Search Results: Titles starting with L from Glynn's Books

Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1978. In Russian. Pb, 144pp, b/w photos. Good. slight cover wear, price sticker on back cover, contents clean. Biographies of four famous Soviet sportsmen/women who I believe won an achievement award from Komsomol, the Leninist Communist Youth League (V.L.K.S.M.). They include the gymnast Ludmilla Tourischeva, the sprinter Valery Borsov, chessplayer Anatoly Karpov and ice hockey player Vladislav Tretiak. The Karpov section contains one of his games against Spassky.. Soft Cover. Good.

Caissa Italia, 2007. In Italian. Two-volume set. Each is Pb, 207pp and 255pp respectively. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents, slight yellowing to page edges. Comprehensive coverage of the Sicilian Alapin, with basic plans/ideas, numerous exercises and over 300 analysed games. Volume 1 examines lines after 2 . . .d5 while Volume 2 covers lines after 2 . . .Nf6.. Soft Cover. Good.

Cape Town: South African Chessplayer, 1970. Hb, 115pp, portrait frontis. Good+ with clean contents in a Good(-) dj which has scuffs/edgewear and corner chips. 50 of Heidenfeld's games with his detailed, instructive annotations, and spanning some forty years of his career. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Grange Books, 1994. Hb reprint, 21 cm x 20.5 cm, 96pp, colour illustrations. Faint tanning to page edges; light wear to dj. G/G. Over 70 chocolate recipes for souffles, cheescakes, mousses, gateaux and ice creams. The author is a winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Award.. Hard Cover.

London: New Holland, 1996. Hb, 128pp, colour illustrations. VG copy in G+ dj which has a barely visible closed tear base of dj spine. Clean contents. Design ideas plus 15 practical projects for making and decorating lamp shades and lamp bases. Projects include a pleated lampshade, a stained glass wall light, a mosaic and breeze block lamp, a cutwork lampshade, and a gold globe lamp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Carnegie Press, 1989. Pb, 124pp, b/w photos. Good, light wear, clean contents. Survey of 57 cricketers including for each a brief biographical sketch, statistics and discussion of their merists. From Albert Hornby and Johny Briggs to Graeme Flower and Jack Simmons.. Soft Cover. Good.

BCA, 1982. Book club edition, Hb reprint, 255pp, colour illustrations. Fair condition - the title page has a tear (with loss) along the hinge and the dustjacket has a closed/cellotaped tear top of spine. Text clean. Originally published as "Les 100 Meilleurs Desserts". One hundred classic dessert recipes, arranged alphabetically by key ingredient. Dishes such as Carioca Flan, Pear Tart du Berry, Blackcurrant Bavarois, Profiteroles, Itxassou Basque Cake.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Ward Lock, 1985. Hb, 80pp, colour illustrations. Good+ copy in Good+ dj which has slight edgewear. Classic recipes such as Pistou, Vichyssoise, Alsace Onion Tart, Cassoulet de Toulouse, Savarin.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Bell, 1976. Pb, x + 181pp. Good, cover edges darkened, light cover crease, contents clean. 50 of Larsen's chess games, annotated in depth by the Danish grandmaster, and analysing his development from a 12 year old up until 1969. Descriptive notation. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bell, 1970. Hb, x + 181pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Fair+ dj which has several tears (a couple cellotaped) and edgewear. 50 of Larsen's chess games, annotated by him in depth, and analysing his development as a player from the age of 12 up until 1969. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Portman Press, 1988. Hb, laminated covers, no dj, 110pp. Reprint of the 1934 edition. With an intro. by Watts. Coverage of the elements of the game, the endgame, basics of the openings and chess strategy. Includes exercises and a few annotated illustrative games. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber & Faber, 2009. Hb, x + 390pp, b/w photos. Good+ with clean contents in a VG dj, slightly skewed spine. Biography of the famous children's author Arthur Ransome. Long before he wrote the "Swallows and Amazons" series he was a journalist in Russia, sympathetic to the Boleshevik cause; a friend of Karl Radek and lover of Evgenia Shelepina who was Trotsky's secretary, while also providing information to the British government.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Two Pb Latin phrase books, each Good with light wear and clean contents. 1) Latin Can Be Fun by Cappellanus - Souvenir Press, 1997, 160pp. Conversational guide covering all aspects of everyday life, from " Let's have lunch" to " Recently I watched a match between Arenal and Manchester United" ( you'll have to buy the book to find out how to say it in Latin...) 2) A Dictionary of Latin Tags and Phrases by Ehrlich - Robert Hale, , 260pp. Couple of small marks on title page. Includes 1,200 phrases, maxims and proverbs with their literal meaning, usage and origin, such as " e pluribus unum" or " horresco referens".. Soft Cover. Good.

Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtio Kansanvalta, 1975. In Finnish. Pb, 207pp. Good, laminate on back cover peeling slightly, covers curling, stamps of British Chess Problem Society Library on inside covers along with an inked number. 363 weekly chess columns featuring problems/studies, taken from " Suomen Sosialidemokraatti" between December 1964-1971. Includes international as well as Finnish composers.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. Hb, xx + 275pp, b/w illustrations. VG with clean contents in Good+ dj which has very light creasing along edges. Biography fo the Victorian hero, Henry Lawrence, soldier and enlightened Governor-General, who helped the British survive the siege of Lucknow. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pb, xiv + 414pp, b/w photos. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents. Biography of the jazz musician and bandleader, Woody Herman, whose career spanned the big band and bebop eras. Despite his success, he died destitute in 1987, following a long tax conflict with the IRS.. Soft Cover.

London: Everyman, 2003. Pb, x + 174pp. Fine, clean, as new copy. Omnibus, algebraic edition of the work first published in two volumes. The first part explains first principles and basic strategies while the second develops a thorough understanding of winning methods, provides a systematic study of the openings and discusses attacking techniques and endgame themes. Includes many exercises.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987. Pb, xi + 174pp. Good+, small scuff top of spine, contents clean. Revised algebraic edition. Targetted at young players, this is the second of two volumes, with many exercises. More advanced than Volume I, this covers more extensive opening theory as well as tactics, methods of attack in the middle game and winning the ending.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Colorado Springs: Dearborn Chess Library, 1995. Pb, vi +196pp. VG, clean contents. Targetted at beginners and casual players, includes a brief history of previous world championships and profiles of past world champions; basic principles and strategies using 13 previous world championship games explained move-by-move; eight previous Kasparov-Anand encounters; all the games from the 1995 match with analysis designed to build on earlier instruction.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

N.Y.: Cardoza, 2004. Pb, 224pp. As new, clean copy. 24 of Bobby Fischer's games with detailed notes and each with an introductory "lesson".. Soft Cover. As New.