Bibliografie
- The Purdy-Koshnitsky chess match, 1934, samen met G. Koshnitsky. Dunstan, Sydney 1934
- The Return of Alekhine: Book of the World's Championship Chess Match Alekhine - Euwe 1937, Australasian Chess Review, Sydney 1938
- "Among these mates": Chirpings of a chess chump, Australasian Chess Review, Sydney 1939
- Guide to Good Chess: From first steps to fine points, Associated General Publications, Sydney 1950
- How Purdy Won: 1st World Champion of Correspondence Chess, samen met Frank P. Hutchings
- Action Chess: Purdy's 24 Hours Opening Repertoire, samen met Ralph J. Tykodi en Ronald J. Wieck
- Chess Made Easy, samen met G. Koshnitsky
- How Fischer won: world chess championship, 1972, Dwyer, Brisbane 1972
- Extreme Chess World Championships, 1935 1937 1972
- The laws of chess: official code, Chess Universal, Sydney 1973
- Chess Bits and Obits: articles on the history of chess, and obituary notices for 14 chess masters, samen met Maurice Goldstein, John Hammond en Ralph J. Tykodi
- C.J.S. Purdy on the endgame, samen met Ralph J. Tykodi, Frank P. Hutchings, Karsten Müller en John Purdy
- C.J.S. Purdy's Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts, twee delen
Secundaire literatuur
- Souvenir in commemoration of the inter-zonal match C.J.S. Purdy (Australia) vs M. Aaron (India) from 2nd March 1961, Madras State Chess Association, Madras 1961
- C.J.S. Purdy: International Master, World Correspondence Chess Champion - His Life, His Games, His Writings, geredigeerd door John Hammond en Robert Jamieson, met bijdragen van John Hanks en Anne Purdy. Beecroft 1982. Later opnieuw uitgegeven onder de titel My Search for Chess Perfection