FOSTER, R. F.

Foster's Russian Bank a Card Game for Two Players

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1929. New Edition; 6th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear, along with noticeable spots of fading and discoloration to the front foredge and the entire rear panel. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous bookstore sticker on the rear pastedown page. "Russian Bank is a gradual development from various forms of Solitaire, especially one which has been known since 1910 as Crapette, which seems to be a coined word. The game provides excellent training for both observation and judgment and has many surprising alternatives, owing to the infinite possibilities of the distribution of two packs of fifty-two cards each. It is impossible for any two games of Russian Bank to be even remotely alike, and even with exactly the same distribution of the cards the outcome may vary in countless ways. Another point in its favor is that each player is as much concerned in his opponent’s moves as in his own, the interest never flagging for a moment. " (from Wikisource). Very Good- .

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Book number: 38850

Catalogue: Card Games

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KANTAR, EDWIN B.

Roman Key Card Blackwood the Untold Story

Ballston Lake, NY: Granovetter Books, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Kantar started writing about bridge with an article on notrump bidding in the December 1954 of The Bridge World. He has written more than 35 bridge books and he is a regular contributor to the ACBL Bridge Bulletin (with two monthly columns) , The Bridge World, and Bridge Today. In a survey of bridge writers and players taken in 1994, Complete Defensive Play was among the top 20 of all-time favorite bridge books. Six of his books have won the American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) award for Best Book of the Year. Kantar writes at home in California and lectures on bridge cruises. He also teaches occasionally in the Los Angeles area as well as lectures several times a year in various resort areas in the U. S. And Canada. When not writing about bridge, Eddie can be found at Venice Beach playing paddle tennis, a sport in which he has also garnered several trophies. Eddie is the only person ever to have played in a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40569

Catalogue: Card Games

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