Harding Tim. Joseph Henry Blackburne. A Chess Biography

Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2015. — 582 p. - ISBN-10 : 0786474734; ISBN-13 : 978-0786474738
During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters.
This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburne's unusual family and social background are fully explored.