English Whist and English Whist Players
Author : William Prideaux Courtney
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Whist
ISBN :
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Author : Daniel Pool
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 143914480X
Book Description
A “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell “Tally Ho!” at a fox hunt, or how one landed in “debtor’s prison,” this book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the “plums” in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner parties, country house visiting, and a host of other aspects of nineteenth-century English life—both “upstairs” and “downstairs. An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from “ague” to “wainscoting,” the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.
Rise and Fly
Author : Greg Morrison
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 030754432X
Book Description
“Proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles against mind.” —Edgar Allan Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” “Ha, ha, fool, ya lost! Rise and fly, %@#*!” —Uncle Ralph after running a Boston, Jones family reunion, 2002 Here’s a rollicking celebration and guide to bid whist, the official game of family reunions, cookouts, backyard barbecues, and house parties. In Rise and Fly, veteran journalists Greg Morrison and Yanick Rice Lamb explore the deeper secrets of the game, including: • strategies for beating the stuffing out of your opponents • hints for successful trash-talking • the official rules and exotic variations to keep things interesting • tips for organizing tournaments • resources for taking your game to the next level • a whole slew of recipes for whist-worthy snacks Full of history, lore, and the personal recollections of celebrities and regular folks alike, this is the first all-in-one book of bid whist, a treasure for anyone who’s ever pulled up to the table and been dealt in.
A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist
Author : Edmond Hoyle
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 38,98 MB
Release : 1747
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Card Games Properly Explained
Author : Arnold Marks
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0716022591
Book Description
If you have never played cards before, this book is the ideal introduction. Or if you have a basic idea of the rules of some games, it will help you extend your existing knowledge and add new games to your repertoire. You will learn all the basic rules, understand the reasons why players play certain cards, discover the winning strategies and always be able to play the right card at the right time. The book covers all the most popular card games, including: Whist, Solo, Napoleon, Clobbiosh, Belot, Black Maria, Piquet, Five Hundred, Poker, Brag, Cassino, Rummy, Kaluki, Gin Rummy, Canasta, Cribbage and Pontoon.
Duplicate Whist ...
Author : John T. Mitchell
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Duplicate whist
ISBN :
Book Description
Bid Whist
Author : Herman Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 13,3 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781410718723
Book Description
One of the joys of being a baseball fan is the uncovering of some of the bizarre and unusual happenings that occur each year in the game of baseball. This book explores those instances where a major league player, famous or obscure, does something never before done, and to this day has not been duplicated. Whether it be heroic, record-shattering or embarrassing it has found its way into the annals of baseball history and is brought out in this book.
Whist
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Whist
ISBN :
Book Description
Whist Score Sheets
Author : BenPluto Publishing
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Do you enjoy Playing Whist? Who doesn't? That's the reason we've created the BEST personal WHIST Score Sheets so you can easily track of all the scores. Features: 130 Score Pages. Large print, 8.5 x 11. Printed on Bright white paper. Double sided Non perforated Record all your scores. GET IT NOW and START HAVING FUN!
The Penguin Book of Card Games
Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0141916109
Book Description
The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.
