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The Library

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The Library - The Books held in the Club

Here, we list all the books held by Wakefield Bridge Club, which are in the main Bridge room, on the lower shelf near the computer station. These are free to borrow, and when you have read them, we would like you to return them, so that other members can enjoy them. This is an October 2024 updated version, as we seem to have gained over fifty more books, since the last update :-

A) Guide to better Acol bridge by Ron Klinger (1 copy)

C) Guide to better duplicate bridge by Ron Klinger   

H) Improve your bidding & play by Derek Rimington & Ron Klinger (2 copies)

J)  Card play made easy 2 by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites

K) Card play made easy 3 by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites  

L)  The right way to play bridge by Paul Mendelson

M) Ron Klinger answers your bridge questions by Ron Klinger    

N) Bridge conventions for you by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites

O) How good is your bridge hand by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites

P) Winning bridge - trick by trick by Ron Klinger

Q) Precision in the 90's by Barry Rigal

R) That elusive extra trick by Terence Reese & David Bird

S) Play Bridge with Reese by Terence Reese

T) How to improve your bridge by H.W.Kelsey (2 copies)

U) Contract killers by Phillip & Robert King

V) Bridge play technique by Pat Cotter & Derek Rimington

X) The blue club by Benito Garozzo & Leon Yallouze

Y) You need never lose at bridge by Victor Mollo

Z) The precision system of bridge by Charles H Goren

A1) Instructions for the defence by Jeremy Flint & David Greenwood

B1) All you need to know about play by Terence Reese & David Bird

C1) Murder in the menagerie by Victor Mollo

D1) Bridge for ambitious players by Terence Reese

E1) Canada's bridge warriors by Eric Murray & Sami Kehela
F1) Card by card by Roy Hughes

G1) Winning no trump leads by David Bird & Taf Anthias

H1) Winning suit contract leads by David Bird & Taf Anthias

J1) Acol in the 90's by Terence Reese & David Bird (2 copies)

K1) Bridge with the blue team by Pietro Forquet

L1) Bridge conventions complete by Amalya Kearse

M1) Bridge : TNT & competitive bidding by Dick Payne & Joe Amsbury

O1) The expert improver by Danny Roth

P1) More tales of Hoffman by Martin Hoffman

Q1) The official encyclopedia of bridge by Henry Francis, Alan Truscott & Dorothy Francis

R1) Probabilities and alternatives in bridge by Antonio Vivaldi & Gianni Barracho

U1) Bridge at ruff's club by Hubert Phillips

W1) Test your match play by H W Kelsey

X1) Bedside book of bridge by Collins

Y1) Play with the champions by Ron Klinger

Z1) Power acol by Ron Klinger

A2) Play to win at bridge by Ron Klinger

B2) Boris Schapiro on bridge by Boris Schapiro

C2) Play duplicate bridge at home by Rijk Van Der Krol

D2) Rubber bridge in a London club by Robert Sheehan  

E2) The education of a bridge player by Howard S Chenken

F2) Play it again, slam by Philip and Robert King

G2) Precision system of contract bridge bidding by Charles H Goren

H2) Play bridge with the experts by Derek Rimington

I2) Bridge card play by Marc Smith

J2) Sherlock holmes, bridge detective by Frank Thomas and George Gooden

K2) Moments of truth at the bridge table by R Jayaram

L2) Bridge below the belt by Larry Cohen and Liz Davis

M2) Better signalling now by Mark Horton

N2) Over Hoffman's shoulder by Martin Hoffman and Marc Smith

O2) Bridge in the fourth dimension by Victor Mollo

P2) Spot the bridge writer's blunder by Danny Roth

Q2) The Wei to good bridge by Kathie Wei-Sender and Martin Hoffman

R2) Imagination and technique in bridge by Tim Bourke and Martin Hoffman

S2) Bridge squeezes complete by Clyde E Love

T2) Acol in the 90's by Reese and Bird (2 Copies)

U2) Farewell my dummy by Phillip and Robert King

V2) The walk of the oysters by Rex Mackay

W2) The bridge adventures of Robin Hood by David Bird

X2) Defending against pre-empts by Brian Senior

Y2) Having nun partner by David Bird

Z2) Powerhouse hands by Albert Dormer

A3) Duplicate bridge by G C H Fox

B3) Double trouble by Sally Horton

C3) The winning edge by Jeremy Flint

D3) Your lead partner by Ben Cohen and Rhoda Lederer

E3) What would you bid by Terence Reese

F3) Defence in depth by Martin Hoffman

G3) Bridge quiz book by Bernard Magee

H3) The art of good bidding by Terence Reese and David Bird 

I3) Test your timing by Hugh Kelsey

J3) The hidden side of bridge by Terence Reese and David Bird

K3) Bridge quiz book by Victor Mollo

L3) More deadly than the male by Rixi Markus

M3) Play more bridge by Omar Sharif

N3) Match - Point bridge by H W Kelsey

O3) Why women win at bridge by Danny Roth

P3) Bridge : groundwork in play and defence by Danny Roth

Q3) Step by step : card play in no trumps by Robert Berthe and Norbert Lebely

R3) Winning play in tournament and duplicate bridge by Fred L Karpin

S3) Secrets of success by Tony Forrester

T3) Bridge : case for the defence by Victor Mollo 

The following books are still out on loan : -

A) Guide to better Acol bridge by Ron Klinger (1 copy)

B) Guide to better card play by Ron Klinger

D) Famous bridge disasters by David Bird

E) Winning declarer play by Dorothy Hayden Truscott

F) Why you still lose at bridge by Julian Pottage

G) Bid better, play better by Dorothy Hayden Truscott

I) Card play made easy 1 by Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites 

W) Playing bridge to win by Ron Klinger

I1) World class by Marc Class

N1) Bridge secrets by Julian Pottage

S1) 100 bridge problems by Mike Cappeletti

T1) The squeeze at bridge by Chien-Hwa Wang