Edwin Kantar bibliography


This is the Edwin Kantar bibliography.
Edwin Kantar is a bridge player and writer with over 35 bridge books written since 1960; he is a regular contributor to the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, The Bridge World, and Bridge Today. In a survey of bridge writers and players, Complete Defensive Bridge Play was among the top 10 of all-time favorite bridge books. Kantar won the American Bridge Teachers Association award for Best Book of the Year four times.
Co-authorTitleEditions and PrintingsNotes
A New Lessons Series
Bidding
  • 1963: Kantar, 37p.
  • 1965: Revised, 52p.
    • Defensive Play
  • 1964: Eddie Kantar, 29p.
  • 1967: Revised 1967, 51p.
    • Play of the Hand Complete
  • 1965: Eddie Kantar, 108p.
    • A Comprehensive Bridge Manual
  • 1965: Eddie Kantar, 122p.
  • 1967: Revised, 143p.
    • How to Win at Bridge
  • 1967: Wilshire Book Company, Wilshire Self-Improvement Library, 143p.
    • Introduction to Declarer's Play
  • 1968: Wilshire Book Company,, 142p.
  • 1968: Prentice Hall, 147p.
  • 1971: Muller,, 147p
    • Introduction to Defender's Play
  • 1968: Wilshire Book Company, 153p.
  • 1968: Prentice Hall, 153p.
  • 1971: Muller,, 153p.
  • 1977: Wilshire Book Company,, 153p.
    • Bridge Bidding Made Easy: A Modern Guide to the Language of the Game
  • 1972: Wilshire Book Co., 256p.
  • 1974: Reprinted, 272p.,
  • 1978: Reprinted, 272p.
    • Jackson, StanleyGamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar
  • 1972: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 177p.,
  • 1972: Wilshire Book Company, 177p.,
  • 1974: Bantam Books, 165p.
    • Bridge Conventions: A Guide to Understanding Techniques of Modern Bidding
  • 1972, 1974, 1977: Wilshire Book Company, 133p.,
    • Test Your Bridge Play: Volume 1, 100 Declarer-Play Problems Designed to Improve Your Card Playing Techniques
  • 1974, 1976: Wilshire Book Company, 201p.,
    • Defensive Bridge Play Complete
  • 1974, 1975, 1976: Wilshire Book Company, 528p.,
    		• Tile on spine: Complete Defensive Bridge Play
    Fifty-two Facts of Bridge Life
  • 1975-2007: Various Publishers, 12p.
    • Bridge Humor
  • 1977: Wilshire Book Company, Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 151p.,
    • An Expert's Guide to Improving Your Bidding Skills
  • 1980: Wilshire Book Company, 151p.,
    • Reese, TerenceDefend with Your Life
  • 1981: Faber and Faber, 160p.,
  • 1981: Squeeze Books,150p.,
    • Test Your Bridge Play: Volume 2, 100 Declarer-Play Problems Designed to Improve Card Playing Techniques for Bridge Players Who Are Sick and Tired of Going Down in Cold Contracts
  • 1981: Wilshire Book Company, 234p.,
    • Kantar For The Defense, Volume 1
  • 1983: Wilshire Book Co., Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p.,
    • Kantar For the Defense, Volume 2
  • 1984: Wilshire Book Co., Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p.,
    • The Forcing Pass in Contract Bridge
  • 1984: H And F Consulting, 72p.,
    • A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 1
  • 1986: HDL Publishing Company, Kantar on Bridge, 204p.,
    		• American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 1986
    A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 2: 100 New Problems-In Matched Pairs-To Play Both Ways
  • 1987: Griffin Publishing Group, Kantar on Bridge, 204p,
  • 1987: HDL Publishing Company, 204p.,,
    • Kantar Lessons I-IV
  • 1988-2000: Eddie Kantar, Lesson I: 1988 / Lesson II: 1989 / Lesson III: 1996 / Lesson IV: 2000
    		• Lesson III was American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 1996
    The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table
  • 1989: Granovetter Books, 214p.,
    • Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Untold Story
  • 1991: Granovetter Book,, 1991, 128p.
  • 1993: Reprinted, C&T Bridge Supplies,, 141p.
  • 1995: Robert Hale Limited,, 118p.
  • 2004: 4th Edition: Roman Keycard Blackwood: Slam Bidding for the 21st Century, Master Point Press, Revised and Updated,, 266p.
  • 2008: 5th Edition: Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Final Word, Master Point Press
    • A Treasury of Bridge Tips: 540 Bidding Tips to Improve Your Partner's Game
  • 1992: Griffin Publishing, Kantar on Bridge,
  • 1992: Howland Publishing,
  • 2002: Second Edition: Griffin Publishing, 163p.,
    • Take Your Tricks: Over 550 Declarer Play Tips That You Can Take To The Bank
  • 1993: Griffin Publishing Inc, Kantar on Bridge, 210p.,
    • Defensive Tips For Bad Card Holders: Over Five-Hundred Hands to Improve Your Defensive Play
  • 1994: Griffin Publishing Group, Kantar on Bridge, 278p.,
    • Bridge for Dummies
  • 1997: IDG Books Worldwide,, 382p.
  • 2006: Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc.,, 388p.,
  • 2008: Large Print Edition: Thorndike Press, 563p.,
  • 2012: Third Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc.,, 432p.,
  • 2016: Fourth Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc.,, 432p.,
    		• American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 1997
    Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense
  • 1999: Master Point Press, 240p.,
    		• American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 1999
    Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense
  • 1999: Master Point Press, 240p.,
    		• American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 1999
    Classic Kantar: A Collection of Bridge Humor
  • 1999: Master Point Press, 190p.,
    • Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge
  • 2002: Master Point Press, 220p.,
    • Kantar on Kontract
  • 2004: Master Point Press, 154p.,
    • Thinking Bridge: Kantar Lesson Hands 1-100
  • 2005: Edwin Kantar, 100p.