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In 1961, The Biggest Little Bridge Book arrived under the sponsorship of L&M Cigarettes. Edgar Kaplan and Peter Leventritt were expert players and newspaper columnists who authored the first edition. Charles M Goren added an Introduction. Jim Becker edited the later versions until his death in 1994. The most recent edition seems to be 2008. The book remains the single best source of Standard American Yellow Card, the ever-improving bidding system first developed by Charles Goren.
The book is a quick read at 65 pages, 35 sections, and sized at 5.25" W x 7.38" H. Every essential bid, convention, and playing technique is included. There isn't a better summary of standard bidding.
Despite 60 years of revisions, the book is filled with printing errors not caught by the decades of editors. For instance, "Raising your partner's suit to the 3-level should be the strength of a 2 1/2 raise." Mr. Goren did not use fractions, so this must be a bid from the 1920s.
The little yellow book, even with its lack of editing, remains the best single compilation of modern SAYC bidding.
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