List of contract bridge books. Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick takingcard game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge books deemed significant by various authors and organizations. HistoryeditBooks on bridge and its predecessor games have spanned centuries with the earliest known popular book on the subject of Whist having been published by Edmond Hoyle in 1. The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows 1. Whist from earlier games such as Ruff and Honours and Triumph. Whist is widely played with many variants in scoring methods similar games such as Vint and Khedive are also played. Evidence that Bridge Whist has emerged with John Collinsons four page pamphlet entitled Biritch, or Russian Whist. Earlier, in 1. Christian Vanderheid, an Austrian writer about card games, published Grndlicher Selbstunterricht zur Erlernung des Jarolasch oder das russische Whist Extensive Self teaching of Yeralash Jarolasch or Russian Whist. This site is designed to provide information about opportunities to play bridge, learn bridge or advance bridge skills at the Columbus Bridge Center. Bridge Master 2000 Free Download' title='Bridge Master 2000 Free Download' />Bridge Master 2000 FreeBridge Traduzione del vocabolo e dei suoi composti, e discussioni del forum. The game described by Vanderheid is almost identical to Collinsons Biritch, with the exception that it is not played with a dummy. Auction Bridge also known as Royal Auction Bridge and simply, Auction to the last publication of Laws of Auction Bridge by the Portland Clubc. Bridge Plafond emerges in France and Belgium and is essentially contract bridge without vulnerabilitylate 1. Harold Vanderbilt introducing the concept of vulnerability, large bonuses for slams and heavy penalties for undertricks. Within two years, Auction was swept off the tables in the dawn of modern contract bridge. Ely Culbertson rises to prominence in the USA as a self promoting bridge player, challenging his English and European counterparts to international matches all the while building a business empire based on his bridge writing and related investments. In the early Thirties, Acol is fashioned by S. J. Simon and Jack Marx, and eventually becomes the most popular bidding system in Britain. Culbertson publishes the first Encyclopedia of Bridge. Precursor gameseditThe following are books on the various precursor games to modern contract bridge the first books on contract bridge appeared in 1. Hoyle, Edmond 1. A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist Containing the Laws of the Game and also Some Rules. W. Webster Bath, London, 8. Bridge Master 2000' title='Bridge Master 2000' />Thomas Osborne London, 1. Edition, 1. 75. 0, 2. Hoyle, Edmond 1. Mr. Hoyles Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Backgammon Complete. Thomas Osborne, Stanley Crowder and Richard Baldwin London, 1. Edition, 2. 14 pages. Payne, William c. Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist, with all Necessary Calculations and the Laws of the Game. T. Payne Sons London. Mattews, Thomas 1. Advice to the Young Whist Player Containing Most of the Maxims of the Old School with Authors Observation on Those He Thinks Erroneous. Various editions to 1. W. Meyler and Son Bath, 4th Edition, 1. Cavendish, pseudonym of Henry Jones, M. R. C. S. 1. 86. 2. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained and its Practice Illustrated on an Original System by Means of Hands Played Completely Through. Spine title Cavendish on Whist. Thos. De La Rue Co. London, 1st Edition. Edition, 1. Edition, 1. Edition, 1. 87. 6, 2. Edition, 1. 87. 9, 2. Edition, 1. 88. 1, 2. Edition, 1. 88. 5, 2. Edition, 1. 89. 2, 3. Edition, 1. 89. 3, 3. Edition The Seventy fifth Thousand, 1. Edition The Eighty sixth Thousand, 1. Edition Containing the New Code of Laws Revised in 1. American Editions published by John Wurtele Lovell New York, 1. English Edition, 2. John Wurtele Lovell New York, 1. English Edition, 2. Charles Scribners Sons, 1. English Edition, 3. Baldwin, J. L. Clay, James 1. The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game Spine title Short Whist. Harrison London.   Second Edition, 1. First American Edition Henry Holt and Company New York, 1. New American edition from the second English Edition, 1. Pole, William January 1. Quarterly Review. Article on the evolution of Whist. Pole, William 1. The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist. Cover and spine title Pole on Whist. Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 7th Edition, 1. G. W. Carleton Co. Publishers London 1. Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 1. 4th Edition, 1. G. W. Carleton Co. Publishers London 1. Frederick A. Stokes New York, 1. Cavendish, pseudonym of Henry Jones 1. Whist Developments. Thos. De La Rue Co. London, 1. 72 pages. Pole, William 1. The Philosophy of Whist. Thos. De La Rue Co. London, 2. 18 pages. Foster, R. F. 1. 89. Fosters Whist Manual. Mudie and Sons London, 1st Edition. Brentanos New York, Chicago, Washington, 2nd Edition, 1. Frederick Warne and Co. Mudie and Sons, London, 2nd Edition, 1. Brentanos New York, Chicago, Washington, 3rd Edition with American Leads, 2. Thousand, 1. 89. 6, 1. Frederick Warne and Co. Mudie and Sons, London, 4th Edition, 1. Frederick Warne and Co. Mudie and Sons, London, 5th Edition, Thirty fifth Thousand, 1. Coffin, Charles Emmet 1. The Gist of Whist. J. Selwin Tait Sons. Brentanos New York, 5th Edition, 1. Hamilton, C. D. P. Modern Scientific Whist. Brentanos New York, 5. Pole, William 1. The Evolution of Whist. 1 2 All Email Nulled. Longmans, Green, and Co. New York, London, 2. Doe, John George Cavendish Benedict 1. The Bridge Manual. Mudie and Sons, London. Melrose, C. J. 1. Bridge Whist. Charles Scribners Sons, New York. Elwell, Joseph B. Bridge Its Principles and Rules of Play Cover and spine title Elwell on Bridge. Charles Scribners Sons New York. Elwell, Joseph B. Advanced Bridge The Higher Principles of the Game Analysed and Explained, and Their Application Illustrated, by Hands Taken from Actual Play Cover and spine title Elwells Advanced Bridge. George Newnes, London, 2. Charles Scribners Sons New York, 2. Edition, Charles Scribners Sons New York, 1. Pole, William 1. Whist. George Bell Sons London, New York, 1. Ames, Fisher 1. 90. The Game of Bridge. Little, Brown and Company Boston, 1. Valet de Pique 1. Bridge and Auction Bridge. Eveleigh Nash, London. Bergholt, Ernest c. Royal Auction Bridge. George Routledge Sons, London. People and cultureeditThe following books provide insights into the people and culture of contract bridge and while they may contain occasional references to certain technical aspects of the game, they are generally not instructional in theme. Fictional novels with a bridge theme are listed separately. Culbertson, Ely 1. The Strange Lives of One Man, An Autobiography. Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto The John C. Winston Comapany. Ramsey, Guy 1. 95. Aces All. London Museum Press Limited. Olsen, Jack 1. 96. The Mad World of Bridge. New York Holt, Rinehart Winston. Olsen, Jack May 2. The Mad World Of Bridge, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Time Inc., 1. Mackey, Rex 1. 96. The Walk of the Oysters An Unholy History of Contract Bridge. London W. H. Allen. Prentice Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs N. J. 1. 96. 5, 2. 17 pages. Reese, Terence 1. Story of an Accusation. New York Simon and Schuster. Mollo, Victor 1. The Bridge Immortals. New York Hart Publishing Company, Inc. Flint, Jeremy North, Freddie 1. Tiger Bridge The Game at The Top. London Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0 3. 40 1. Simon and Schuster New York, 1. Schenken, Howard 1. The Education of a Bridge Player. Simon and Schuster. Robert Hale London, 1.