Contract bridge books: An annotated bibliography for the British Isles, 1920-1969

by Leslie Parris

65 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Leslie Parris was a poet, an artist, a writer and a Librarian. As a hobby, he played Bridge. As a young man, in London, he earned his pocket money playing Bridge for money in rough bridge clubs in slum areas. When he was older, he played duplicate and, with his wife Patricia won prizes.

He had a superb collection of books on bridge and was the expert's expert - from time to time he would receive a query from on of the top international players on some obscure point of bridge history - he always knew the answer.

Towards the end of his life he suffered from two major strokes and his playing became limited, he had a special holder for his cards but was distressed that he no longer knew, towards the end of the game what every play held.

He wrote his bibliography of books on the game of Bridge to share some of his extensive knowledge, especially as he was informed that the British Museum collection on the subject had been bombed during WWII. That his book is still useful all these years later would have delighted him.

Elspeth Parris (Daughter)