The Play of the Cards: A Systematic Treatise on the Technique of Play at Auction or Contract [Bridge]. With the Rules of Contract as Adopted by the Committee of the Portland Club,1929
by Frank England and J. Hope Reford
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good+ HC, no DJ. Dark blue linen-grain cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on front cover and spine. Clean, square, lightly scuffed covers and spine; tightly bound; some age darkening of end papers; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple; 2 interior leaves with dog-ear creases at top fore corners. 12mo, 211 pp (paged 163 + 48); index for Rules section. Cf, OCLC #2007667.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17523
- Title
- The Play of the Cards: A Systematic Treatise on the Technique of Play at Auction or Contract [Bridge]. With the Rules of Contract as Adopted by the Committee of the Portland Club,1929
- Author
- Frank England and J. Hope Reford
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Thomas De La Rue and Co, no date [1930]
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- WHIST, CARDS, BRIDGE, PLAYING, GAMES, TABLE, HOYLE, BIDDING, STRATEGIES
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 12mo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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