CULBERTSON'S SUMMARY OF CONTRACT BRIDGE
by ELY CULBERTSON
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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About This Item
USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1937 VERY NICE LOOKING GOLD BOOK WITH SLIGHTLY WORN BLACK PRINT ON FRONT, FOIL/PAPER GOLD BLACK AND RED PROTECTIVE JACKET WORN ON EDGES. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TABS FOR EASY REFERENCE ON RIGHT OF PAGES. NEW CULBERTSON SYSTEM AS PRESENTED IN THE GOLD BOOK OF BIDDING AND PLAY.NEW ALL BIDS ALL LEADS. EVERY QUESTION OF BIDDING AND PLAY, INCLUDED EXPOSITION OF LATEST METHODS ON SWING HANDS, PENALTY DOUBLES, NO TRUMPS, SUBSEQUENT BIDS AND ASKING BIDS. SCORING FRONT COVER, INDEX BACK COVER. GREAT BOOK FOR THE BRIDGE LOVER AND ENTHUSIAST. CULBERTSON'S PICTURE ON FRONT. Culbertson, Ely 1891-1955, American authority on contract bridge, b. Romania. His father was an American engineer then living in Romania, and his mother was of Russian parentage. Culbertson introduced the first successful system of bidding in contract bridge, wrote numerous books on the game, edited Bridge World magazine, wrote a widely read newspaper column on bridge, and won many bridge tournaments. After World War II he wrote and lectured on world peace, setting forth his plans in the book Must We Fight Russia? (1947). ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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- Antique Books Den (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000907
- Title
- CULBERTSON'S SUMMARY OF CONTRACT BRIDGE
- Author
- ELY CULBERTSON
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- CONTRACT BRIDGE, CARDS, BRIDGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous; EDUCATION;
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