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Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984)

Author of The Backgammon Book

28+ Works 482 Members 8 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: Oswald Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby; Foreword Grantland Rice; Introducti

Works by Oswald Jacoby

The Backgammon Book (1970) 256 copies, 3 reviews

Intriguing Mathematical Problems (1962) 66 copies

Oswald Jacoby on Poker (1981) 35 copies

The fireside book of cards (2013) 16 copies, 2 reviews

How to Win at Gin Rummy (1978) 15 copies

Magic Cubes: New Recreations (1981) 13 copies

How to Figure the Odds (1947) 10 copies, 1 review

How to Win at Canasta (1950) 8 copies

Oswald Jacoby's Complete canasta (1950) 7 copies

Improve Your Bridge With Oswald Jacoby: 125 Bridge Hands from the Master (1983) 7 copies

What's new in bridge (1954) 6 copies

Penny ante and up (1979) 6 copies

Win at Bridge with Jacoby Modern (1973) 5 copies

The book of card game rules and strategies (1989) 4 copies

Winning poker (Permabooks) (1949) 4 copies

Win at bridge with Jacoby & son (1968) 4 copies, 1 review

The Backgammon Book: 2 (A Studio book) 3 copies

Oswald Jacoby on Gambling (1963) 3 copies

Complete canasta (1950) 2 copies

Oswald Jacoby on Gin Rummy (1947) 2 copies

On gin rummy, an all-American roundup 2 copies

POKER 2 copies

Jacoby Transfer Bids 1 copy

Point Count Bidding in Bridge 1 copy

Oswald Jacoby's Revised Complete Canasta (1951) 1 copy

The Four Aces System of Contract Bridge, By the Bridge Champions of the World (1935) 1 copy, 1 review

Oswald Jocoby on gambling 1 copy

Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup (1947) 1 copy

Associated Works

Dealers Choice: The Worlds Greatest Poker Stories (1955) — Contributor — 8 copies, 1 review

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20th century (4) American (3) backgammon (48) bidding (5) board games (8) bridge (8) card games (4) cards (6) Cloth/Trade (2) Dad's Library (2) gambling (4) games (99) games and puzzles (3) hobbies (3) intermediate (4) leisure (3) math (20) math games (2) non-fiction (27) paperback (3) poker (9) puzzles (7) recreation (5) recreational mathematics (3) reference (13) rules (3) science (3) strategy (3) to-read (8) unread (3)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Jacoby, Oswald
Birthdate: 1902-08-12
Date of death: 1984-06-27
Gender: male
Occupations: bridge player
columnist
Organizations: Newspaper Enterprise Association
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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The Backgammon Book by Oswald Jacoby

Games (card, etc.), Backgammon

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Fireside Book of Cards, The by Oswald Jacoby

Book Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. VG/no DJ, 1st edn,

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Backgammon Book by Oswald Jacoby

Book Description: New York: Bantam, 1975. Good. Binding is Vintage Paperback.

Jun 7, 20102 other reviews

laplantelibrary 4,803 reviews

Win at Bridge with Jacoby & Son by Oswald Jacoby

3/2/22

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Lists

Publisher's Weekly NON-Fiction list - 1912 - 1975 (1)

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New York Times bestseller

How to Win at Canasta (General – 1949)

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Statistics

Works: 28
Also by: 1
Members: 482
Popularity: #51,207
Rating: ½ 3.6

Reviews: 8
ISBNs: 26
Languages: 3
Favorited: 1

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