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Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 2nd Edition. Stated Second Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Blue Pictorial Wraps With Yellow And White Lettering On The Spine.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in declarer play. In a concise but readable manner, it contains much of the material presented in 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer by the same author team. Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in declarer play. In a concise but readable manner, it contains much of the material presented in 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer by the same author team. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover includes b/w illustrations, 164 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Revised and updated edition of the handy pocket-sized guide to basic bidding conventions for bridge players.This pocket guide is based on the information in the standard bridge textbook 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Since that books original publication in 1999, it has sold more than 300,000 copies in six languages. It has become a much-valued learning tool and reference for everyone from social players to those who regularly spend time at their local bridge club.That book was thoroughly updated in 2022 (ISBN ISBN 978 177140 071 8) , while retaining the approach and features that made the original so popular. Every convention in the book was carefully revised to reflect the way it is used in the modern game. Three chapters (Landy, Grand Slam Force and Ogust responses to Weak Twos) were dropped completely in favour of Bergen Raises and the DONT and Meckwell defenses to 1NT.This new edition of the pocket guide has been updated in similar fashion. Revised and updated edition of the handy pocket-sized guide to basic bidding conventions for bridge players, based upon the teachings contained in the worlds best-selling bridge textbook. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover includes b/w illustrations, 175 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Pictorial Wraps With Black And White Lettering On The Front And Spine. Minor Wear.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, by the same author team, (978 1897106 51 8), was named the 2010 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association. Building on the success of that title, this book gives the near-beginner a chance to practice the principles on which sound defensive play is based, from the opening lead onwards. This is not just a series of problem hands, however. Each section contains a brief introduction of its topic, and the ideas are reinforced with carefully explained solutions and helpful tips throughout. A guide for near-beginners at the game of bridge which gives them the chance to practice the principles on which sound defensive play is based. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge education. The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A retired mathematics teacher, Dianne Aves has long felt that counting is the most useful skill she can instil in her bridge students, but that most books approach the subject at too high a level. No longer!All bridge teachers emphasize to their students the importance of counting -- points, distribution, tricks, and so on. But it's hard to teach and even harder to learn, let alone assimilate to the point where counting becomes automatic as one is playing.This book introduces the concept of counting for newer players, and helps them to begin acquiring a skill that is critical to their becoming better players. A mathematics teacher introduces the basic concept of counting (points, distribution and tricks) for those new to bridge, a skill essential to their becoming better players. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humour. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge education. The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Covers have light wear. Edges of pages have light wear.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The author's Honors Bridge Club in New York is the largest in North America, perhaps in the world. This book is based on their beginners' course, a series of six lessons that have started thousands of people on the road to enjoying the world's most popular card game. And no, you won't be able to play bridge when you've read it - but if you were to take up tennis, or the piano, how far would six lessons get you? The hope is that the reader will be hooked, and having acquired a taste for bridge, will go on to more comprehensive courses. This one is just to whet the appetite. Ability level: beginner. A book for all newcomers to the game. The Honors Bridge Club in New York is the largest in the world. This book is based on their beginners' course, a series of six lessons that have started thousands of people on the road to enjoying the world's most popular card game. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Decorative Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. No Jacket. 243 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Forty years ago, in 1980, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lebely put the finishing touches to two books that would revolutionize the teaching of bridge cardplay: the first two books in the Step by Step series (Pas a Pas in the original French).Particular care has been taken with this revision of the second volume, which is devoted to play in suit contracts. In the years since the original publication, the authors changed their minds on how best to teach declarer play when a trump suit is involved. They abandoned the traditional method of counting losers, which is difficult and not very intuitive, to focus on counting winners, much like the technique used at notrump.Again, the first part of the book teaches the techniques, by the leading the reader 'step by step' through a series of examples. The second part consists of problem deals where what has been learned can be applied and reinforced. First English language edition of the best-selling revolutionary French textbook which teaches step-by-step suit contract cardplay in the game of bridge. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Just about every bridge player over forty has read Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie, a book that is on any list of the all-time top ten on the game. Towards the end of his life, Mollo continued to write stories about the same well-loved characters (Hideous Hog, Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl and the rest), but they appeared in various magazines around the world, and if you weren't a subscriber, you didn't get to read them. This is the second collection of 'lost' Menagerie stories from one of the best-loved bridge writers who ever lived. A second collection of 'lost' Menagerie stories from one of the best-loved bridge writers who ever lived. A genuinely new book from Victor Mollo is a major event in the bridge-playing community. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Building on the basic ideas in his first book (TO BID OR NOT TO BID), Larry Cohen introduces sophisticated concepts which can help to make your bidding judgement even better, and presents a dazzling array of examples from championship play to prove his points. Following the LAW, the sequel to To Bid or Not to Bid, was published in 1994, and took the basic concepts explained in the first book to a higher level of sophistication, while giving many practical examples from expert play of how to use the Law of Total Tricks correctly. Both books are must-reads for every improving bridge player. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Paul Thurston's bridge textbook 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 (December 2004; ISBN 9781894154468) was an instant bestseller, winning the 2003 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award. In a tantalizing postscript to that book, he promised a sequel, one that would cover 'the rest of the story' for those who wanted to add modern sophistication to their 2/1 bidding. Here at last he delivers, and the long wait has been worth it. The book describes an understandable and playable version of today's most popular system, something that has been missing from bridge literature until now. 2/1 game forcing ('two-over-one game forcing') is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around various formulaic responses to a one-level opening bid. Many improving bridge players enjoy the benefits of the 2/1 system. The author's '25 Steps to Learning 2/1' was an instant bestseller, winning the 2003 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award. This sequel is for those who want to add modern sophistication to their 2/1 bidding. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Forty years ago, in 1980, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lebely put the finishing touches to two books that would revolutionize the teaching of bridge cardplay: the first two books in the Step by Step series (Pas a Pas in the original French).Based on an innovative yet clear and easily understandable teaching approach, involving the reader in a series of questions and answers, the series would allow hundreds of thousands of readers over the years to absorb easily techniques known to be arduous and complex. Now available in English for the first time, this edition reflects the updates made by Lebely in 2020. He did the revision alone, as Robert Berthe had passed away in 2016.The first part of the book teaches the techniques, by the leading the reader 'step by step' through a series of examples. The second part consists of problem deals where what has been learned can be applied and reinforced. First English language edition of the best-selling revolutionary French textbook which teaches step-by-step no-trump cardplay in the game of bridge. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Bridge with a Perfect Partner, by P. F. Saunders, was published in 1976 (Hyperion Books, 978 07063508 2 1). Many read and delighted in Saunders articles in London-based Bridge Magazine, and Saunders character Wilson, according to the flyleaf of the book, is an austere character, whose scholarly discourses are enlivened by frequent flashes of mordant wit. The anonymous narrator comments, He is very kind in explaining, when I go down in a contract, just how I could have made it and, when he goes down, just how my bidding misled him. Weve all played with partners like that, though few of them have had Wilsons devastating, articulate wit.In this sequel, one of the world's top bridge journalists takes the reader through a brilliant series of deals, collected from tournaments all over the world. The style is highly reminiscent of Sanders' original and will give its readers just as much pleasure. The first book in the authors new intermediate-level series on declarer play in the game of bridge, which will lead to an immediate improvement in scores. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. An expert bridge coachs guide for beginners who are looking to move their game up to the next level.This book is for readers who have finished their beginner lessons, and are trying to move their game up to the next level. The tips cover all aspects of bridge -- bidding, play and defence. Advice and examples are drawn from material Barbara Seagram has developed for her students over the last twenty years -- it's like having your own personal bridge coach sitting beside you! An expert bridge coachs guide for players who have finished their beginner lessons and are looking to move their game up to the next level. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. First published in 1955, this comprehensive survey of declarer play and defence has been very hard to find for the last decade. It is perhaps the single most-requested out-of-print bridge book, and is widely regarded as the best intermediate-level book on card play ever written. Gardener's technical expertise and Mollo's witty writing style combine to provide a unique instructional experience. This new edition has been updated and modernized by Bridge Magazine editor Mark Horton and also includes a new foreword by Gardener's daughter, Nicola Smith, herself a multiple world champion. First published in 1955, this is a revised re-issue of what has been one of the most-searched-for out-of-print bridge books and is widely regarded as the best intermediate-level book on card play ever written. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The first book in Danny Roth's new intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores. Topics include: to finesse or play for the drop (why not both?); loser-on-loser plays; entries; disposing of losers; and much more. The overall theme is, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket -- instead, choose a line of play that gives you more than one chance of success.'As always, the author's clear exposition of his points is followed by a large collection of problems where the reader can test his or her understanding of this new-found knowledge. One of the worlds top bridge journalists takes the reader through a brilliant series of deals, collected from bridge tournaments all over the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The squel to . 25 bridge conventions you should know--Cover. "The squel to . 25 bridge conventions you should know"--Cover. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Another title in the best-selling '25' series, from award-winning author and master teacher Barbara Seagram, and using the same popular format as earlier books. Other titles in the series have revolved around bidding; this one deals with the play of the cards as declarer, a major topic in beginner and intermediate bridge lessons. As usual in this series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game. This book deals with the play of the cards as declarer, a major topic in beginner and intermediate bridge lessons. As usual in this series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Another title in the best-selling '25' series, using the same popular format. Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity, but for various reasons it is not taught in beginner classes. This book is therefore designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particularly well with 2/1 methods. Existing books on this topic (notably by Max Hardy and Mike Lawrence) are too advanced and/or too technical for this level of player. Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity. This book is designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particularly well with 2/1 methods. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The second book in Danny Roth's new intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores. Topics include: placing the cards, missing one honour, missing two honours, missing three honours, inferences from the defence and second-degree assumption.This book is designed to help you to get a more accurate picture of the unseen hands and thus avoid wild guessing, or at least improve your chances of avoiding unnecessary mistakes.As always, the authors clear exposition of his points is followed by a collection of quiz problems where the readers can test their understanding of this new-found knowledge. The second book in a new intermediate-level series on declarer play in the game of bridge, written by a professional bridge teacher in London. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Since its publication in 1999, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 250,000 copies in six languages. It has become a much-valued text and reference for everyone from social players to those who regularly spend time at their local bridge club.But bridge has changed in the last 23 years. Bidding has changed. Some of the conventions in the original book have fallen into disuse, while others have gained in popularity and importance. Many basic conventions have changed in subtle ways as bidding methods have developed. Today's players need to be in tune with what is happening and stay current.This new edition has been thoroughly updated, while retaining the approach and features that made the original so popular. Every convention in the book has been carefully revised to reflect the way it is used in the modern game. Students are now universally taught to play transfers in response to a strong no-trump opening, and the new edition reflects that change in several ways. Three chapters (Landy, Grand Slam Force and Ogust responses to Weak Twos) have been dropped completely in favour of Bergen Raises and the DONT and Meckwell defenses to 1NT. Updated second edition of the best-selling bridge textbook, revised to take into account changing conventions in the game and cardplays since its original publication twenty years ago. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan as a declarer. The reader learns how to recognise which technique to apply on a given deal, both in notrump contracts and suit contracts. Aimed at the newcomer, explaining the basics and how to make a plan as a declarer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Squeezes are an aspect of bridge declarer play that many intermediate players think they will never grasp. Yet while squeezes can be extremely complex, the basic principles of squeeze play are not. This is the first comprehensive book on squeeze play since Clyde E Love's classic 'Bridge Squeezes Complete', and much more approachable. Using the same straightforward, conversational style with recaps and quizzes that characterised the 'Bridge Technique' series, this book will make squeezes understandable to many readers who have been afraid to attempt to learn them. Did you always think squeezes were too difficult? Or perhaps you know the basics but now you want to learn about more complex and advanced squeeze positions? If you fit either of these categories, or even if you just want to improve your understanding of an important aspect of declarer play, this book is for you. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.