Whitehead Wilbur (83 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green cloth, gold letttering, solid. Games.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Very Good, internally clean, solid hardback First American Edition without a dust jacket. #.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Boards are lightly shelf worn, rubbed, and bumped.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (Bridge, Card Games) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

reprint. very good red binding.

Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ninth Printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. An original, vintage pocket guide from 1930 that details the rules of contract bridge, "complete in 20 pages". Edited by Winfield Liggett, Jr., who also wrote a Foreword. Vertical format, measuring 4.5" x 7.25" with 26 pages. Green, leatherette-type flexible covers. In generally very good condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Nice and clean inside and out. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 183 pages.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Publisher: Frederick A. StokesDate of Publication: 1931Binding: hardcoverEdition: 1931 with no other datesCondition: Very GoodDescription: This old book is clean, solid, and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 183 pages including several illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The covers are clean with some light edgewear. The front cover has a handsome illustration of playing cards.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good. UncleAndy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. DJ: none, BOOK: abv avg minus previous owner name penned & blind stamp to fep & dust to pg edges.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Unexpectedly uncommon book by one of the more influential players and authors on the game. Red boards lightly bumped and a bit mottled with a beverage ring on the back. Binding square and solid, frontispiece of the author.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG reddish cloth boards with black titles. 183 pages. The Whitehead system adopted by the Detroit Club. Fully illustrated. Features forcing bids and their responses. 12 mo. Reference.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, age tone. Content has light toning. Owner name to paste down. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (Viii), 278 Pp. Green Cloth, Beveled Edges, Topstain. First Printing, One Of 2000 Copies. This Heinemann Edition, Published Oct. 24Th, Was Preceded By The New York Edition Published On The 19Th. Well Preserved, Traces Of Light Rubbing At Corners, All Gilt Brilliant. Browning To Endpapers. Bookplate Of Wilbur Cherrier Whitehead (1866-1931), Who Was President Of The Simplex Automobile Company But Retired In 1910 To Devote Himself To Bridge. He Invented Several Conventions Of Bidding And Play And Was Instrumental In Standardizing Procedures In Auction Bridge And Later In Contract Bridge. Whitehead Was One Of The Members Of The Bridge Headquarters, A Group Of Experts Who Developed A Bidding System Named The Official System. Sidney Lenz (Another Bridge Headquarters Member) Deployed This System Against Ely Culbertson In The So-Called "Bridge Battle Of The Century" Of 1931. (Whitehead Had Helped Culbertson During Culberton's Early Days Of Poverty). Whitehead Was A Member Of The Team That Won The Vanderbilt Cup In Its First Year (1928) And Finished Second The Following Year. He Was A Contributing Editor Of Bridge World. He Wrote A Daily Bridge Column, "Sound Auction Bridge", Which Appeared In The New York Evening Journal. In 1930 He Donated The Whitehead Trophy, Which Is Still Given To The Winner Of The Whitehead Women's Pairs, An Annual Tournament.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, Surface of covers a little patchy, Corners a little worn, Top and bottom of spine a little bumped, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.