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The Club Convention System of Bidding at Contract Bridge
by Harold S. Vanderbilt
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-033: Scribner. Very Good. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1964. 186 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Harold Vanderbilt to George Plimpton (he calls Plimpton his prize pupil) First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Vanderbilt Club was one of the earliest bidding systems in the game of contract bridge. It was devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who had in 1925 devised the game itself. It was published by him in 1929. It was the first strong club system. An updated version was published in 1964. As of 2017, it has long been obsolete. Vanderbilt was a very early bridge theorist, because in his 1929 book he explained in detail the reasoning upon which his system was based: "In many Contract hands it is essential that an original bidder be assured of a second opportunity to bid". E-033; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Last Exit Books
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- Title
- The Club Convention System of Bidding at Contract Bridge
- Author
- Harold S. Vanderbilt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- E-033
- Date Published
- 1964
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