Games from Lems Bookshop

For anyone interested in play things and pastimes, their origins and relationship to contemporary society, and people who made them, sold them, or used and enjoyed them. 214 pages with over 200 black and white illustrations. Book (with Christmas inscription on front endpaper) and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Forty comprehensive lessons covering every detail of the game, instructing the beginner to learn about the sport and the experienced bowler determined to improve their game. 80 pages with black and white photographs and diagrams throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Assuming no previous knowledge the author describes each aspect of contract bridge from the beginning - the structure of the game, trick taking, scoring and bidding. Throughout the text over 200 examples of hands and deals, printed in two colours enable the reader to follow card by card the points the author makes. 62 pages. Book and dust jacket in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Discusses all aspects of the game from bidding to play and defence, recent developments and style. A selection of the best hands from the author's famous bridge column are used to illustrate original ideas on bridge. 208 pages. Book in very good+ condition with three minor ?coffee blotches on leading edge and a star stamp on bottom edge. Dust jacket… Saber más sobre este artículo

An easily used condensed form showing the essence of all the important points in bridge tips and instruction in this revised edition. 137 pages. Book in very good condition with previous owners signature on first page and light tanning. No dust jacket.

Teaches the average player winning tactics, the various areas where skill is vital, where the most costly mistakes are made, and works out a few astonishingly simple principles. 160 pages with 70 quizzes. Book (light tanning) and dust jacket (minor wear to edges) in very good condition.

Bridge Bidding from the basics to competition. 270 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on first page, stamp on publishing and last page, and reference and borrowing sleave remnants inside back cover and light tanning. Cover has some sticky tape outlines. No dust jacket.

The Rules of Bidding need to be understood before they can be applied and the author gives the Golden Rules for consistent and rational bidding to make a happier, better co-ordinated and more successful bridge partnership. 149 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on first pages and inside back cover and date on last page. Two… Saber más sobre este artículo

The author wrote a series of articles on Bridge for The Times and this is the best of them giving the reader a better appreciation of the game and an aid to becoming a better player. 175 pages. Book (light tanning) and dust jacket (price clipped) in very good condition. .

The author lays claim to being the originator of standardising those links that form the combination in the chain of correct procedure in learning to play bowls - a complete course of modern instruction. 184 pages with 23 black and white photographs and diagrams in the text. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

A unique collection of expert advice from thirty seven of the games greats created during the World Bowls 1980 Championship. Nearly 300 photographs illustrate 100 vital tips demonstrating that you can develop your own style and that there is more than one way to play the game of Bowls. 111 pages. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

Designed equally for the student, beginner or otherwise, and the teacher, coach or relative - but aimed at the student. The method teaches you how to execute each of the five tennis strokes in one count using your whole body and within the method the student develops his own style, 111 pages with photographs and diagrams throughout. Book in very… Saber más sobre este artículo

A practical guide for the good bowler to become a successful bowler. 142 pages with diagrams in the text. Book in very good condition with light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with small tears and chips at corners and top and bottom spine and small tear bottom front,

The right way for the beginner to the playing of the ancient game of bowls - safeguarded against committing many technical errors when stepping on the mat for the first time, and armed with the various types of shot most helpful for the beginner. 112 pages with 10 black and white photographs and many diagrams throughout. Book and dust jacket… Saber más sobre este artículo

A concise summary of the author's principles both in Bidding at Contract and of Leads and Play. Invaluable reminders for bridge players, and its clear arrangement and indexing shows at once the point required and a score-table according to the new laws is given. No date but 1935 recorded. 80 pages. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Revised and updated Fireside edition. Step by step to Championship Bridge Playing with the world's number one as your teacher -a clear and simple explanation of basic bridge for beginners, as well as the latest tips on technique and regulations to bring advanced players up to championship level. 142 pages. Book in good+ condition with tanning. This is a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Play Bridge in one week - each book in the series explains in the simplest and most entertaining way the innermost secrets of the experts and will both develop your natural enthusiasm for the game and noticeably improve your play. Three volume series: Bidding for Beginners, Declarer Play for Beginners, Defence for Beginners. Books in very good+ condition. Price is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Part of the Knight's Battles for Wargamers series. The historical context and data essential to deploy formations as they were. 79 pages with 4 diagrams and 3 maps. Book in very good+ condition with a chip on back cover and minor wear.

Book includes 225 puzzles, old and new brainteasers, logic tricks, number games and paradoxes. 224 pages. Book in very good- condition with some minor marks on first page and some marks to some edges last 20 pages and back end papers.