with light cover wear, clean contents, spine cocked. Includes general information on teaching maths, objectives of pupils' activities, suggestions for teaching approaches, ideas for developing mathematical themes, games and activites for calculator work, notes on approaches to investigations, links with the environment and other curriculum areas, back-up for teachers.. Soft Cover.