Official system contract bridge book (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good hardcover with similar dust jacket. Text clean. Edges of pages browning. Slight spine lean. Edges of cover lightly fading. Dustwrapper worn and torn on all edges. Dustwrapper spine browned.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked felt. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. ; 236 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , iii-vi, 236 p. 18 cm. Subjects: Contract bridge. 1 Kg.

Small 8vo. Brown gilt-stamped suede, dust jacket. vi, 236pp. Line drawings. Pictorial front endsheet, text rear endsheet. Very good/good. Jacket well worn and with large paper loss at center of jacket spine -- overall attractive nonetheless. Tight, clean first edition.

Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration; 5.25 by 7.5 inches; 236 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with age/hand soiling on the cloth.

First Edition. A good plus copy in the original gilt-blocked suede cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, toning, with some minor marking, and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 236 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , iii-vi, 236 p. 18 cm. Subjects: Contract bridge. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Foxing on the foredge else fine in handsome near fine dustwrapper with light wear.

First edition of this official Prohibition era manual to the game of contract bridge; warmly inscribed by Warren Buffett to his long-time bridge partner and close personal friend Sharon Osberg. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Buffett on the title page, "To Sharon - This was the nursery book my mother read to me at age 1. Unfortunately she emphasized Chapter 17. Love, Warren." Sharon Osberg is a close friend of both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and has coached both on the game of bridge, for which she has won several championships and awards. Chapter 17, which Buffett here refers to, discusses the subject of overbidding and how it can be either a disastrous move or a smart tactic. In very good condition. An exceptional association. From the library of Sharon Osberg. Warren Buffett has earned a reputation as a die-hard bridge player, often playing competitively with Sharon Osberg and Bill Gates. He has likened the game to investing, both of which require making intelligent decisions based on available information and probabilities. "[Bridge] has got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes.In the stock market you don't base your decisions on what the market is doing, but on what you think is rational.Bridge is about weighing gain/loss ratios. You're doing calculations all the time" (Forbes, Buffett on Bridge). In 2006, Buffett began sponsoring his own biannual tournament, the Buffett Cup, which is played every other September. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. A couple of little spots on the boards, near fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with a bit of light chipping.