Lot contains : 1. R. E. Robinson - 1. P-K B 4 (A Guide to Bird's Opening) - foreword by R. J. Broadbent - Liverpool, Daily Post Printers, [1951] - 1st edition - frontispiece+146p.+Vp. - Hardcover: llinen binding with gold-printed front cover and spine - 14.80x22.50cm - Good copy: endpapers with discolouration, text block clean, light UV discolouration to the front cover and spine. * Henry Edward Bird (1829–1908) was an English chess player, author and accountant. * Reginald Joseph Broadbent (1906-1988) was Brotish Chess Champion in 1948. 2. L. Elliott Fletcher - Gambits Accepted: A Study of Opening Sacrifices - London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1954 - 1st edition - VIII+254p. - Hardcover: linen binding with gold printed spine, with the original illustrated dust jacket - 14.50x22cm - Very good copy: (book): minimal traces of use, some tiny foxing spots on the long edge, text block clean, (dust jacket): virtually intact, old tape edges at the head and tail of the spine. * L. Elliott Fletcher was a Scottish Chess amateur. 3. Reuben Fine - The Ideas Behand the Chess Openings - London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1974 - 9th Impression of the first edition anno 1948 - VII+2+240p. - Hardcover: linen binding with gold-printed spine; with original illustrated dust jacket - 12.80x19.10cm - Very good copy: (book): minimal wear, text block clean, (dust jacket): virtually intact, spine UV-discoloured. * Reuben C. Fine (1914–1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the mid-1930s until his retirement from chess in 1951. He was granted the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, when titles were introduced. (Source: Wikipedia) 4. T. D. Harding - Bishop's Opening : 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 B-B4 - Carlton/Nottingham, The Chess Player Ltd., 1973 - 1st edition - 116p. - Softcover: illustrated paper binding with straight spine - 13.70x20.10cm - Very good copy: minimal signs of use. * Timothy David Harding (°1948) is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess. Harding published a correspondence chess magazine Chess Mail from 1996 to 2006. He was awarded the title Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. He received the FIDE title of Candidate Master (CM) in 2015. 5. B. Cafferty - English Opening - Carlton/Nottingham, The Chess Player Ltd., 1977 - 2nd edition - 152p. - Softcover: illustrated paper binding with straight spine - 13.40x20.90cm - Very good copy: minimal traces of use. * Bernard Cafferty (°1934) is an English chess master, columnist, writer, magazine editor and translator. Shipping: well packed/insured.