# 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 (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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 2012: Third Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 432p., ISBN 978-1-118-20574-7 2016: Fourth Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 432p., ISBN 978-1-119-24782-1 | American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1997 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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. | |