How To Win At Canasta

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Genre : Canasta (Game)
Author : Oswald Jacoby
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Release : 1949
File : 86 Pages
ISBN-13 : UVA:X000475364


Canasta How To Play And Win Including The Official Rules And Pointers For Play

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Written for beginners, O’Reilly’s ‘Canasta – How to Play and Win’ covers the card game’s origins, laws and rules and the book features practical pointers and suggestions. ‘Canasta’, the rummy-style card game, originated in South America and became popular in the 1940s. Its popularity spread to the United States just before O’Reilly’s official guidebook was published in 1949, when it was also referred to as the ‘Argentinian Rummy Game’. Contents include: foreword - A Game Was Born - for Four Players - The Frozen Discard Pile - Treys—Red and Black - Concealed Hands - Pointers and Suggestions - Strategy of Play – Proprieties - for Two and Three Players - Score Sheets - Simple Summary for Beginners - Laws of Canasta. We are republishing this rare work using the original text and featuring a new introduction.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Ottilie H. Reilly
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release : 2013-05-31
File : 50 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781473388321


How To Play Canasta

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If you want to play canasta and win, this is your book. This volume contains all of the official rules, special advice for two-handed games, profuse illutrations, diagrams, and specimen hands.

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Genre : Canasta (Game)
Author : Richard L. Frey
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release : 2008-04-30
File : 130 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781434466228


Canasta How To Play And Win

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Written for beginners, O’Reilly’s ‘Canasta – How to Play and Win’ covers the card game’s origins, laws and rules and the book features practical pointers and suggestions. ‘Canasta’, the rummy-style card game, originated in South America and became popular in the 1940s. Its popularity spread to the United States just before O’Reilly’s official guidebook was published in 1949, when it was also referred to as the ‘Argentinian Rummy Game’. Contents include: foreword - A Game Was Born - for Four Players - The Frozen Discard Pile - Treys—Red and Black - Concealed Hands - Pointers and Suggestions - Strategy of Play – Proprieties - for Two and Three Players - Score Sheets - Simple Summary for Beginners - Laws of Canasta. We are republishing this rare work using the original text and featuring a new introduction.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Ottilie Reilly
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release : 2011-10-25
File : 50 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781446549896


Teach Yourself Canasta

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This book is a comprehensive guide to Canasta, part of the rummy family of card games that originated in Uruguay. Contents Include: Definitions; Canasta; The Origin of Canasta; The Pack; Rules for Canasta; Alternative Rules for Canasta; These Situations Will Arise; Canasta for Two; Canasta for Three; Canasta for Four; About Melding; Planning the Attack; Planning the Defence; Summing up the Tactics; The Tactical Value of Red Threes; The Acaba Rule; Conventions; The Ethics of Canasta. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Kenneth Konstam
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release : 2013-04-26
File : 117 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781473385849


Canasta The Popular New Rummy Games For Two To Six Players How To Play The Complete Official Rules And Full Instructions On How To Play Well And Win

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‘Canasta’, the rummy-style card game, originated in South America and became popular in the 1940s, spreading to the United States around 1948. This vintage guidebook details the official rules, tactics and techniques involved for novices of Canasta, and would suit anyone with an interest in the game or its history. Contents include: Card Games - foreword - An introduction to Canasta for Those Who Never Have Played - official Rules of Canasta - Pointers On Canasta - Four-Hand Partnership - Two-Hand Canasta. Featuring the original text and illustrations, we are republishing this rare text in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, complete with a new introduction.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Albert H. Morehead
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release : 2011-11-18
File : 59 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781447492177


The Publishers Circular And Booksellers Record

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Genre : Bibliography
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Publisher :
Release : 1951
File : 1872 Pages
ISBN-13 : IND:30000111792531


The Canasta Table

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The Canasta Table is a stirring story which revolves around three couples living on a beautiful Caribbean Island, whose lives become entangled with greed, corruption and ultimately murder. A group of women get together weekly to enjoy the card game ‘Canasta’. The conversation is usually centred around innocent local gossip, social events and obtaining amenities on the small island on which they all live. As Expats, they rely on their close friends and tight bonds with each other to survive Island life, but when the bonds become too close and scandal and corruption raise their ugly heads, the conversation and atmosphere around ‘The Canasta Table’ quickly changes. The story is centred around three of the women and their spouses who belonged to this circle of friends and how one of the couples intense need for money and power dramatically affected all of their lives. THE CANASTA TABLE Not just where cards were played, but also a vocal platform which allowed the Tom Tom drums to beat, quickly spreading news and gossip around the Island. What story would your drum beat?

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Christine Gallagher
Publisher : FriesenPress
Release :
File : 270 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781460287217


Culbertson On Canasta

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Ely Culbertson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release : 2016-09-06
File : 126 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781473356320


Can Am Asta

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Clubs, hearts, spades and diamonds are the four suits of any card game. But Can(Am)asta is no ordinary card game. It combines Canadian rules with American rules, and leads to a whole lot of fun for anyone who embraces the competitive spirit that comes with playing cards with friends and family. Hinda Packard and Nancy Kaplan love the game of canasta. Yet as they learned to play, it soon became evident that every person followed a different set of rules; some easy and others quite challenging. In a comprehensive handbook tailored to canasta players of all levels, Packard and Kaplan outline easy-to-follow guidelines that include instructions on how to play Can(Am)asta using insider tips and strategies, information on rules and scoring, definitions of special hands, strategies to make the game more interesting, and optional rules for playing for money. Through their teachings, it is their hope that others will derive as much enjoyment from the game as they have. I (Heart) Canasta shares proven insider tips, strategies, and easy-to-follow instructions for anyone interested in learning and winning a new version of canasta.

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Genre : Games & Activities
Author : Hinda Packard
Publisher : iUniverse
Release : 2018-12-28
File : 84 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781532048708