Project Gutenberg 2011-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 112 Elwell, J. B. (Joseph Bowne) 1874 1920 Elwell, Joseph Bowne Elwell, J.B. Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play" by J. B. Elwell is a comprehensive guide on the card game Bridge, written in the early 20th century. The book serves as an instructional resource aimed at beginners and intermediate players, discussing the rules and strategies necessary to play the game effectively. It covers essential topics including card cutting, dealing, declaring trumps, scoring, and specific strategies for various types of plays. The opening portion of the work lays a foundational understanding of Bridge, starting with the game's setup and the players' roles. Elwell explains the process of cutting the cards to determine play order and how to deal the cards. He details the game's objectives, emphasizing the importance of scoring both trick and honour points and introduces various rules for dealing, including guidelines for trump declarations and how to proceed during play. This section offers clarity and structure, ensuring readers can follow the game's fundamentals before delving deeper into more intricate strategies and techniques. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bridge whist GV Text Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Other 356995 357004 2024-09-16T06:08:10.462409 2023-09-16T12:23:58.691975 text/html text/html 340045 2011-11-13T16:01:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 147845 2011-11-13T16:02:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202954 2024-09-16T06:08:20.745823 application/epub+zip 203990 2024-09-16T06:08:12.354373 application/epub+zip 117305 2024-09-16T06:08:11.239377 application/epub+zip 395954 2024-09-16T06:08:26.314799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388898 2024-09-16T06:08:19.840819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324890 2022-09-17T11:14:29.295142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185305 185102 2024-09-16T06:08:08.406408 2023-09-16T12:23:56.846965 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 185206 2011-11-12T17:06:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54221 2011-11-13T16:02:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17989 2024-09-16T06:08:26.487773 application/rdf+xml 16085 2024-09-16T06:08:11.644358 image/jpeg 3738 2024-09-16T06:08:11.445370 image/jpeg 200813 2024-09-16T06:08:10.487388 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog