Good chess books from the 60s and 70s?

Hey,
I just discovered that my university library holds a lot of chess books from this period (and earlier).  So I was wondering, does anybody know any good book I could pick up, preferably in algebraic notation? The subject doesn't matter, but I could use some training in making plans.

Kind regards, 

Browsing through bookshelves is a great pleasure. Give it a try.  There were thousands of books published in that period. There is no way to give you a list. Perhaps if you post a list of the books they have, people can identify a few candidates for you to start with.

Most US publishers did not adopt algebraic until the late 70's / early 80's. Perhaps things were different with continental Europe. At any rate, reading descriptive notation is not difficult. I am sure you can get the hang of it in 15 minutes.

As I said, browsing through bookshelves is one of life's great pleasures. Give it a try. 

Thanks for your reply! It's indeed fun to prowl the library, but this particular books come from a closed depot, but can be requested from the catalogue

Some works that catched my interest were

- French defense: Tarrasch variation - Raymond Keene

- The Pirc for the tournament player - John Nunn

I like these openings, but perhaps these are dated.

- My Best Games of Chess - Laszlo Szabo

I don't know whether Laszlo is a good annotator, but I can imagine he is very precise tactically.

I also saw Šamkovič - The modern chess sacrifice and

Euwe - Judgment and planning in chess

I loved Euwe's books. He was a former world champion. I haven't looked at  "Judgment and planning in chess" in many years but I do remember that he aimed his explanations at less experienced amateurs.

I think it is precisely the kind of book which will help you progress.

See if you can get "Logical Chess Move by Move", by Irving Chernev

I like the old hardback Batsford opening books. The one on the modern was a classic. Can still pick them occasionally, although they seem to be fetching higher prices of late

You are unlikely to find chess books from the 60's and 70's written in algebraic notation, which was not widely used in chess books until beginning in the late 80's and 90's.....

Having said that...some popular books from that period were....

"My 60 Memorable Games" by Bobby Fischer.....original, 1st edition by Simon & Schuster, in descriptive notation....should be worth a premium....

https://www.amazon.com/BOBBY-FISCHER-MY-MEMORABLE-GAMES/dp/B00B1ENFOM/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486966297&sr=1-14&keywords=my+60+memorable+games+by+bobby+fischer

also perhaps...

"How To Open A Chess Game" by Evans, Hort, Keres, et al...also in descriptive notation...

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Chess-Game-Larry-Evans/dp/4871878171/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486966559&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+open+a+chess+game

And of course, the immortal classics - "My System" and "Chess Praxis" by Aron Nimzowitsch, and "Pawn Power In Chess" by Hans Kmoch...

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=aron+nimzowitsch&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aaron+nimzowitsch

https://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Power-Chess-Dover/dp/0486264866/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486968262&sr=1-1&keywords=hans+kmoch

Finally, books by Ludek Pachman, Irving Chernev, Fred Reinfeld and perhaps Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky were popular in that time period..

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ludek+pachman&sprefix=ludek+pa%2Cstripbooks%2C209&crid=3U5CB27A0UE5T&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aludek+pachman

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=irving+chernev&sprefix=irving+ch%2Cstripbooks%2C202&crid=QKXPHKYJ9DRV&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Airving+chernev

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=fred+reinfeld&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Afred+reinfeld

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=eugene+a.+znosko-borovsky&sprefix=eugene+a.+zno%2Cstripbooks%2C194&crid=2RPY9VPDMR3G1

Enjoy!

Possibly of interest:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-books-and-youth-vs-old-age

Good stuff!

Zurich 1953 is, of course, from a slightly earlier time, but, it seems like a good bet that it is there and, if I remember correctly, it actually was in a sort of algebraic notation.