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I have one those books, they were published by Verlag Wildhagen, Hamburg, mine is Soviet chess, number 33. Published 1960.
Check out for more information on the series the link below, posts 23 & 24
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/best-chess-books-that-do-not-require-a-chess-board-to-read?page=2
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/best-chess-books-that-do-not-require-a-chess-board-to-read?page=2
I guess you are talking about a red hardcover
"Weltgeschichte des Schachs 26 - Petrosjan"
Hamburg, Wildhagen, 1963
Probably easiest to acquire in Germany.
Back in the 1980's I was given a collection of perhaps a few hundred of Petrosian's games. The format of this simple hardback was completely unique - no annotations, no text/comments (other than the players names and date), but a great many diagrams along with 5-7 moves played before the next diagram. The diagrams were about 2x2", and there were maybe 8-12 diagrams per page. I do not recall the notation style for the moves. This format allowed the student to read the moves played and then compare the image in their head to an accurate representation in the next diagram.
I would appreciate knowing who published these collections (maybe in Russia/Germany ?) and a possible source for these collections today. Thanks much!