Chess Books in English 1850-1968

A bibliography  by Douglas A. Betts

Moravian chess reprint of 1974 edition

Betts, Douglas A: Chess. An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in the English Language 1850 - 1968. 

Olomouc, Moravian Chess, 2005. Orig. hardcover with no dust jacket, as issued. Reprint of the 1974 edition. XX + 659 pages. 21 cm. In English. 1,080 grams. Book code 4194.

Fine: New book.

The most important reference work on English chess books between 1850-1968.

The catalog is divided into 55 thematic sections, with several thousands entries. Items within a section are listed mostly chronologically by date of publications with some exceptions (biographies alphabetically by name of the player etc).

Item description includes: Surname and forename of author and co-author (if any); Title; Editor; Translator, Illustrator etc; Statement of the edition; Place and date of publication; Name of publisher; Pagination (inclusive unnumbered pages, adverts. etc.); Book size in centimetres; Note on the series (if any); Annotations (content of the book, further bibliographical details, relationship between this edition and other editions etc).

100-page Index of Authors, Titles and Subjects at the end.

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