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	AVNI, AMATZIA. Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win. London: B T Batsford Ltd 2006. 1st Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) 144 pages. References. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. The author helps you adopt a fearless attitude towards the game. Master the ruses of the coffeehouse players. Discover the magic of peculiar moves. Has your opponent just made a blunder -- or is it a trap? Here's a reliable way to answer that question and turn the tables. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; a crease in the front cover is reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-7134-9004-7 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056388 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	BLACKWELDER, KRAIG AND STEVE KENSON. San Francisco by Night (A Sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade and Kindred of the East). Stone Mountain, Georgia: White Wolf Publishing 2002. Oversize paperback 4to (about 11 to 12.5 inches tall) 132 pages. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; a Very Good book. ISBN: 1-58846-231-5 USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 036976 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	COFFIN, GEORGE S. Endplays: Eliminations, Squeezes, Coups; Clearly Revealing the Innermost Secrets of Bridge Scientifically Classified for Quick Reference. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1950. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) 212 pages. BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with red spine text; the front endpaper has a darkened vertical strip about one inch wide, the boards are slightly bowed outward, otherwise a Good+ book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0007IYMZE USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 054777 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DARVAS, ROBERT AND NORMAN DE V HART; ASSISTED BY PAUL STERN. Right Through the Pack. New York: Stuyvesant House 1947. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 328 pages. Description: Illustrated with b&w drawings by Stanley Meltzoff. Note: there is no printed date; I date this 1947, as a later paperback reprint of this title by Devyn Press states that this book was first published in 1947 by Stuyvesant House, New York. The ''First Edition'' statement appears on the title page. Foreword by Ely Culbertson. BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored boards with gilt text; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0007EQZJE USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 054779 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	GERZADOWICZ, STEPHAN. Thinkers' Chess. Davenport, Iowa: Thinkers' Press January, 1995. 1st Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (9 inches tall) 151 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''A compendium of games, including annotations, thoughts, second thoughts, inspiration, and talent gleaned from the Front-Line Field Troops of Thinkers' Press, spearheaded and organized (more or less) by noted Field Commander Stephan Gerzadowicz'' (from the title page). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 0-938650-65-3 USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 056387 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOROWITZ, I A AND FRED REINFELD. The Macmillan Handbook of Chess. New York: Macmillan 1979. 7th Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 248 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. This was originally published in 1956. BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-02-554140-4 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 054582 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	JANNERSTEN, ERIC; ENGLISH VERSION BY RHODA BARROW LEDERER. Precision Bridge (Devyn Press Precision Club Library). Louisville, Kentucky: Devyn Press 1992. Reprint Edition. Trade size paperback 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 224 pages. Index. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-910791-44-9 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 054769 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	KEENE, RAYMOND AND BYRON JACOBS. A Complete Defense For Black (The American Batsford Chess Library). Seattle, Washington: International Chess Enterprises 1996. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 160 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''Provides a sound, aggressive, and little-known first move for black: 1 .. Nc6. Against the King's Pawn, this is Nimzowitsch's 'other' Defense, a favorite with maverick players, while as an answer to the Queen's Pawn, it has become quite respectable in the last decade'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 1-879479-34-6 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 056433 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEVY, DAVID N L AND KEVIN J O'CONNELL. How to Play the Sicilian Defence (The Club Player's Library). London: B T Batsford Ltd 1978. Trade size paperback 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 152 pages. Index of players. Description: Illustrated with 138 chess diagrams. ''It is much more important to understand an opening than to know long strings of move by move variations. This explains the ideas behind the Sicilian Defence and gives the reader many useful rules of thumb as a guide to playing all the standard types of position that arise in the Sicilian.'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-7134-0758-1 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 056434 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LONGSTREET, STEPHEN. Win or Lose: A Social History of Gambling in America. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1977. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 268 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Includes two sections of b&w plates. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-672-52253-5 USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 012565 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SCHILLER, ERIC. Gambit Openings Repertoire For Black (Essential Opening Repertoire Series). New York: Cardoza Publishing 1998. 1st Edition, so stated. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 176 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''Learn the secrets of seizing the initiative from White's hands, usually by investing a pawn, to begin powerful attacks that can send White to early defeat. Using the strategies here, it will be White that responds to your moves and your attacks'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; cover crease reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-940685-79-5 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056413 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SCHILLER, ERIC. Gambit Openings Repertoire For White (Essential Opening Repertoire Series). New York: Cardoza Publishing 1998. 1st Edition, so stated. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 192 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''If you enjoy attacking from the very first move, you are rewarded here with a powerful repertoire of gambits. Starting off with 1.e4 or 1.d4, you'll use weapons such as the GÃ ¶ring Gambit (Accepted and Declined), Halasz Gambit, Alapin Gambit, Ulysses Gambit, Short Attack and more.'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-940685-78-7 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056414 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SILMAN, JEREMY. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master. Los Angeles: Siles Press 2007. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing. Oversize paperback Small 4to (10 inches tall) 530 pages. Reading list, bibliography, index of names. Description: This copy is Inscribed and Signed by the author. Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''A revolutionary book on chess endgames, designed to ensure that players understand everything they need to know at their rating levels, and prepare them to advance to the next.'' (from the front cover). BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 1-890085-10-3 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 056404 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SMITH, KEN AND JOHN HALL. Modern Art of Attack. Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest 1988. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 170 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; owner's gift note, a crease in the front cover is reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-87568-176-X USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056386 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SQUIRE, NORMAN AND M HARRISON-GRAY. Winning Points at Match-Point Bridge. London: Faber & Faber 1959. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 8 inches tall) 151 pages. BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; about one third of the front free endpaper is darkened, the spine is slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0000CK71W USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 054780 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	THOMAS, FRANK. Sherlock Holmes, Bridge Detective. Louisville, Kentucky: Devyn Press 1973. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 122 pages. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-939460-53-X USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 054774 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.

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	AVNI, AMATZIA. Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win. London: B T Batsford Ltd 2006. 1st Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) 144 pages. References. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. The author helps you adopt a fearless attitude towards the game. Master the ruses of the coffeehouse players. Discover the magic of peculiar moves. Has your opponent just made a blunder -- or is it a trap? Here's a reliable way to answer that question and turn the tables. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; a crease in the front cover is reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-7134-9004-7 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056388 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	BLACKWELDER, KRAIG AND STEVE KENSON. San Francisco by Night (A Sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade and Kindred of the East). Stone Mountain, Georgia: White Wolf Publishing 2002. Oversize paperback 4to (about 11 to 12.5 inches tall) 132 pages. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; a Very Good book. ISBN: 1-58846-231-5 USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 036976 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	COFFIN, GEORGE S. Endplays: Eliminations, Squeezes, Coups; Clearly Revealing the Innermost Secrets of Bridge Scientifically Classified for Quick Reference. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1950. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) 212 pages. BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with red spine text; the front endpaper has a darkened vertical strip about one inch wide, the boards are slightly bowed outward, otherwise a Good+ book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0007IYMZE USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 054777 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DARVAS, ROBERT AND NORMAN DE V HART; ASSISTED BY PAUL STERN. Right Through the Pack. New York: Stuyvesant House 1947. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 328 pages. Description: Illustrated with b&w drawings by Stanley Meltzoff. Note: there is no printed date; I date this 1947, as a later paperback reprint of this title by Devyn Press states that this book was first published in 1947 by Stuyvesant House, New York. The ''First Edition'' statement appears on the title page. Foreword by Ely Culbertson. BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored boards with gilt text; the spine is slightly slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0007EQZJE USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 054779 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	GERZADOWICZ, STEPHAN. Thinkers' Chess. Davenport, Iowa: Thinkers' Press January, 1995. 1st Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (9 inches tall) 151 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''A compendium of games, including annotations, thoughts, second thoughts, inspiration, and talent gleaned from the Front-Line Field Troops of Thinkers' Press, spearheaded and organized (more or less) by noted Field Commander Stephan Gerzadowicz'' (from the title page). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 0-938650-65-3 USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 056387 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOROWITZ, I A AND FRED REINFELD. The Macmillan Handbook of Chess. New York: Macmillan 1979. 7th Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 248 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. This was originally published in 1956. BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-02-554140-4 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 054582 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	JANNERSTEN, ERIC; ENGLISH VERSION BY RHODA BARROW LEDERER. Precision Bridge (Devyn Press Precision Club Library). Louisville, Kentucky: Devyn Press 1992. Reprint Edition. Trade size paperback 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 224 pages. Index. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-910791-44-9 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 054769 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	KEENE, RAYMOND AND BYRON JACOBS. A Complete Defense For Black (The American Batsford Chess Library). Seattle, Washington: International Chess Enterprises 1996. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 160 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''Provides a sound, aggressive, and little-known first move for black: 1 .. Nc6. Against the King's Pawn, this is Nimzowitsch's 'other' Defense, a favorite with maverick players, while as an answer to the Queen's Pawn, it has become quite respectable in the last decade'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 1-879479-34-6 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 056433 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEVY, DAVID N L AND KEVIN J O'CONNELL. How to Play the Sicilian Defence (The Club Player's Library). London: B T Batsford Ltd 1978. Trade size paperback 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 152 pages. Index of players. Description: Illustrated with 138 chess diagrams. ''It is much more important to understand an opening than to know long strings of move by move variations. This explains the ideas behind the Sicilian Defence and gives the reader many useful rules of thumb as a guide to playing all the standard types of position that arise in the Sicilian.'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-7134-0758-1 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 056434 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LONGSTREET, STEPHEN. Win or Lose: A Social History of Gambling in America. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1977. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 268 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Includes two sections of b&w plates. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-672-52253-5 USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 012565 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SCHILLER, ERIC. Gambit Openings Repertoire For Black (Essential Opening Repertoire Series). New York: Cardoza Publishing 1998. 1st Edition, so stated. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 176 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''Learn the secrets of seizing the initiative from White's hands, usually by investing a pawn, to begin powerful attacks that can send White to early defeat. Using the strategies here, it will be White that responds to your moves and your attacks'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; cover crease reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-940685-79-5 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056413 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SCHILLER, ERIC. Gambit Openings Repertoire For White (Essential Opening Repertoire Series). New York: Cardoza Publishing 1998. 1st Edition, so stated. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 192 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''If you enjoy attacking from the very first move, you are rewarded here with a powerful repertoire of gambits. Starting off with 1.e4 or 1.d4, you'll use weapons such as the GÃ ¶ring Gambit (Accepted and Declined), Halasz Gambit, Alapin Gambit, Ulysses Gambit, Short Attack and more.'' (from the rear cover). BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-940685-78-7 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056414 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SILMAN, JEREMY. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master. Los Angeles: Siles Press 2007. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing. Oversize paperback Small 4to (10 inches tall) 530 pages. Reading list, bibliography, index of names. Description: This copy is Inscribed and Signed by the author. Illustrated with chess diagrams. ''A revolutionary book on chess endgames, designed to ensure that players understand everything they need to know at their rating levels, and prepare them to advance to the next.'' (from the front cover). BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 1-890085-10-3 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 056404 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SMITH, KEN AND JOHN HALL. Modern Art of Attack. Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest 1988. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 170 pages. Description: Illustrated with chess diagrams. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; owner's gift note, a crease in the front cover is reinforced on the inside with clear book tape, otherwise Good condition. ISBN: 0-87568-176-X USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 056386 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SQUIRE, NORMAN AND M HARRISON-GRAY. Winning Points at Match-Point Bridge. London: Faber & Faber 1959. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 8 inches tall) 151 pages. BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; about one third of the front free endpaper is darkened, the spine is slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B0000CK71W USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 054780 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	THOMAS, FRANK. Sherlock Holmes, Bridge Detective. Louisville, Kentucky: Devyn Press 1973. Trade size paperback 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 122 pages. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Good condition. ISBN: 0-939460-53-X USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 054774 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.