Anonymous, or Authors Anonymous, or bridge publications without the signature. This has been the case since the 19th century that many publications pertaining to the games of Whist, Auction Bridge, Duplicate Bridge, Plafond, Contract Bridge have been sent to the market without any indication of the author or authors.
It is also very likely and quite possible that many publications in the early days of the game and its evolution were published with a very limited edition. Many of the early players only wanted a memento for their libraries or to show to their friends, and the pages with the necessary information were no longer legible, reader, discernable, present, or apparent.
For whatever reason for the state of anonymity we hope to compile a list of these publications and provide as much information as possible.
Académie universelle des jeux, nouvelle édition, tome premier, chez Amable Leroy imprimeur-Libraire, Lyon, 1810
Advanced Auction Bridge: with many illustrations of hands from the actual play, by the expert of the New York Sun; including the Official Laws of Auction Bridge as adopted 1910 by the Whist Club of New York and revised to October 1911, published in 1911
Note: A summary of this publication, author unknown except for the insinuation that the author is the expert of the New York Sun is presented in a .pdf file format, written for The Publisher's Weekly, January 20, 1912, by Mr. Fremont Rider. The Publisher's Weekly was an American Book-Trade Journal, with which is incorporated the American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, and established in the year 1850 in New York, New York, United States.
A Hand At Bridge, Source: Bridge and Auction Bridge by W. Dalton, 1910, Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Bibliography, page 361
Aftonbladets bridgebibliotck, 1949, Stockholm, Sweden, LC: 50056670
A Guide To The Game of Bridge, Source: Bridge and Auction Bridge by W. Dalton, 1910, Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Bibliography, page 361
Basic Bridge, Publisher: Dell
Bridge e club: la rivista mensile dei giocatori e degli amici del bridge: nuova serie del Bridge italiano e internazionale, November-December 1961, Periodical, Publisher: published in Livorno, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
Bridge Players Almanack, c1932, The Bridge World, New York, New York, United States, LC: ca 33000118
Bridge Secrets Of A Winner, c1971, Publisher: Tred Publishing Company
Bridge Tips From The Masters, c1981, Edited by Terence Reese, Foreword by Richard L. Frey, Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York, New York, United States, ISBN: 0517544644 / ISBN-13: 978-0517544648, LC: 81004497; also Publisher: Outlet Book Company Staff; also 1988, Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Card Games, Publisher: HarperEssentials/ HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN-10: 0060534575 / ISBN-13: 9780060534578 / ISBN-10: 0-06-053457-5
Code International del Bridge, 1932, Du Auction Bridge, Du Bridge-Plafond, Du Contract Bridge
Contract Bridge, c1958, Publisher: Niblick Publishing Company, London, England, LC: 58004472
Contract Bridge, 1920, Publisher: P.R. Reynolds, New York, New York, United States, LC: 20012375
Contract Bridge, 1964, Publisher: Educational Productions, London, England, LC: 64056369
Contract Bridge, Second Edition, c1958, (also 1964), Publisher: Educational Productions, London, England, LC: 64056369
Contract Bridge, First Edition, 1958, Publisher: Niblick Publishing Co., London, England, LC: 58004472
Contract Bridge For the Auction Bridge Player, Revised Edition, c1934, Publisher: Keystone Press, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, LC: ca 35000022
Contract Bridge Simplified, c1930, Publisher: The Lewis Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, LC: 30001195
Corso di avvicinamento al bridge, Italy
Das Whistspiel, oder Bekanntmachung, wie jedermann darin glücklich zu spielen im Stande ist, 1808, Publisher: published in Nordheim, Germany. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Der Fertige Whist und Bostonspiele: Eine Anleitung diese Spiele nach ihren Regeln gründlich zu erlernen, 1844, Publiserh: published in Berlin, Germany. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Also reprinted in 1850, Berlin, Germany.
Dohna. Bridge Allerlei, 1935, Publisher: Broschek & Co., Hamburg, Germany, LC: 36019115, as listed in the records of the Library of Congress.
Note and Summary: This publication is most likely titled Bridge Allerlei: Das System Culbertson, authored by Graf zu Dohna. The actual and full name is Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (born October 15, 1882 - died September 14,1944) and he was a German Major General and German Resistance fighter in the July 20 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia. Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten was born in Waldburg near Königsberg, East Prussia. He began his career as a professional soldier and was already an ensign (Fahnenjunker) by 1901. In the First World War, he functioned as a General Staff officer until he had to leave the army in 1919. Also in 1919, Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten became a member of the Baltic Army Division (Baltische Landwehr) until, on ethical grounds, he chose to leave the military for good, which he succeeded in doing at first. Since Nazism was not to his liking, he also found himself active in the Confessing Church's Brother Council (Bruderrat) in East Prussia. In 1939, Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten was remobilized as a General Staff officer and was appointed as Chief of Staff in Defence District I in Königsberg, later to be promoted to Chief of Staff, Army Group Middle. He acted as a corps leader in France, Norway and Finland.
Dohna-Schlobitten's last post was as major general and Chief of the Acting General Command in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), before leaving the Wehrmacht at his own request in 1943. Thereafter, he earned his livelihood from farming in Tolksdorf in East Prussia. Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten kept contacts with Carl Friedrich Goerdeler and was soon involved in Helmuth James von Moltke's Kreisau Circle through Peter Yorck von Wartenburg. After the coup d'état, Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten was foreseen as East Prussia's new provincial administrator. The day after Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg's failed attempt on Hitler's life with a briefcase bomb, Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten was arrested, and on September 14, 1944, he was sentenced to death at Roland Freisler's Volksgerichtshof. The sentence was carried out the same day at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.
DUMMY (Princesse V.D.S.) Manuel de Bridge, Publisher: E. Flammarion, sans date (1914)
Draw Bridge: A Game For Two Players, Source: Bridge and Auction Bridge by W. Dalton, 1910, Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Bibliography, page 361
Duplicate Whist, Kalamazoo Method: Conventional Whist in a Nutshell, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Publisher: Ihling Bros. & Everard, c1893, Source: Taxe
Easy Lessons In Auction Bridge - c1926, Publisher: US Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, LC: 27000573
Easy Lessons In Auction Bridge - Reprint c1928, Publisher: US Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, LC: 28024157
Epitome of Bridge, Source: Bridge and Auction Bridge by W. Dalton, 1910, Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Bibliography, page 361
Grand Slam (Comte de R.), 1904, Le Bridge, Hachette et Cie
Handbüchlein Für Whist-Spieler, Zweite Auflage (Second Edition), 1882, Publisher: published in Celle, Germany. Also reprint in 1839 and a New Edition in 1843, published in London, England. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Il bridge a Brescia, 2. Edition, 1969, Publisher: Poligrafico Artioli, Milano and Modena, Italy, A cura di A. Adamoli. - In testa al front.: Associazione Brescia bridge; also 1972, 3rd Edition, Publisher: Grafica Centonze, Como, Italy
Il bridge in cucina, Italy
Il gioco e il controgioco, Italy
Il Giuoco del Bridge Ponte: 1000 é una curiositá, (35 pages), Date: 1930/1940
Illustriertes Whist-Buch: Theorie und Praxis des Whistspiels zur gründlichen Erlernung für Anfänger und Geübtere, mit zahlreichen illustrierten Spiel-Aufgaben, 1882, Publisher: published in Breslau, Poland. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
International Bridge Test, Complete Record of Bidding, Play and Scores in "Duplicate" Contract Bridge Match Between England and America, 1930, Introduction by Lieut.-Col. Walter Buller, Publisher: 'News-Chronicle' Publications Department, London, England, LC: 31020736
Laws of Contract Bridge, c1928, Publisher: W. Ferguson, New York, New York, LC: ca 28000780
Le Bridge-Plafond, (Bridge A Trois, Bridge Intégral), 1926, Paris, France, Plon-Nourrit et cie, LC: 2800320
Lerne Bridge!: Praktisches und Wissenschaftliches für Jeden, Perlen-Reihe, Band 642, 1951, Publisher / Verlag: Adalbert Pechan, Wien, Austria
Note: Perlen-Reihe is a publishing house in Vienna, Austria, which published or had published publications of interest. See also: A. Kendler.
Le Whist rendu facile, suivi d’un traité du Whist de Gand, du Boston de Fontainebleau, du Boston russe, Paris, Garnier Fréres, 1855
Manuale di bridge. Vol.1: Il gioco, Italy
Manuale di bridge. Vol.2: La licitazione, Italy
Manuel de Bridge par Dummy, 1913, Publisher: Éditeur E. Flammarion, Paris, France
Maxims For Playing The Game of Whist, 1773 (and reprint 1791), Publisher: published in London, England. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Medlemsmatrikel Spelprogram m m, 1990-1991, Publisher: Skänes, Bridgeförbund
Ottava olimpiade di bridge, Italy
Progetto bridge a scuola. Eserciziario, Italy
Rules For Playing The Game of Bridge Whist, Source: Bridge and Auction Bridge by W. Dalton, 1910, Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Bibliography, page 361
Short Rules For Modern Whist: Extracted From the Quarterly Review of January 1871, Publisher: Quarterly Review, London, England. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Standard Italia, Italy
The American Laws of Bridge, New York, New York, United States, C. Scribner’s Sons, 1905
The Bridge Player's Encyclopedia, 1967, (authored / commissioned by the American Contract Bridge League), Publisher: Paul Hamlyn, London, England
Note: Nearly all the entries in this Encyclopedia fall within five main categories: technical (bidding and play); historical; procedural (tounament organisation, laws etc.); biographical and geographical; termminological.
Historical: Every effort has been made to trace the history of the Amercan Contract Bridge League and other major organisations.
Procedural: The Laws of both Rubber Bridge and Duplicate Bridge are given in full, and these include a number of clarifications agreed upon by the international lawmaking bodies after the publication of the 1963 Codes.
Biographical and Geographical: Over fifty bridge-playing countries throughout the world are listed, in addition to over five hundred of their players.
Terminological: The editors have attempted to list and define all terms, both regular and colloquial, in common use throughout the English-speaking bridge world. For bridge terms in other languages, the reader is reffered to thr GLOSSARY.
The Humours of Whist: A Dramatic Satire, As Acted Every Day at White's and other Coffee Houses and Assemblies, 1743, Publisher: published in London, England. Vid. Polite Gamester. Source: A Bibliography Of Playing Cards, Compiled by Albert F. Frey, of the Astor Library, printed in The Bookmart, A Monthly Magazine Of Literary and Library Intelligence, August 1886, Volume IV, No. 39, published by Bookmart Publishing Co., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
The International Contract Bridge System: A New and Accurate Bidding System - Easily Learned and Applied, c1934, Publisher: International, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, LC: ca 35000123
The Vienna System Of Contract Bridge Bidding, c1934, Publisher Ryan & Hart Co., Chicago, Illinois, United States, LC: ca 35000240
Traité du Jeu de Bridge, Dummy Bridge, Auction Bridge, Draw Bridge, Pirate Bridge, Bridge Opposition, Bridge Plafond, Éditeur JLR, 1918
Vanity Fair's Bridge Problems, Edited and Arranged by R.F. Foster, c1932, Publisher: H. Liveright, New York, New York,United States, LC: 32004322
When To Play Bridge (Contract) And How!, c1933, authors: Belle Bart, Lewis C. Frank, Irvin Cy Huston, Russell Roosen, Ellis Samuel, with interesting comments by E. A. Batchelor, Publisher: L.C. Frank, Detroit, Michigan, United States, LC: 33003462
Whist Rules In Rhyme, c1889, 'Corporate Name': Scientific Pattern Co., Boston, Massachusetts, United States, LC: ca 05001801
World Championship Contract Bridge Team Matches, (date and publisher unknown), LC: 59042942
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