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The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious Problems (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1908), by Henry Ernest Dudeney- Cyclopedia of Puzzles (New York: Lamb Publishing Company, c1914), by Sam Loyd
- Puzzle Craft (1985 and 1992 editions), by Stewart T. Coffin (PDF files at johnrausch.com)
- Amusements in Mathematics, by Henry Ernest Dudeney (PDF at djm.cc)
- The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections, by Stewart T. Coffin (illustrated HTML at johnrausch.com)
- Confidential Price-List and Telegraph Code (publisher's wholesale catalog; 1894), by McLoughlin Bros. (PDF at americanantiquarian.org)
- National Puzzlers' League Cryptic Crosswords (c2005), ed. by Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto (PDF with commentarywith commentary at puzzlers.org)
- Mathematical Puzzles (revised edition, ca. 2020), by P. Winkler (PDF files at Dartmouth)
- Paper Folding for the Mathematics Class (Washington: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c1957), by Donovan A. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Amusements in Mathematics, by Henry Ernest Dudeney (PDF at djm.cc)
- The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections, by Stewart T. Coffin (illustrated HTML at johnrausch.com)
- Recreations in Mathematics (New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, c1917), by H. E. Licks (PDF at djm.cc)
- A Scrap-Book of Elementary Mathematics, by William Frank White (page images at Cornell)
- A Tangled Tale (London: Macmillan and Co., 1885), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by A. B. Frost (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Blue Book of Chess, Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings (revised edition; Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., c1910), contrib. by Howard Staunton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership, by Edward Lasker (Gutenberg text)
- Chess Fundamentals (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.; London: G. Bell and Sons, c1921), by José Raúl Capablanca (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird (Gutenberg text)
- Chess Made Easy (English edition (title page missing), ca. 1750), by Gioachino Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chess Strategetics Illustrated: Military Art and Science Adapted to the Chessboard (Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1919), by Franklin K. Young
- Chess Strategy, by Edward Lasker, trans. by J. Du Mont (Gutenberg text)
- My Chess Career (New York: Macmillan, 1920), by José Raúl Capablanca (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chess and Playing Cards: Catalog of Games and Implements for Divination Exhibited by the United States National Museum in Connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895 (Washington: GPO, 1898), by Stewart Culin
- Chess: A Selection of Fifty Games, From Those Played by the Automaton Chess-Player, During Its Exhibition in London, in 1820 (London: W. Pople, printer, 1820), ed. by W. Hunneman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Schachpartieen aus den Jahren 1864 und 1865 (in German; Berlin: J. Springer, 1866), by Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen, ed. by G. R. Neumann (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Grand International Centennial Chess Congress, Held in Philadelphia, in August, 1876, During the Celebration of the American Centennial (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1876), ed. by W. Henry Sayen
- The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, With the Papers Read in its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament, and the Stratagems Entered in the Problem Tournay; Together With Sketches of the History of Chess in the Old and New Worlds (London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co.; New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859), by Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, With the Papers Read in its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament, and the Stratagems Entered in the Problem Tournay; Together With Sketches of the History of Chess in the Old and New Worlds (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859), by Willard Fiske (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Book of the Second American Chess Congress, Held at Cleveland, Ohio, December, 1871 (Dubuque: O. A. Brownson, Jr., ca. 1872), by American Chess Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress: Containing the Games of the International Chess Tournament Held at New York in 1889 (c1891), ed. by William Steinitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Fifth American Chess Congress: Containing a Full Report of the Proceedings of the Convention of Chess Players, Held in New York, in the Year 1880 (New York: Brentano's Literary Emporium, 1881), by Charles Alexander Gilberg
- Modus Operandi, or, The Automaton Chess-Player: A Play in Three Acts, With Prefatory Remarks, and Extracts From Original Letters on De Kempelin's Automaton Chess-Player, Published in 1784 (London: T. H. Lacy, 1866), by J. Walker, contrib. by Karl Gottlieb Windisch (page images at HathiTrust)
- Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez (in Spanish; Salamanca: Leonardo Hutz y Lope Sanz, 1497), by Luis Ramírez de Lucena
- Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474: A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, With an Introduction (London: Elliot Stock, 1883), by Jacobus de Cessolis, ed. by William E. A. Axon, trans. by William Caxton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Reality Inspector, by John Caris (illustrated HTML at Westgate House)
- Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess (New York: D. McKay Co., c1957), by William Ewart Napier, ed. by I. A. Horowitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- The History of Chess, From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe (London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1860), by Duncan Forbes
- Observations on the Origin and Progress of Chess: Containing a Brief Account of the Theory and Practice of the Chaturanga, the Primaeval Game of the Hindus, Also of the Shatranj, the Mediaeval Game of the Persians and Arabs (London: Sercombe and Jack, 1855), by Duncan Forbes
- Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird (Gutenberg text)
- The Middle Game in Chess (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1922), by Evg. A. Znosko-Borovskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Ueber den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen und Dessen Nachbildung (in German; Leipzig and Dresden: J. G. I. Breitkopf, 1789), by Joseph Friedrich Racknitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- Die Aljechin-Verteidigung (e2-e4, Sg8-f6): Eine Schachtheoretische Abhandlung (in German; 1922), by Hans Fahrni (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Modern Chess Openings (first edition; Leeds: Printed by Whitehead and Miller, 1911), by R. C. Griffith and J. H. White, contrib. by Henry Ernest Atkins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Modern Chess Openings (second edition; London et al.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913), by R. C. Griffith and J. H. White, contrib. by Henry Ernest Atkins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Chess Life (partial serial archives)
- Chess Review (full serial archives)
- The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, With the Papers Read in its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament, and the Stratagems Entered in the Problem Tournay; Together With Sketches of the History of Chess in the Old and New Worlds (London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co.; New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859), by Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Book of the First American Chess Congress: Containing the Proceedings of That Celebrated Assemblage, With the Papers Read in its Sessions, the Games Played in the Grand Tournament, and the Stratagems Entered in the Problem Tournay; Together With Sketches of the History of Chess in the Old and New Worlds (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1859), by Willard Fiske (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Book of the Second American Chess Congress, Held at Cleveland, Ohio, December, 1871 (Dubuque: O. A. Brownson, Jr., ca. 1872), by American Chess Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
- Magic Squares and Cubes (second edition), by W. S. Andrews, contrib. by Paul Carus, Lorraine Screven Frierson, and Charles Albert Browne (PDF at djm.cc)
- Maze (electronic edition), by Christopher Manson (illustrated HTML at obs-us.com)
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