Lora, This is probably the most comprehensive book and perhaps up-to-date book. Gibson, Walter Brown: Hoyle's modern encyclopedia of card games : rules of all the basic games and popular variations / by Walter B. Gibson. Also Called Modern encyclopedia of card games Encyclopedia of card games Card games 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2001, c1974. Paging 398 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes Includes index. Originally published: [New York] : Doubleday, 1974. There's also this, which is available in my branch: Hoyle's rules of games : descriptions of indoor games of skill and chance, with advice on skillful play : based on the foundations laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769 / edited by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith ; revised and updated by Philip D. Morehead. Edition 3rd rev. and updated ed. Publisher New York : Plume, 2001. Paging xvii, 362 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. -The Richard Frey book, published in 1991, is also in my library but not in my branch. Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.