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. He has won the American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) award for Best Book of the Year four times.

Co-author(s)	Title	Editions and Printings	Notes
	A New Lessons Series	1960: Eddie Kantar, 47p.
	Bidding	1963: Kantar (Los Angeles), 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 (North Hollywood, CA), Wilshire Self-Improvement Library, 143p.
	Introduction to Declarer's Play	1968: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), ISBN 978-0-87980-401-5, 142p. 1968: Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 147p. 1971: Muller (London), ISBN 978-0-584-10393-9, 147p
	Introduction to Defender's Play	1968: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 153p. 1968: Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 153p. 1971: Muller (London), ISBN 978-0-584-10394-6, 153p. 1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), ISBN 978-0-87980-322-3, 153p.
	Bridge Bidding Made Easy: A Modern Guide to the Language of the Game	1972: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), 256p. 1974: Reprinted, 272p., ISBN 978-0-87980-012-3 1978: Reprinted, 272p.
Jackson, Stanley	Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar	1972: Liveright Publishing Corporation (New York), 177p., ISBN 978-0-87140-543-2 1972: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 177p., ISBN 978-0-87980-391-9 1974: Bantam Books (New York), 165p.
	Bridge Conventions: A Guide to Understanding Techniques of Modern Bidding	1972, 1974, 1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 133p., ISBN 978-0-87980-013-0
	Test Your Bridge Play: Volume 1, 100 Declarer-Play Problems Designed to Improve Your Card Playing Techniques	1974, 1976: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 201p., ISBN 978-0-87980-286-8
	Defensive Bridge Play Complete	1974, 1975, 1976: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 528p., ISBN 978-0-87980-287-5	Tile on spine: Complete Defensive Bridge Play
	Fifty-two Facts of Bridge Life	1975-2007: Various Publishers, 12p.
	Bridge Humor	1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 151p., ISBN 978-0-87980-342-1
	An Expert's Guide to Improving Your Bidding Skills	1980: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 151p., ISBN 978-0-87980-380-3
Reese, Terence	Defend with Your Life	1981: Faber and Faber (London and Boston), 160p., ISBN 978-0-571-11711-6 1981: Squeeze Books (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.),150p., ISBN 978-1-58776-146-1
	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 (North Hollywood, CA), 234p., ISBN 978-0-87980-390-2
	Kantar For The Defense, Volume 1	1983: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p., ISBN 978-0-87980-400-8
	Kantar For the Defense, Volume 2	1984: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p., ISBN 978-0-87980-409-1
	The Forcing Pass in Contract Bridge	1984: H And F Consulting, 72p., ISBN 978-0-87643-044-6
	A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 1	1986: HDL Publishing Company (Costa Mesa, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 204p., ISBN 978-0-937359-01-3	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1986 [1]
	A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 2: 100 New Problems-In Matched Pairs-To Play Both Ways	1987: Griffin Publishing Group (Glendale CA), Kantar on Bridge, 204p, ISBN 978-1-882180-08-0 1987: HDL Publishing Company (Costa Mesa, CA), 204p., ISBN 978-0-937359-22-8, ISBN 978-1-882180-07-3
	Kantar Lessons I-IV [Monograms]	1988-2000: Eddie Kantar (Venice CA), Lesson I: 1988 / Lesson II: 1989 / Lesson III: 1996 / Lesson IV: 2000	Lesson III was American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1996 [2]
	The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table	1989: Granovetter Books, 214p., ISBN 978-0-940257-03-0
	Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Untold Story	1991: Granovetter Book (Ballston Lake, NY), ISBN 978-0-940257-09-2, 1991, 128p. 1993: Reprinted, C&T Bridge Supplies (Los Alamitos, CA), ISBN 978-0-9628297-4-1, 141p. 1995: Robert Hale Limited, ISBN 978-0-7090-5641-6, 118p. 2004: 4th Edition: Roman Keycard Blackwood: Slam Bidding for the 21st Century, Master Point Press, Revised and Updated, ISBN 978-1-894154-88-8, 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 (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, ISBN 978-1-882180-06-6 1992: Howland Publishing (Santa Ana, CA), ISBN 978-0-9630970-0-2 2002: Second Edition: Griffin Publishing (Torrance, CA), 163p., ISBN 978-1-58000-093-2
	Take Your Tricks: Over 550 Declarer Play Tips That You Can Take To The Bank	1993: Griffin Publishing Inc (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 210p., ISBN 978-1-882180-04-2
	Defensive Tips For Bad Card Holders: Over Five-Hundred Hands to Improve Your Defensive Play	1994: Griffin Publishing Group (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 278p., ISBN 978-1-882180-21-9
	Bridge for Dummies	1997: IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), ISBN 978-0-7645-5015-7, 382p. 2006: Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 388p., ISBN 978-0-471-92426-5 2008: Large Print Edition: Thorndike Press (Waterville, Me), 563p., ISBN 978-1-4104-0503-6	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1997 [3]
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 240p., ISBN 978-1-894154-02-4	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1999 [4]
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 240p., ISBN 978-1-894154-03-1	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1999 [5]
	Classic Kantar: A Collection of Bridge Humor	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 190p., ISBN 978-1-894154-14-7
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge	2002: Master Point Press (Toronto), 220p., ISBN 978-1-894154-53-6
	Kantar on Kontract	2004: Master Point Press (Toronto), 154p., ISBN 978-1-894154-68-0
	Thinking Bridge: Kantar Lesson Hands 1-100	2005: Edwin Kantar, 100p.

References

1. American Bridge Teachers Association Website
2. American Bridge Teachers Association Website
3. American Bridge Teachers Association Website
4. American Bridge Teachers Association Website
5. American Bridge Teachers Association Website

External links

• Official website
• List of Kantar's books at Bridge Guys
• Edwin B. Kantar at Library of Congress Authorities, with 14 catalog records