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25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
Author	Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith
Language	English
Genre	Contract Bridge
Published	1999 (Master Point Press)
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print
Pages	224
ISBN	978-1-894154-07-9

List of contract bridge books

Bibliographies

Mike Lawrence

Balancing (Championship Bridge Series), No. 18, Volume 2/0218, Edited by Ron Anderson, 1981, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN/ASIN: B00072HUQI, OCLC: 30317050

Disturbing Opponent's No Trump, 1995, Publisher: C&T Bridge Supplies, Los Alamitos, California, ISBN/ASIN: 1885691084, OCLC: 41284217

Double! New Meanings for an Old Bid, 2002, Publisher: C&T Bridge Supplies, Los Alamitos, California, ISBN: 1885691165, OCLC: 63172040

Dynamic Defence, c1982, Publisher: Devyn Press, Shelbyville, Kentucky, ISBN: 0910791015, OCLC: 9754112; also 1985, Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies, ISBN/ASIN: 0910791015

Falsecards, 1986, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN: 0910791473, OCLC: 19110326; also c2003, Publisher: Squeeze Books, Poughkeepsie, New York, ISBN: 1587761270, OCLC: 62219265; also 2003, Publisher: Vivisphere Publishing, ISBN/ASIN: 1587761270

How to Play Card Combinations: Unlocking the Secrets, 1989, Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies, ISBN: 0910791635, OCLC: 20271306

How to Read Your Opponents Cards, The Bridge Experts Way to Locate Missing High Cards, c1973, Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, ISBN: 0134311221 and 0134311140, OCLC: 632380, LC: 73007820; also 1973, reprint 1991, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN: 0910791481 / 0134311221 / 0134311140, LC: 73007820; also 1985, Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies; also 1992, Publisher: Hale, London, ISBN: 0709047584

I Fought the Law of Total Tricks, co-author Anders Wirgren, c2004, Publisher: Mikeworks, Brentwood, Tennessee, ISBN: 0976299917, OCLC: 61763495

Judgment at Bridge: What Went Wrong? Avoid the Common Errors, c1976, Introduction by Alfred Sheinwold, Publisher: Max Hardy Publications, Hawthorne, California, ISBN: 0910791813, LC: 80123381, OCLC: 6626940; also 1976, Publisher: Baron Barclay Supplies, ISBN-10: 0910791813 and ISBN-13: 978-0910791816, LC: 80123381

Major Suit Raises, 1983, Publisher: C&T Bridge Supplies, Los Alamitos, California, ISBN/ASIN: B00071OCA6, OCLC: 20009280

Mike Lawrence's Bidding Quizzes I: The Uncontested Auction, 1991, Publisher: Lawrence & Leong Publications, ISBN-10: 1877908029 / ISBN-13: 978-1877908026, LC: 90091520, OCLC: 25966447; also c1990, Publisher: Lawrence & Leong Publishing, Oakland, California, ISBN-10: 1877908029 / ISBN-13: 978-1877908026, OCLC: 25966447

Mike Lawrence's Workbook on the Two-Over-One System, 1982, reprint 1987 and 1990, Publisher: Max Hardy Publications, Hawthorne, California, ISBN: 0939460351, LC: 90159351, OCLC: 17446255; also 1987, Publisher: Prima Publishing, ISBN/ASIN: 0939460009

Michael Lawrence's Opening Leads, 1996, Publisher: C&T Bridge Supplies, Los Alamitos, California, ISBN/ASIN: 1885691068, OCLC: 41284184

Opening Leads Flipper, co-author Ron Klinger, (Notes: Based on Mike Lawrence's and Ron Klinger's acclaimed book Opening Leads for ACOL players, 1997), 1996, reprint 1998, Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing, ISBN/ASIN: 0575066318; also c1998, Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London, England, ISBN: 0575066318, OCLC: 42135344

Opening Leads for Acol Players, Master Bridge Series, co-author Ron Klinger, 1997, Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing, ISBN/ASIN: 0575065028; also 1997, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in Association with Peter Crawley, ISBN: 0575065028, OCLC: 41243987

Overcalls, (Championship Bridge Series), No. 17, Volume 2/0217, Edited by Ron Anderson, 1981, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN/ASIN: B00072HUQ8, OCLC: 30317033; also 1992

Overcalls And Takeout Doubles, (Future Champions' Bridge Series), Edited by Audrey Grant, 1989, Publisher: Devyn Press / Baron Bridge Supplies, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN/ASIN: B00072HTUU, OCLC: 30309336

Partnership Understandings, c1985, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN: 0910791082, OCLC: 18495380

Play a Swiss Teams of Four With Mike Lawrence, 1982, Publisher: Max Hardy Publications, Hawthorne, California, ISBN: 093946019X, LC: 84223798, OCLC: 11548123; also 1982, Publisher: Baron Barclay Supplies, ISBN-10: 091079183X and ISBN-13: 978-0910791830

Play Bridge With Mike Lawrence, 1983; also 1982, Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge, ISBN-10: 0910791090 and ISBN-13: 978-0910791090, OCLC: 12041303; also 1986, Publisher: Devyn Press, Louisville, Kentucky, ISBN: 0910791090

David Bird

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All Hands On Deck!, 2000, Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London), Edition 1, ISBN: 0575068477, ASIN: 0575068477

Another 52 Great Bridge Tips, 2007, Publisher: Batsford, ISBN-10: 0713490489 and ISBN-13: 978-0713490480

Beaten By The Masters, 2001, Publisher: Cassell, London, Edition 1, ISBN: 0304357715, ASIN: 0304357715

Old wiki

‘‘Acol in the 90s’’ Hale 1990
‘‘All hands on deck!’’ Gollancz 2000
‘‘All you need to know about bidding’’ Gollancz 1992
‘‘All you need to know about play’’ Gollancz 1993
‘‘Another 52 great bridge tips Batsford 2006
‘‘Bachelor bridge’’ Gollancz 1994
‘‘Beaten by the masters’’ Gollancz 2001
‘‘Bridge cardplay made easy’’ Finesse 2003
"Bridge endplays for everyone" Master Point 2008
‘‘Bridge for money’’ Finesse 2002
‘‘Bridge hands to make you laugh & cry’’ Batsford 2004
‘‘Bridge over troubled waters’’ Cassell 2002
‘‘Bridge squeezes for everyone’’ Master Point 2002
‘‘Bridge Technique: Deceptive card play’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Defensive signaling’’ Master Point 2001
‘‘Bridge Technique: Eliminations & throw-ins Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Entry management’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Planning suit contracts’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Planning the play in NT’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Planning defense’’ Master Point 2001
‘‘Bridge Technique: Reading the cards’’ Master Point 2001
‘‘Bridge Technique: Safety plays’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge Technique: Squeezes made simple’’ Master Point 2001
‘‘Bridge Technique: Tricks with finesses’’ Master Point 2001
‘‘Bridge Technique: Tricks with trumps’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Bridge: the modern game’’ Faber 1983
‘‘Bridge - Tricks of the trade’’ Gollancz 1989
‘‘Bridge with a feminine touch’’ Gollancz 1996
‘‘Bridge with imagination’’ Finesse 2000
‘‘Cardinal sins’’ Gollancz 1991
‘‘Divine intervention’’ Gollancz 1995
‘‘Doubled and venerable’’ Gollancz 1987
‘‘Famous bidding decisions’’ Gollancz 1996
‘‘Famous bridge disasters’’ Gollancz 1999
‘‘Famous bridge records’’ Cassell 2002
‘‘Famous hands from famous matches’’ Maxwell 1991
‘‘Famous leads and defences’’ Gollancz 1998
‘‘Famous play decisions’’ Gollancz 1997
‘‘Having nun, partner?’’ Finesse 2000
‘‘Heavenly Contracts Weidenfeld 2007
‘‘How the experts do it’’ Faber 1985
"How to play winning bridge" Anness 2008
‘‘How to win at bridge in 30 days’’ Batsford 1998
‘‘Inspired cardplay’’ Cassell 2003
‘‘Kosher bridge’’ Gollancz 1992
‘‘Kosher bridge 2’’ Gollancz 1994
‘‘Miracles of cardplay’’ Gollancz 1982
‘‘Make a start at bridge’’ Faber 1994
‘‘Naturals v Scientists’’ Probray 1992
‘‘Notrump contracts’’ D&B 2003
‘‘Off-road Declarer Play’’ Master Point 2006
‘‘Omar Sharif talks Bridge’’ Finesse 2004
‘‘Practise your suit combinations’’ Bridge Plus 2000
‘‘Practise your defence v pre-empts’’ Bridge Plus 1999
‘‘Robin Hood’s bridge memoirs’’ Batsford 1997
‘‘Saints and sinners’’ Master Point 2000
‘‘Secrets of expert card play’’ Batsford 1997
‘‘Secrets of expert defence’’ Batsford 1999
‘‘Teach Yourself Better Bridge’’ Hodder 2005
‘‘Teach Yourself Bridge’’ Hodder 1998
‘‘Ten ways to improve your bridge’’ Gollancz 2000
‘‘Test Your Technique:Avoidance Play’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Deceptive play’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Defending NT contracts’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Defending suit contracts’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Elimination play’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Endplays’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Entry management’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Planning NT Contracts’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Planning suit contracts’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Reading the Cards’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Safety Plays’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘Test Your Technique:Simple Squeezes’’ Master Point 2004
‘‘That elusive extra trick’’ Gollancz 1994
‘‘The Abbot & the sensational squeeze’’ Gollancz 1999
‘‘The Abbot’s great sacrifice’’ Cassell 2003
‘‘The art of good bidding’’ Fabers 1982
‘‘The bridge adventures of Robin Hood’’ Batsford 1995
‘‘The hidden side of bridge’’ Faber 1988
‘‘The magic of bridge’’ Finesse 2001
‘‘The Rabbi’s magic trick’’ Gollancz 1998
‘‘Tournament Acol’’ Gollancz 1995
‘‘Tricks of the trade’’ Gollancz 1989
‘‘Unholy tricks’’ Gollancz 1984
‘‘Win at bridge in thirty days’’ Faber 1990
‘‘25 bridge myths exposed’’ Master Point 2002
‘‘25 more bridge conventions’’ Master Point 2003
‘‘25 ways to take more tricks as declarer’’ Master Point 2003
‘‘25 ways to be a better defender’’ Master Point 2006
‘‘52 great bridge tips’’ Batsford 2004
‘‘52 great bridge tips on declarer play’’ Batsford 2005

OEB book ranking test table

Author(s)	Title	First Edition	Mandatory in a Modern Bridge Library	A Technical Advance in Bridge	Referenced in OEB Edition(s)	Main Subject(s)
Areese, Terence	Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Bridge	19xx	Y	Y	1,2	Play
Reese, Terence	Modern Bidding and the Acol System	19xx	Y		3,4	Bidding
Creese, Terence	The Expert Game	19xx		Y	5	Bidding and Play

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