Bridge Book List

1 Bridge book List No. Title Author Date Notes 100 Winning Bridge Tips Intermediate - written for improving players with the express aim of cutting 1 Ron Klinger 2003. Master Bridge Series down on the agony and speeding up on the process of learning. 25 Bridge Conventions for ACOL Sandra Landy, Mark Horton & Describes and explains 25 basic conventions that you can easily assimilate into 2 2006. Players Barbara Seagram your own bidding system. 50 Winning Duplicate Tips For the improving tournament player. Crammed full of practical information 3 Ron Klinger 1991. Master Bridge Series that is sure to help the aspiring player improve. 4 A Guide to Bridge Conventions Norman Squire 1958 An explanation of the many conventions in use in the 1950's. A collection of bidding problems based on the Acol system of contract Bridge in 5 ACOL Quiz Ben Cohen 1963. the 1960's All You Need to Know About Play Will provide the great majority of players with all the essential skills in card 6 Terence Reece & David Bird 1993.

2 Master Bridge Series play that they are likely to require in a lifetime of Bridge . 7 Ask Zia Zia Mahmood 1996 Your top 50 Bridge questions answered. Basic Acol Bridge Flipper 8 Ron Klinger 1996 Contains all essential information about Acol bidding for beginners. Master Bridge Series Ron Klinger in collaboration with Pat This outstanding book brings together three top Bridge teachers with an Basic Bridge 9 Husband and Andrew 2003 unrivalled knowledge of what beginners and improvers want to know and how Master Bridge Series Kambites they should learn. It is generally accepted that defence is harder than declarer play, but it can be 10 Basic Defence Freddie North 1997 just as much fun and the very fact that it is more demanding makes the rewards particularly succulent. Delves to the heart of each skill that the beginner needs and explains each 11 Begin Bridge G C H Fox 1985. difficulty with relentless clarity. 12 Begin Bridge with Reece Terence Reece 1977 A beginners guide by a world expert.

3 No. Title Author Date Notes The Bermuda Bowl is the Bridge championship - the one everyone wants to win: 13 Bermuda Bowl - All Time Best Deals Henry Francis & Brian Senior 1999 The World Open Teams title . The authors go right back to the beginning, to 1950, in a year by year account of this great tournament. Better Bridge with a Better 14 Ron Klinger 2007 Intermediate - how mnemonics will improve your game. Memory Explains how to assess the strength and weakness of your hand, as well as enlist 15 Better Hand Evaluation Bernard Magee 2006 partner's help in order to evaluate your hands together and bid the right contract. A plethora of helpful hints that will answer your questions and enable you to 16 Better Rebidding with Bergen Marty Bergen 2003. select the best rebid. Signed copy. Bid Better, Much Better after Takes you easily and surely through a new structure which will save you loads of 17 Ron Klinger 2001. Opening 1NT Master Bridge Series points, whether you play rubber Bridge or duplicate pairs or teams.

4 Bridge - 80 Classic Problems - 80 problems for you to try to work out the solution, both as declarer and 18 Erwin Breecher & Danny Roth 2009. Declare or Defend defender. 19 Bridge - The Golden Principles Jeremy Flint & Freddie North 1985 The mechanics of sophisticated play and defence in simple language. Bridge - Winning Ways to Play your 20 Paul Mendelson 2008 The essential strategies for Declarer and in Defence Cards Bridge Cardplay - Attack and Learn many of the techniques used by those players in your club that always 21 Marc Smith 2000. Defence seem to win. Bridge Conventions, Defences and This is a book no keen Bridge player can afford to be without. Explains many of 22 Ron Klinger 1999. Countermeasures Master Bridge Series the conventions in modern use. Covers some aspects of the history of Bridge and the development of the Acol 23 Bridge is an Easy Game Iain MacLeod, MP 1952. system. 24 Bridge Lessons - Bidding as Opener Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times.

5 No. Title Author Date Notes 25 Bridge Lessons - Double Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. 26 Bridge Lessons - Finesse Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. 27 Bridge Lessons - Opening Lead Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. 28 Bridge Lessons - Overcall Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. Bridge Lessons - Responder and 29 Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. Fourth Suit Forcing 30 Bridge Lessons - Signal and Discard Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. 31 Bridge Lessons - Slam Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. Bridge Lessons - Stayman and 32 Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. Transfers 33 Bridge Lessons - Weak Two Andrew Robson 2008 Based on Andrew's Wednesday series in the Times. Hugh Kelsey & Michael Anyone who learns to applt the principles given in this book need never again be 34 Bridge Odds for Practical Players 1980.

6 Glauert accused of playing against the odds. A careful selection of hands to illustrate interesting and instructive points of 35 Bridge Quiz Ben Cohen 1960. bidding and play. Hundreds of well chosen questions and hypothetical situations, with answers 36 Bridge Quiz book Charles H Goren 1949. explained and discussed fully. 37 Bridge Quiz book Bernard Magee 1996 With 160 trivia questions and 80 full page Bridge problems. Bridge Why, When & How to use 38 Bill August 1993. the Take-out Double Most Bridge books are set at a rather high level. This one describes - in 39 Bridge with Aunt Agatha Freddie North 1983. somewhat lurid colour, perhaps - what most rubber Bridge is really like. A collection of hands from Gier Helgemo, one of the world's top players and 40 Bridge with Imagination David Bird & Geir Helgemo 2000. still in his 30's. No. Title Author Date Notes Defence - one of the most important aspects of Bridge play but an area that 41 Bridge : Defending Together Freddie North 2004.

7 Doesn't receive the attention it deserves. How to bid correctly to your own contracts while frustrating the aims of the 42 Building a Bidding System Roy Hughes 2005. enemy. Card Play Made Easy - Trump Ron Klinger & Andrew Aims to impart skill in Trump Management which are not too difficult to 43 1998. Management - Master Bridge Series Kambites recognise and to put into practice. 44 Card Play Technique Victor Mollo & Nico Gardener 1963 Long recognised as a card play classic. 45 Card Reading at Contract Bridge Marshall Miles 1964 How to reconstruct the concealed hands at the Bridge table. A collection of Bridge humour combining the best humour from two of Kantar's 46 Classic Kantar Eddie Kantar 1999. earlier books along with many new stories. The gold book of bidding and play gives a complete analysis of game bidding, 47 Contract Bridge - Complete Ely Culbertson 1947. lads and play in the 1940's. An old book covering the conventions and playing techniques in use during the 48 Contract Bridge - Red book on Play Ely Culbertson 1936.

8 Early days of Bridge . The right way to secure the battleground in Bridge . Shows you how to fight 49 Control the Bidding Paul Mendelson 2003 for the high ground or hustle your opponents beyond their safe level before a card is played. 50 Conventions Made Clear Ben Cohen & Rhoda Barrow 1966 A handbook to conventions at Contract Bridge . 51 Conventions Today Brian Senior 2001 The best and most popular conventions in every area of bidding explained. Culbertson's Summary of Contract 52 Ely Culbertson 1936 Bids and responses, leads and play. Bridge Whether you are interested in Bridge or in the people who play it, you will be 53 Cut for Partners S J Simon 1956 fascinated by the stories in this book following four characters playing rubber Bridge . The last book written by S J Simon before his death. No. Title Author Date Notes An up-to-the-minute discussion of the crucial area of bidding in the contested 54 Double Trouble Sally Horton 1993. auction which offers much needed ammunition to beginners and experts alike.

9 This book will enable readers to use, recognise and understand all the standard Easy Guide to Defensive Signals at 55 Julian Pottage 2005 defensive signals used in Bridge and to gain an awareness of alternative Bridge methods. The simple and easy way to learn the most popular system of bidding in the 56 Easy Guide to Five Card Majors Sally Brock & Barry Rigal 2004 world. Five Card Majors is a major feature of international Bridge play and an essential for any competitive player to master. Entertaining Bridge - Social Bridge How to start playing good rubber Bridge with minimum conventions and 57 Caroline Salt 2007. at Home maximum enjoyment - with recopies. Typical mistakes and how to avoid them. The authors have produced a complete Expert Tuition for Tournament 58 Raymond & Sally Brock 1998 set of deals from an imaginary tournament, all of which contain instructive Bridge points in the bidding and play. Covers the elements of card play for those whose Bridge playing careers have 59 First Principles of Card Play Paul Marston 1986 reached the point where, having perhaps concentrated on their bidding, they would like to play their cards well both as declarer and defender.

10 60 Fit for a King Sally Brock & Barry Rigal 2000 A collection of Bridge brilliancies. Rhoda Lederer and David Ther's a Bridge adage which says, "Let the opponents play the misfits - we'll 61 Fits and Misfits 1989. Griffith play the fits," and this book is concerned with the achievement of that ideal. 62 Fourth Suit Forcing Brian Senior 1995 Description of a convention that has become an integral part of modern Acol. For Love or Money - The Life of a Two of the worlds top Bridge journalists take you behind the scenes of the 63 Mark Horton & Brian Senior 2000. Bridge Journalist international Bridge circuit. 64 Games of Patience Miss Whitmore Jones 1940 A very old book . Probably published long before 1940! No. Title Author Date Notes 65 Guide to Better ACOL Bridge This book is addressed to the vast majority of Bridge players who are ready Ron Klinger 1988. Master Bridge Series and keen to rise above the basics. Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge Intermediate - written for the Bridge players who are ambitious enough to 66 Ron Klinger Master Bridge Series improve their bidding skills beyond the basics.