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

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. Pb, vii + 240pp. Good, light wear, clean contents, light speckles along edge of page block. "This book deals with the absolute minimum of endgame technique necessary for tournament practice". Contents: Mating the lone King; Endgames with pieces alone: Pieces against pawns; Queen endings; Rook endings; Bishop endings; Knight endings; Bishop against Knight; Rook against minor piece. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1978. Pb, 176pp. Fair, light cover wear, contents clean but foxing/speckling along edge of page block. Final volume in Pachman's trilogy on chess strategy and the middle game. Includes almost 100 complete games. Contents: 1) Superiority on the wings 2) Minority attack 3) Strategic points 4) Dynamic elements 5) Methods of conducting the fight 6) Individual style and the psychological approach; 7) Chess and the computer. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Prague: UV CSTV Vedeckometodicke Oddeleni, 1980. In Czech. A4-sized Pb, 91pp. Fair. Tears along spine, foxing on covers, presentation sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover. 402 chess compositions of various kinds by the author, a GM in Composition, with commentary.. Soft Cover.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. Pb, x + 198pp. Good, back corner dent, light edgewear to spine/covers, contents clean. Principles behind opening play with key illustrative games. Contents: Basic principles; Struggle for the centre; Time, space & material; Black counter-attacks; What is positional play?; An adventurous opening; Black prepares. . . d7-d5; A pseudo-gambit; Central control by pieces; Fighting the classical centre; Black prepares. . . e7-e5; White becomes Black. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Pb, vii + 220 pp. Good, light cover wear, previous owner's name on fep. Contents : Elements of chess tactics; Properties of the pieces; The tactical use of the pieces; Restricting the effectiveness and co-ordination of the pieces; Changing the material situation; The pawns. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Prague: Orbis, 1953. In Czech. Hb, 144pp. Good in a Good(-) dj which has small tears and edgewear. Stamp of British Chess Problem Society Library on title page, pages tanned. 239 problems by various composers, with commentary, all direct mates and many three-movers... Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley in Association with the National Portriat Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1976. Hb, xix + 347pp, b/w illustrations.Good+ in Fair dj which has chips and edgewear. Price stamped onto front endpaper but otherwise contents very good and clean. Stories, impressions and observations of around 30 illustrious visitors to America from 1776 to 1915, including Charles Dickens, Antonin Dvorak, the first Japanese mission, Alexis de Tocqueville and Swami Vivekananda. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. Hb, 224pp, colour illustrations. VG clean copy in VG dj which has the slightest of edgewear. Over 250 healthy recipes, each with calorie count, to suit every occasion, from everyday meals to outdoor eating and entertaining. Contents: Breakfasts with a boost; Meals in minutes; Solo selection; Cold creations; Winter warmers; It's so simple; Guest are coming.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

N.Y.: CiRC, 1996. Pb, 250pp. VG, clean contents. Five broad lessons, with games and exercises : Attacking the King in the centre; When the King is safe in the centre; Piece attacks with same-side castling; Pawn attacks with same-side castling; Attacks with opposite-side castling.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: CiRC, 1995. Pb, viii + 243pp. VG, clean contents. Textbook on chess tactics, with nine Lessons, each followed by 12 test exercises.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Walter Rau Verlag, 1963. In German. Pb, 64pp. Fair+, light cover wear, laminate peeling slightly on spine, presentation sticker of British Chess Problem Society on inside front cover, a few pages with inked ticks/crosses. 182 miniature chess problems byt the authors.. Soft Cover.

Two " Golden Treasury" poetry anthologies, both Hb with dj. 1) Best Songs & Lyrical Poems selected by Francis Palgrave with a fifth book selected by John Press - OUP, 1978, ISBN 0192509004, pocket-sized Hb, xxi + 615pp. Good+ in a Good+, price-clipped dj. Part of the World's Classics series. The additional fifth book includes poets from 1861 to 1962. 2) Longer Poems edited by Rhys - Dent ( Everyman's Library), 1963, x + 434pp. Ex-library with school docket on fep but no other signs of library ownership. Good in a Good(-) dj which has a stain on the back cover. From Chaucer to C. Day Lewis.. Hard Cover.

Kecskemet, Hungary: Caissa Chess Books, 2000. Pb, 306pp. Good+, clean contents, back corner crease. Contents: 3 Qxd4 and other alternatives; 3 Nf3 Variation; Black refuses the Morra Gambit; 4 Nf3; Variations without Nc6; Chicago Defence; Rare variations; Fianchetto Variation; Black builds up with d6 and Nf6; Black plays Nge7; Variations with an early development of the f8 bishop; Siberian Variation; Systems with Bd7; Black plays Qa5; Systems with Qc7; Classical Mainline. . Soft Cover. Good.

Kecskemet, Hungary: Caissa, 1997. Pb, 131pp. VG, clean contents. Analysis of variations for Black in the Hedgehog variation of the English opening with many examples of games from the late 1980s to mid 1990s.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Everyman, 2009. Pb, 272pp. Good+, marginal wear to one corner, clean contents. Explores lesser-known lines for the King's Indian with options for both sides.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman Pb reprint of the 2006 edition, 208pp. VG+, clean contents. With 42 illustrative games and numerous tips/notes. Contents: Spassky's 6 f4; The fashionable 6 Be3; The tricky 6 Nge2 and 6 Nh3; Early Black deviations; Crafty move orders 2 d3 and 2 g3. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 2005. Pb, 208pp. VG clean copy. Contents: First moves; Heroes and zeroes (analysed games; Strategy (a substantial 50 page chapter) ; What's hot? (latest ideas); Theoretical overview; Tricks and traps; Test positions; Before the fight.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman, 2007. Pb, 254pp. VG+, clean copy. Provides a dyanmic, practical repertoire to use against the Anti-Sicilians, often suggesting more than one solution for Black and paying special attention to tricky move orders. Contents: 2 c3 Sicilian; Move order issues after 2 Nc3; The Closed Sicilian; The Grand Prix Attack; Other approaches after 2 Nc3; Kingside Fianchettos 2 d3 and 2 g3; The Queenside Finachetto 2 b3; Gambits; Miscellaneous.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman, 2009. Pb, 224pp. Good+, previous owner's name on inside front cover but otherwise very good. Looks at less-explored variations, with options for both White and Black. Includes coverage of 3 h3, the Leningrad Christmas Tree variation, and lines for the Classical variation, amongst others.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Batsford, 2005. Pb, 208pp. Good, creased spine, previous owner's name on inside front cover. Contents: First moves; Heroes and zeroes (analysed games; Strategy (a substantial 50 page chapter) ; What's hot? (latest ideas); Theoretical overview; Tricks and traps; Test positions; Before the fight.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.