Mini-Contract Bridge
by Paul and Mary Devenyi
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Pleasanton, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: REM Miniatures, 1968. 41 pp. Approximately 2 x 2 3/4". LIMITED EDITION of 29 copies, this being #28. Green leather over boards, blind-stamped design with playing card pasted-down on cover (King of Spades) and a smaller duplicate card attached to ribbon bookmark, gilt lettering on spine, patterned endpapers with silver gilt, letterpress on Zephyr Antique Laid Acid-free paper, signed by both authors on the colophon, in fine condition. Miniature Book Society Distinguished Book Winner for 2001 competition and that Exhibition Catalog is included with the miniature.A wonderful little book about the game of bridge. A short history section is followed by sections on bidding and playing of the cards. This was meant to be directed towards average or below-average social bridge players. A stunning miniature with a bonus ephemera item
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-002448
- Title
- Mini-Contract Bridge
- Author
- Paul and Mary Devenyi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Beaux Art Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- miniature
Terms of Sale
The Book Lair, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...