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Date: 09 Mar 2008 10:53:33
From: samsloan
Subject: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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I have two books in front of me:
"The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Louis H. Watson author of Watson
on the Play of the Hand published in 1934
and
"Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge" new edition
enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.published in 1959
Amazon lists 17 different books by Watson. However, I suspect that
most of them are the same book over and over again, just with the
title slightly restated.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&rh=n%3A1000%2Cp%5F27%3ALouis%20H%20Watson&page=2
Does anybody know the answer to this question?
Also, who was Louis H. Watson? When did he die? Is his biography
available anywhere?
Sam Sloan
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 20:25:58
From: Rob
Subject: Re: copyright?
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On 19, 10:03 pm, The Historian <[email protected] >
wrote:
> On 19, 9:57 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 19, 7:28 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On 19, 6:25 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > On 19, 6:04 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
>
> > > > > In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
>
> > > > > Sam Sloan
>
> > > > It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball
>
> > > The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
> > > author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
> > > a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
> > > dead or alive.
>
> > > Sam Sloan
>
> > God, Sloan! It must be tough knowing Everything about Everything! LOL
>
> > The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. -- Any copyright still in
> > its renewal term at the time that the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
> > Extension Act becomes effective shall have a copyright term of 95
> > years from the date copyright was originally secured.
>
> How does that relate to a book that very well may have been in the
> public domain well before that date?
I didn't say anything related to that book. I said the copyright law
had been modified since 1978
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 20:03:30
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: copyright?
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On 19, 9:57 am, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 19, 7:28 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 19, 6:25 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On 19, 6:04 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
>
> > > > In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
>
> > > > Sam Sloan
>
> > > It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball
>
> > The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
> > author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
> > a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
> > dead or alive.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> God, Sloan! It must be tough knowing Everything about Everything! LOL
>
> The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. -- Any copyright still in
> its renewal term at the time that the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
> Extension Act becomes effective shall have a copyright term of 95
> years from the date copyright was originally secured.
How does that relate to a book that very well may have been in the
public domain well before that date?
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 20:01:47
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: copyright?
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On 19, 7:28 am, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 19, 6:25 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 19, 6:04 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
>
> > > In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
>
> > > Sam Sloan
>
> > It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball
>
> The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
> author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
> a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
> dead or alive.
>
> Sam Sloan
And that would probably help explain why the book was reissued 24
years after first publication.
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 07:57:29
From: Rob
Subject: Re: copyright?
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On 19, 7:28 am, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 19, 6:25 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 19, 6:04 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
>
> > > In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
>
> > > Sam Sloan
>
> > It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball
>
> The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
> author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
> a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
> dead or alive.
>
> Sam Sloan
God, Sloan! It must be tough knowing Everything about Everything! LOL
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. -- Any copyright still in
its renewal term at the time that the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
Extension Act becomes effective shall have a copyright term of 95
years from the date copyright was originally secured.
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 05:28:17
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: copyright?
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On 19, 6:25 am, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 19, 6:04 am, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
>
> > In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball
The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
dead or alive.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 04:04:09
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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You obviously know nothing about copyright law.
In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 19:07:17
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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My book will be much better in appearance than the Sam Fry book
because I will have blown it up to 6 x 9. The print quality will be
better and fonts will be larger and easier and more pleasant to read.
This is because I have access to high tech equipment that produces
perfect reproductions in 600 dpi.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 18:18:36
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 18, 8:07 pm, Andrew <[email protected] > wrote:
> In the US these books may be in the public domain. In the US:
>
> 1. All books published before 1923 are in the public domain
>
> 2. All books published between 1923 and 1963 are in the public domain
> unless their copyright was renewed by the copyright holder within 28
> years of publication at the Library of Congress
>
> 3. All books published since 1964 are not in the public domain
>
> Andrew
Right, exactly.
Every time I reprint a book I first check with the copyright office
and Library of Congress in Washington DC to make sure that I have the
right to reprint it, except of course in those cases where the author
has asked me to reprint his book, such as for example in the case of
"Elista Diaries" where a former world chess champion asked me to
reprint a book of his that had gone out of print.
Book sales are down world-wide as everybody reads the Internet now, so
many authors have been asking me to reprint their books just to get
them back in circulation again.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 17:13:20
From: Tim
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 18, 4:48 pm, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> The rest of the
> book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
> obsolete (I think).
Honor tricks are not quite obsolete as an evaluation tool, but
probably pretty close.
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 20:30:45
From: Bob Lipton
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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Tim wrote:
> On 18, 4:48 pm, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The rest of the
>> book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
>> obsolete (I think).
>
> Honor tricks are not quite obsolete as an evaluation tool, but
> probably pretty close.
Just because a lot of people play without learning them doesn't mean
they're obsolete. They're a very useful evaluation along with Work
Count and losing ticks.
Bob
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 17:07:06
From: Andrew
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 18, 3:44 pm, J=FCrgen R. <[email protected] > wrote:
> "samsloan" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitragnews:fe745dfd-fc1b-=
[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > The two Watson books were both published in 1934. It is not possible
> > to determine which was published first because they both cite the
> > other one.
>
> > However, there is a big difference between them. "Watson on the Play
> > of the Hand at Contract Bridge" is 492 pages, a very dense book. It
> > only deals with the play of the hand.
>
> > "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Watson in only 348 pages and only
> > 147 of those pages deal with the play of the hand. The rest of the
> > book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
> > obsolete (I think).
>
> > What most have probably read is the updated version of "Watson on the
> > Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge" updated by Sam Fry in 1958 and
> > several times thereafter. Sam Fry was often the partner of Watson.
>
> > I have both of the 1934 books in hard cover mint condition. I plan to
> > reprint both of them. I cannot touch the Sam Fry updates because the
> > copyrights are current on those.
>
> > The introduction to "Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
> > Bridge" by Oswald Jacoby states that Watson never made a mistake in
> > the play of the hand. You heard that right. Watson never made a
> > mistake. Rekable. The only other person I ever heard of who never
> > made a mistake was me.
>
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> Yes, I do have a suggestion: You do not hold the copyright for the Watson
> books and they are not in the public domain.
In the US these books may be in the public domain. In the US:
1. All books published before 1923 are in the public domain
2. All books published between 1923 and 1963 are in the public domain
unless their copyright was renewed by the copyright holder within 28
years of publication at the Library of Congress
3. All books published since 1964 are not in the public domain
Andrew
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 16:11:08
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 18, 6:44 pm, J=FCrgen R. <[email protected] > wrote:
> "samsloan" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitragnews:fe745dfd-fc1b-=
[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > The two Watson books were both published in 1934. It is not possible
> > to determine which was published first because they both cite the
> > other one.
>
> > However, there is a big difference between them. "Watson on the Play
> > of the Hand at Contract Bridge" is 492 pages, a very dense book. It
> > only deals with the play of the hand.
>
> > "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Watson in only 348 pages and only
> > 147 of those pages deal with the play of the hand. The rest of the
> > book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
> > obsolete (I think).
>
> > What most have probably read is the updated version of "Watson on the
> > Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge" updated by Sam Fry in 1958 and
> > several times thereafter. Sam Fry was often the partner of Watson.
>
> > I have both of the 1934 books in hard cover mint condition. I plan to
> > reprint both of them. I cannot touch the Sam Fry updates because the
> > copyrights are current on those.
>
> > The introduction to "Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
> > Bridge" by Oswald Jacoby states that Watson never made a mistake in
> > the play of the hand. You heard that right. Watson never made a
> > mistake. Rekable. The only other person I ever heard of who never
> > made a mistake was me.
>
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> Yes, I do have a suggestion: You do not hold the copyright for the Watson
> books and they are not in the public domain.
> Therefore, if you are not a thief you will not 'publish' these books.
>
> Of course, you are not publishing a book in the normal sense of the word -=
> you are running of copies and having them
> glued together at a 'publish-on-demand' shop, which is also illegal.
You are in Germany and German law is different. From what I
understand, copyrights never expire in Germany.
As to the quality of my books, you have obviously never seen one of
them. My books are of the highest production quality anywhere, far
better than anything now available in Europe.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 19 Mar 2008 11:59:46
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_R.?=
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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"samsloan" <[email protected] > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:6b10af75-b241-41d6-ae9a-85a0e6022eb9@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On 18, 6:44 pm, J�rgen R. <[email protected] > wrote:
> "samsloan" <[email protected]> schrieb im
> Newsbeitragnews:fe745dfd-fc1b-4e26-b4a0-f16732e5fce5@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > The two Watson books were both published in 1934. It is not possible
> > to determine which was published first because they both cite the
> > other one.
>
> > However, there is a big difference between them. "Watson on the Play
> > of the Hand at Contract Bridge" is 492 pages, a very dense book. It
> > only deals with the play of the hand.
>
> > "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Watson in only 348 pages and only
> > 147 of those pages deal with the play of the hand. The rest of the
> > book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
> > obsolete (I think).
>
> > What most have probably read is the updated version of "Watson on the
> > Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge" updated by Sam Fry in 1958 and
> > several times thereafter. Sam Fry was often the partner of Watson.
>
> > I have both of the 1934 books in hard cover mint condition. I plan to
> > reprint both of them. I cannot touch the Sam Fry updates because the
> > copyrights are current on those.
>
> > The introduction to "Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
> > Bridge" by Oswald Jacoby states that Watson never made a mistake in
> > the play of the hand. You heard that right. Watson never made a
> > mistake. Rekable. The only other person I ever heard of who never
> > made a mistake was me.
>
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> Yes, I do have a suggestion: You do not hold the copyright for the Watson
> books and they are not in the public domain.
> Therefore, if you are not a thief you will not 'publish' these books.
>
> Of course, you are not publishing a book in the normal sense of the word -
> you are running of copies and having them
> glued together at a 'publish-on-demand' shop, which is also illegal.
You are in Germany and German law is different. From what I
understand, copyrights never expire in Germany.
As to the quality of my books, you have obviously never seen one of
them. My books are of the highest production quality anywhere, far
better than anything now available in Europe.
Sam Sloan
When Sloan makes an assertion it is a good bet that it
is nonsense.
I am not in Germany and where I am is irrelevant.
Copyright expires in Germany and many other countries 70 years
after the death of the originator.
The quality of copy-shop books is such that the spine often cracks
when the book is first opened and the book falls apart after a single
reading.
600 dpi is very low quality for print fonts (see Donald Knuth on this
subject)
and copying introduces many flaws independent of the resolution.
Registration with the Copyright Office is not a precondition for copyright
protection.
You have also copied Chess books that are under Russian Copyright, e.g.
Kasparyan, and it is nearly impossible to determine who the Copyright
holder is. However, it is certain that you have no right whatsoever to these
books. It looks very much like you are a common thief.
Sooner or later you will get sued. In the meantime you will make a couple of
bucks
by ripping off the buyers as well as the Copyright owners.
Sloan, you are a dung beetle.
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 13:48:39
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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The two Watson books were both published in 1934. It is not possible
to determine which was published first because they both cite the
other one.
However, there is a big difference between them. "Watson on the Play
of the Hand at Contract Bridge" is 492 pages, a very dense book. It
only deals with the play of the hand.
"The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Watson in only 348 pages and only
147 of those pages deal with the play of the hand. The rest of the
book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
obsolete (I think).
What most have probably read is the updated version of "Watson on the
Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge" updated by Sam Fry in 1958 and
several times thereafter. Sam Fry was often the partner of Watson.
I have both of the 1934 books in hard cover mint condition. I plan to
reprint both of them. I cannot touch the Sam Fry updates because the
copyrights are current on those.
The introduction to "Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
Bridge" by Oswald Jacoby states that Watson never made a mistake in
the play of the hand. You heard that right. Watson never made a
mistake. Rekable. The only other person I ever heard of who never
made a mistake was me.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 18 Mar 2008 23:44:19
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_R.?=
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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"samsloan" <[email protected] > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:fe745dfd-fc1b-4e26-b4a0-f16732e5fce5@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> The two Watson books were both published in 1934. It is not possible
> to determine which was published first because they both cite the
> other one.
>
> However, there is a big difference between them. "Watson on the Play
> of the Hand at Contract Bridge" is 492 pages, a very dense book. It
> only deals with the play of the hand.
>
> "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Watson in only 348 pages and only
> 147 of those pages deal with the play of the hand. The rest of the
> book is about bidding on the "Honor Tricks" system which is of course
> obsolete (I think).
>
> What most have probably read is the updated version of "Watson on the
> Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge" updated by Sam Fry in 1958 and
> several times thereafter. Sam Fry was often the partner of Watson.
>
> I have both of the 1934 books in hard cover mint condition. I plan to
> reprint both of them. I cannot touch the Sam Fry updates because the
> copyrights are current on those.
>
> The introduction to "Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract
> Bridge" by Oswald Jacoby states that Watson never made a mistake in
> the play of the hand. You heard that right. Watson never made a
> mistake. Rekable. The only other person I ever heard of who never
> made a mistake was me.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Sloan
Yes, I do have a suggestion: You do not hold the copyright for the Watson
books and they are not in the public domain.
Therefore, if you are not a thief you will not 'publish' these books.
Of course, you are not publishing a book in the normal sense of the word -
you are running of copies and having them
glued together at a 'publish-on-demand' shop, which is also illegal.
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Date: 12 Mar 2008 00:08:21
From: Andrew
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 11, 3:18 pm, Steve Grant <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Tue, 11 2008 08:51:36 -0700 (PDT), Ron Johnson
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On 10, 5:23 pm, Steve Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 9 2008 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT), Andrew <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
> >> >error-free.
>
> >> Riiiiight.
>
> >Would you accept "no howlers". I mean I know I've read a few
> >"improvement on Watson" articles, but I can't think of any
> >that correct a huge error.
>
> All right. "No howlers" is a fair characterization. In any event,
> "error-free" represents an impossibly high standard, one which I'm not
> sure *any* bridge book has ever attained.
>
> This is a mild hijack, not truly responsive to OP's assertion, but I
> confess to a bias against Watson's book. His prose strikes me as
> entirely turgid, something I would never inflict on a student.
I agree--the prose is turgid.
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Date: 11 Mar 2008 20:10:18
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 11, 5:18 pm, Steve Grant <[email protected] > wrote:
> All right. "No howlers" is a fair characterization. In any event,
> "error-free" represents an impossibly high standard, one which I'm not
> sure *any* bridge book has ever attained.
>
> This is a mild hijack, not truly responsive to OP's assertion, but I
> confess to a bias against Watson's book. His prose strikes me as
> entirely turgid, something I would never inflict on a student.
Are you Steve Grant, the chess master?
If you are that Steve Grant, you played as my partner in a bridge game
at the Flea House about 40 years ago.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 11 Mar 2008 08:51:36
From: Ron Johnson
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 10, 5:23 pm, Steve Grant <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Sun, 9 2008 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT), Andrew <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
> >error-free.
>
> Riiiiight.
Would you accept "no howlers". I mean I know I've read a few
"improvement on Watson" articles, but I can't think of any
that correct a huge error.
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Date: 11 Mar 2008 18:18:31
From: Steve Grant
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On Tue, 11 2008 08:51:36 -0700 (PDT), Ron Johnson
<[email protected] > wrote:
>On 10, 5:23 pm, Steve Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 2008 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT), Andrew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
>> >error-free.
>>
>> Riiiiight.
>
>Would you accept "no howlers". I mean I know I've read a few
>"improvement on Watson" articles, but I can't think of any
>that correct a huge error.
All right. "No howlers" is a fair characterization. In any event,
"error-free" represents an impossibly high standard, one which I'm not
sure *any* bridge book has ever attained.
This is a mild hijack, not truly responsive to OP's assertion, but I
confess to a bias against Watson's book. His prose strikes me as
entirely turgid, something I would never inflict on a student.
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Date: 10 Mar 2008 12:45:10
From: Curt Patterson
Subject: Re: How many books did Louis H. Watson write chess?
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In article <[email protected] >
samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
<SNIP crap about bridge and Sams business interests >
If the answer is zero, why are you spamming chess groups?
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Date: 09 Mar 2008 16:47:29
From: Andrew
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On 9, 10:53 am, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> Also, who was Louis H. Watson? When did he die? Is his biography
> available anywhere?
Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
error-free. His book is regarded as a classic and is still valuable
for beginning and intermediate bridge players.
Andrew
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Date: 10 Mar 2008 17:23:17
From: Steve Grant
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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On Sun, 9 2008 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT), Andrew <[email protected] >
wrote:
>Watson wrote the first declarer play manual that was thorough and
>error-free.
Riiiiight.
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Date: 09 Mar 2008 15:42:00
From: Martin Ambuhl
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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samsloan wrote:
> I have two books in front of me:
>
> "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Louis H. Watson author of Watson
> on the Play of the Hand published in 1934
>
> and
>
> "Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge" new edition
> enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.published in 1959
>
> Amazon lists 17 different books by Watson. However, I suspect that
> most of them are the same book over and over again, just with the
> title slightly restated.
> Does anybody know the answer to this question?
The Library of Congress has 3 titles + 1 revision
1) _The outline of contract bridge_ (New York, Grosset & Dunlap [c1934])
LC Control No.: 34039034
CALL NUMBER: GV1282.3 .W365
2) _Watson on the play of the hand at contract bridge_, foreword by
Oswald Jacoby. (New York : Lewis Copeland Co., 1934.)
LC Control No.: 34012851
CALL NUMBER: GV1282.3 .W37
2a) _Watson’s classic book on the play of the hand at bridge_. edited
and modernized by Sam Fry.(New York, Sterling Pub. Co. [1958])
LC Control No.: 58001847
CALL NUMBER: GV1282.3 .W37 1958
3) _Culbertson system self-teacher_. [Pittsburgh, Contract bridge
publications, c1935]
LC Control No.: 35030520
CALL NUMBER: GV1282.3 .W363
The British Library Integrated Catalog has (1), (2), and (2a) but not (3):
1) _The Outline of Contract Bridge, etc._ (Grosset & Dunlap: New York,
[1934.])
System number: 003864625
Shelfk: 7916.f.19.
2) _[Watson] on the play of the hand at Contract Bridge_ (New York :
Lewis Copeland, 1934.)
System number: 012171865 and 012172043 and 003864626
Shelfk: W9/2077 DSC and W81/5397 DSC and 7921.bb.23
2a) _Watson’s Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge_ ...
Enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry. (Barnes & Noble: New York, 1959)
System number: 003864627
Shelfk: 7924.aa.40.
> Also, who was Louis H. Watson? When did he die? Is his biography
> available anywhere?
_The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge_ (1964-1971, Crown Publishers and
1984- ACBL) will answer your questions. He was a first-tier player, a
successful writer, columnist, and editor. He died in 1936.
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Date: 09 Mar 2008 18:59:16
From: John Hall
Subject: Re: Did Louis H. Watson write one, two or three books on bridge??
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<[email protected] >,
samsloan <[email protected] > writes:
>Also, who was Louis H. Watson? When did he die? Is his biography
>available anywhere?
A brief biography will almost be included in the Official Encyclopaedia
of Bridge, and it may well answer your question about how many distinct
books he wrote too. It would probably be worth your while to buy a copy.
--
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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