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BGA Go Books and Equipment Price List
The BGA has a wide variety of books and equipment, for sale to BGA members.
Go World is available at a 10% discount for subscribers. In addition, the last 8 issues are available individually. Older Go World backnumbers and BGJ backnumbers are also available.
Please see below for details of how to order.
If you are not a member of the BGA and wish to purchase Go books or equipment, we recommend you contact the BGA book and equipment seller for advice. It may turn out cheaper and easier for you to join the BGA and buy from him, or he will recommend a games shop near you or an Internet supplier. Or you could come to one of the many BGA tournaments with a BGA bookshop.
Here is list of other suppliers of Go books and equipment. There may be a games shop near where you live, where you can see a range of Go equipment to help you choose what to buy.
Our news section details the newest books and there is a list of recent publications with the date they were added to the BGA pricelist.
Books (all in English)
Key to level:
B - Beginners
E - Elementary
I - Intermediate
A - Advanced
Please note that these ratings are the opinion of the bookseller.
The publishers indicated by the book codes are:
G = Ishi Press, H = Hinoki Press, K = Kiseido, O = Oromedia, SL = Slate and Shell,
Y = Yutopian, Z/other codes = miscellaneous publishers.
Prices are in pounds sterling.
Note new prices December 2009
| Title | Level | Code | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 3-3 Point | I | G44 | £7.00 |
| 4-4 Point Joseki - A Brief Introduction | E | SL23 | £4.00 |
| 21st Century New Openings | A | Y45 | £19.50 |
| 38 Basic Joseki | E | K11 | £12.00 |
| 100 Challenging Go Problems | A | Y05 | £16.00 |
| 100 Tips for Amateur Players, Vol. 1 | E | OR28 | £20.00 |
| 100 Tips for Amateur Players, Vol. 2 | E | OR29 | £20.00 |
| 200 Endgame Problems | I | SL18 | £12.00 |
| 200 Tesuji Problems | E | SL20 | £12.00 |
| 400 Years of Go in Japan | any | SL51 | £17.50 |
| 501 Opening Problems | I | K71 | £12.00 |
| 501 Tesuji Problems | I | K74 | £12.00 |
| 1001 Life and Death Problems | E | K72 | £12.00 |
| The 1971 Honinbo Tournament | A | K07 | £10.00 |
| The ABC’s of Attack and Defense | E | SL09 | £16.00 |
| After Joseki | I | ZAJ | £19.00 |
| All About Ko | I | K76 | £12.00 |
| All About Joseki | I | SL45 | £10.00 |
| An Asian Paradigm For Business Strategy | any | K99 | £12.00 |
| The Art of Capturing Stones | I | Y25 | £14.00 |
| The Art of Connecting Stones | I | Y09 | £15.00 |
| Attack and Defense | E | K14 | £12.00 |
| Baduk Made Fun and Easy, Vol. 1 | B | ZBM1 | £16.00 |
| Baduk Made Fun and Easy, Vol. 2 | E | ZBM2 | £16.00 |
| Baduk Made Fun and Easy, Vol. 3 | I | ZBM3 | £16.00 |
| The Basics of Go Strategy | I | K75 | £12.00 |
| Basic Techniques of Go | E | K02 | £8.00 |
| The Best Play | I | SL27 | £7.00 |
| Beauty and the Beast | I | Y17 | £14.00 |
| Breakthrough Attacking Power | A | H09 | £19.50 |
| Catching Scent of Victory | A | H04 | £19.50 |
| Changing One's Conceptions | A | H06 | £19.50 |
| The Chinese Opening | I | K33 | £12.00 |
| Cho Hun-Hyun's Lectures on the Opening | EI | Y44 | £15.00 |
| Cho Hun-Hyun: Life and Master Games | I | G46 | £20.00 |
| Come Up To Shodan | I | SL16 | £6.50 |
| Contemporary Go Terms | any | OR23 | £15.00 |
| Cosmic Go | I | K69 | £11.00 |
| Counting Liberties | E | SL17 | £16.00 |
| Creative Life and Death | A | ZCLD | £15.00 |
| Cross Cut Workshop | E | SL04 | £9.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Fuseki, Vol. 1 | A | Y39 | £14.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Fuseki, Vol. 2 | A | Y40 | £14.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Fuseki, Vol. 3 | I | Y46 | £15.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Joseki by Yoshio Ishida, Vol. 1 | A | K21 | £16.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Joseki by Yoshio Ishida, Vol. 2 | A | K22 | £16.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Joseki by Yoshio Ishida, Vol. 3 | A | K23 | £16.00 |
| Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vol. 1 | I | SL44 | £17.50 |
| Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vol. 2 | I | SL47 | £17.50 |
| Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vol. 3 | I | SL50 | £17.50 |
| Dictionary of Basic Tesuji, Vol. 4 | I | SL52 | £17.50 |
| Dictionary of Modern Fuseki—The Korean Style | I | K81 | £22.00 |
| The Direction of Play | I | K26 | £12.00 |
| Dramatic Moments on the Go Board | I | Y10 | £12.00 |
| Endgame | E | K15 | £12.00 |
| Essential Joseki | I | Y22 | £15.00 |
| Eurogo Vol. 1 (History to 1950) | any | EGO1 | £12.00 |
| Eurogo Vol. 2 (History 1949-1968) | any | EGO2 | £12.00 |
| Eurogo Vol. 3 (History 1968-1988) | any | EGO3 | £12.00 |
| Even Game Joseki—NK Handbook Vol. 5 | I | Y36 | £14.00 |
| Fighting Ko | I | Y04 | £8.00 |
| The Final Summit | I | SL68 | £21.00 |
| Fundamental Principles of Go | E | SL42 | £17.50 |
| Fuseki—NK Handbook Vol. 2 | A | Y28 | £15.00 |
| Galactic Go | A | Y27 | £12.00 |
| Galactic Go Vol. 2 | A | Y32 | £12.00 |
| Game of Go (Smith) | B | ZPG | £2.00 |
| Games of Go (Moffatt) | E | NM02 | £12.50 |
| Get Strong at Attacking | I | K60 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at the Opening | I | K51 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Invading | I | K55 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Joseki Vol. 1 | I | K52 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Joseki Vol. 2 | I | K53 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Joseki Vol. 3 | I | K54 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Tesuji | I | K56 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at the Endgame | I | K57 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Life and Death | I | K58 | £9.00 |
| Get Strong at Handicap Go | I | K59 | £9.00 |
| The Girl Who Played Go (fiction) | any | GIRL | £12.00 |
| Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game | B | K50 | £7.00 |
| Go: An Application of the Principles of War | any | YPW | £1.00 |
| Go as Communication | any | SL05 | £9.00 |
| The Go Companion | I | SL63 | £25.00 |
| The Go Consultants | I | SL66 | £14.00 |
| Go for Kids | B | Y31 | £12.00 |
| Go Player's Almanac (2001 edition) | any | K40 | £15.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 1 | E | SL31 | £4.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 2 | E | SL32 | £4.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 3 | E | SL33 | £4.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 4 | E | SL34 | £4.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 5 | I | SL35 | £4.00 |
| Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, Vol. 6 | I | SL36 | £4.00 |
| Go Proverbs (Mitchell) | E | SL03 | £9.00 |
| Go Shapes Resolve | E | YGS | £6.00 |
| Golden Opportunities | I | Y12 | £14.00 |
| Graded Go Problems, Vol. 1 | B | GGP1 | £10.00 |
| Graded Go Problems, Vol. 2 | E | GGP2 | £10.00 |
| Graded Go Problems, Vol. 3 | I | GGP3 | £10.00 |
| Graded Go Problems, Vol. 4 | I | GGP4 | £10.00 |
| Graded Go Problems for Dan Players, Vol. 1 | I | K61 | £14.00 |
| Graded Go Problems for Dan Players, Vol. 2 | I | K62 | £14.00 |
| Graded Go Problems for Dan Players, Vol. 3 | I | K63 | £14.00 |
| Handicap Go—NK Handbook Vol. 4 | I | Y33 | £14.00 |
| Hankuk Kiwon Guide Book | any | HK00 | £1.00 |
| How Not to Play Go | I | SL69 | £7.00 |
| How to Play Handicap Go | I | SL10 | £12.00 |
| Igo Hatsuyo-ron, Vol. 1 | A | Y16 | £14.00 |
| Imagination of a Go Master | I | ZIGM | £30.00 |
| Improve Your Intuition, Vol. 1 | I | SL11 | £5.00 |
| Improve Your Intuition, Vol. 2 | I | SL12 | £5.00 |
| Improve Your Intuition, Vol. 3 | I | SL13 | £5.00 |
| In The Beginning | E | K10 | £12.00 |
| Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles Vol. 1 | A | Y14 | £14.00 |
| Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles Vol. 2 | A | Y15 | £14.00 |
| Inspiration of Pro | I | OR30 | £25.00 |
| Invincible: the Games of Shusaku (Paperback) | A | K01 | £28.00 |
| Invincible: the Games of Shusaku (Hardback) | A | K01H | £48.00 |
| Joseki Fundamentals, Vol. 1 | E | JAS1 | £24.00 |
| A Journey in Search of the Origins of Go | any | Y43 | £17.50 |
| Jungsuk in our Time | I | ZHK1 | £12.00 |
| Kage's Secret Chronicles | E | G17 | £7.00 |
| Kamakura | I | SL65 | £30.00 |
| Keshi and Uchikomi | I | SL07 | £17.50 |
| Key Concepts in Life and Death | E | SL54 | £14.00 |
| Korean Style of Baduk: Vol. 1 | I | OR22 | £20.00 |
| Learn to Play Go, Vol. 1 | B | LPG1 | £13.00 |
| Learn to Play Go, Vol. 2 | B | LPG2 | £12.00 |
| Learn to Play Go, Vol. 3 | B | LPG3 | £12.00 |
| Learn to Play Go, Vol. 4 | B | LPG4 | £12.00 |
| Learn to Play Go, Vol. 5 | B | LPG5 | £13.00 |
| Learning From the Masters, Vol. 2 | I | SL49 | £4.50 |
| Lectures on Go Techniques | E | Y20 | £12.00 |
| Lectures on Go Techniques Vol. 2 | I | Y48 | £15.00 |
| Lee Changho's Novel Plays and Shapes | I | Y26 | £14.00 |
| Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go | E | K28 | £12.00 |
| Let’s Play Go | B | SL28 | £7.50 |
| Level Up Vols. 1-5 and Review 1 | B | ZLU | £80.00 |
| Life and Death | E | K13 | £12.00 |
| Life and Death: Intermediate Problems | I | SL26 | £10.00 |
| Liping Huang's Problem Series: Vol. 1 | I | SL41 | £6.00 |
| Magic of Placements | A | Y47 | £27.50 |
| Making Good Shape | I | K73 | £12.00 |
| Mastering Ladders | E | SL60 | £14.00 |
| Mastering the Basics of Go | E | SL43 | £12.00 |
| Master Play: Kitani and Cho | I | SL67 | £12.00 |
| Master Play: The Fighting Styles of Kato Masao and Seo Bong Soo | I | SL64 | £10.00 |
| Master Play: The Style of Go Seigen | A | SL58 | £10.00 |
| Master Play: The Style of Lee Changho | I | SL56 | £10.00 |
| Master Play: The Style of Takemiya | I | SL61 | £10.00 |
| Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Vol. 1 | I | SL02 | £12.00 |
| Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Vol. 2 | I | SL06 | £12.00 |
| Monkey Jump Workshop | E | SL08 | £14.00 |
| New Go Proverbs Illustrated | E | Y42 | £15.00 |
| Opening Theory Made Easy | E | K36 | £12.00 |
| Otake's Secrets of Strategy | A | H05 | £19.50 |
| Pair Go | E | ZPA | £8.00 |
| Perceiving the Direction of Play | A | H03 | £19.50 |
| Playing the Endgame | E | SL53 | £4.00 |
| Positional Judgment | I | K45 | £12.00 |
| Power Builder, Vol. 1 | I | Y19 | £14.00 |
| Power Builder, Vol. 2 | I | Y35 | £14.00 |
| Pro-Pro Handicap Go | I | Y13 | £12.00 |
| Proverbs—NK Handbook Vol. 1 | E | Y23 | £14.00 |
| Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes | A | SL19 | £12.00 |
| Pure & Simple Takao's Astute Use of Brute Force | A | H02 | £19.50 |
| Reducing Territorial Frameworks | I | K29 | £12.00 |
| Reflections on the Game of Go | any | SL46 | £10.00 |
| Rescue and Capture | I | Y18 | £10.00 |
| The Road to One-dan: Vol. 1 | I | OR21 | £15.00 |
| A Scientific Introduction to Go | B | Y34 | £16.00 |
| The Second Book of Go (Kiseido) | E | K31 | £10.00 |
| Shuko: The Only Move, Vol. 1 | A | H11 | £19.50 |
| Shuko: The Only Move, Vol. 2 | A | H12 | £19.50 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 1 | B | OR11 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 2 | B | OR12 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 3 | B | OR13 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 4 | B | OR14 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 5 | B | OR15 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 6 | B | OR16 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 7 | B | OR17 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 8 | B | OR18 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Vol. 9 | B | OR19 | £10.00 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Answers (1-3) | B | OR1D | £3.50 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Answers (4-6) | B | OR1E | £3.50 |
| Speed Baduk for Beginners: Answers (7-9) | B | OR1F | £3.50 |
| Star Point Joseki—NK Handbook Vol. 3 | I | Y30 | £14.00 |
| Step up to a Higher Level | E | Y37 | £12.00 |
| Strategic Fundamentals in Go | A | Y24 | £14.00 |
| Teach Yourself Go by Charles Matthews | B | TYGO | £6.00 |
| Test Your Go Strength | E | G18 | £15.00 |
| Tesuji | E | K12 | £12.00 |
| Theory and Practice | B | ZPT | £2.00 |
| Think Like a Pro, Vol. 1, Haengma (shape) | A | OR26 | £16.00 |
| Think Like a Pro, Vol. 2, Pae (ko) | I | OR27 | £16.00 |
| This is Go the Natural Way | I | H10 | £19.50 |
| Top European Players Training | A | ZEPT | £12.00 |
| Tournament Go 1992 | I | KPP1 | £21.00 |
| Treasure Chest Enigma | I | SL24 | £17.50 |
| Train Like a Pro, Vol. 1 | A | ORO1 | £14.00 |
| Train Like a Pro, Vol. 2 | A | ORO2 | £14.00 |
| Train Like a Pro, Answers | A | OROA | £2.50 |
| Tricks in Joseki | I | Y29 | £10.00 |
| Understanding how to play Go | I | SL01 | £16.00 |
| Utilising Outward Influence | I | Y07 | £15.00 |
| Vital Points and Skilful Finesse for Sabaki | A | H01 | £19.50 |
| The Way of Creating a Thick and Strong Game | I | H07 | £19.50 |
| The Way of Go | any | ZFP1 | £15.00 |
| A Way to Play for the 21st Century | I | ZBP1 | £20.00 |
| Weichi in Culture | B | Y41 | £10.00 |
| Whole Board Living Tesujis | I | Y38 | £14.00 |
| Whole Board Thinking in Joseki (Vol. 1) | I | ZWB1 | £17.00 |
| Whole Board Thinking in Joseki (Vol. 2) | I | ZWB2 | £17.00 |
| Winning a Won Game | I | Y21 | £14.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 1 | E | SL25 | £10.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 2 | E | SL29 | £10.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 3 | E | SL55 | £10.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 4 | E | SL57 | £10.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 5 | I | SL59 | £10.00 |
| The Workshop Lectures Vol. 6 | I | SL62 | £10.00 |
| The World of Chinese Go by Guo Juan | I | K70 | £11.00 |
| Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles, Vol. 1 | A | SL21 | £10.00 |
| Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles, Vol. 2 | A | SL22 | £10.00 |
| Zone Press Park | A | H08 | £19.50 |
| Go World - subscription The current issue then the next three | £20.00 | ||
| Go World last 8 issues
(older back numbers) | W111-118 | £5.50 each | |
| BGA Song Book | SONG | £2.50 |
Equipment
| Description | Code | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Sets | ||||
| Play Go Today 13×13 Go set | PG13 | £17.50 | picture | |
| 13×13 Go set in a tube (leatherette board, plastic stones) | PGT1 | £12.00 | picture | |
| 19×19 Go set in a tube (leatherette board, plastic stones) | PG19 | £19.50 | picture | |
| Play Go Today 19×19, 13x13 and 9x9 Go set 1D (leatherette boards, plastic stones) | PGTA | £25.00 | picture | |
| Play Go Today 19×19 Go set - a quality set (8mm glass stones) | PGT3 | £59.50 | picture | |
| Boards | ||||
| Wooden Go board (9×9) | A09 | £3.50 | picture | |
| Wooden Go board (13×13 and 9×9) | A13 | £6.00 | picture | |
| Leatherette board (9×9) | B1 | £3.00 | picture | |
| Leatherette board (13×13) | B2 | £4.00 | picture | |
| Leatherette board | B3 | £6.00 | picture | |
| Wooden board (14mm) (with 13×13) | A2 | £26.00 | picture | |
| Two part wooden board with 13×13 | A5 | £30.00 | picture | |
| Stones | ||||
| Plastic stones (with plastic containers) | SSP | £15.00 | picture | |
| Plastic stones (without plastic containers) | SSPX | £13.00 | picture | |
| Glass stones (7.0mm) (180 each) (now sold without plastic containers) | SSGX | £14.00 | picture | |
| Glass stones (8.0mm) (180 each) (now sold without plastic containers) | SMGX | £19.00 | picture | |
| Glass stones (9.0mm) (180 each) (now sold without plastic containers) | SLGX | £25.00 | picture | |
| Glass stones (10.0mm) (180 each) | SVG | £32.00 | picture | |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Jujube Go Bowls | D12 | £25.00 | picture | |
| Straw Go Bowls (hold up to 9mm stones) | D13 | £4.00 | picture | |
| Plastic Screw-topped Go Bowls | D11 | £2.00 | ||
| Peel-off sticky labels (with A4 sheet) | RS | £0.20 per sheet | ||
Only paid-up members of the British Go Association can be supplied.
The prices shown include postage within the British and Channel Isles, and for books only postage within Europe.
All prices are subject to change without notice and, although all items appearing in this Price List are normally available, no order is binding on the British Go Association until accepted in writing.
Please send orders and paper cash or cheques (made payable to “BGA”) to:
Gerry Mills,
7 Belan Fields,
Guilsfield,
Welshpool,
SY21 9NW
01938-556484
Where payment is made in paper cash (€ or £) change in the appropriate coins will be returned with the goods supplied.
Old back issues of Go World are now sold by another BGA Officer.
Other suppliers of Go books and equipment are listed on a separate page.
Last updated Thu Feb 04 2010. If you have any comments, please email the webmaster.