Robert Frederick Foster (May 31, 1853 – December 25, 1945) of New York City, known as R. F. Foster, was a memory training promoter and the prolific writer of more than 50 nonfiction books. He wrote primarily on the rules of play and methods for successful play of card, dice, and board games. Alan Truscott wrote 20 years after his death that Foster "had been one of the great figures in whist and bridge" for 60 years. (From Wikipedia) More about R. F. Foster:
| | Books by R. F. Foster: Additional books by R. F. Foster in the extended shelves: Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Auction bridge; containing the official laws of auction bridge as adopted and used by the leading clubs. (F.A. Stokes company, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Bridge manual. (Brentano's, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Cab no. 44 (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Chess, a manual for beginners. (Brentano's, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Contract bridge : including mayonnaise, goulash and dummy up. (Greenberg, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Cooncan (conquián) a game of cards also called "rum." (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Encyclopedia of games. (F.A. Stokes, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Encyclopedia of games, including all the indoor games played at the present day, [etc.]. (F.A. Stokes Co., 1914) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's American leads and how to learn them. (Brentano's, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's auction bridge for all (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's auction bridge up to date, containing the official laws of auction bridge as adopted 1910 by the Whist Club of New York (Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's auction made easy (E. P. Dutton & company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's bridge manual (Brentano's, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's bridge manual; a complete system of instruction in the game (Brentano's, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's bridge tactics; a complete system of self-instruction (F. Warne & co., 1903) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's call-ace euchre (Brentano's, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's circle-word puzzles, with their history, and a few hints on how to solve them (Dodd, Mead and company, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's Common sense in whist (R.F. Foster, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's common sense leads, and how to learn them. By the author of Foster's whist manual. (Brentano's, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete bridge (Musson, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete bridge (McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete Hoyle. (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete Hoyle (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete Hoyle (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete Hoyle; an encyclopedia of all the indoor games played at the present day (Stokes, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games: Including all indoor games played to-day. With suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date (Gutenberg ebook) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's complete Hoyle; an encyclopedia of games, including all the indoor games played at the present day. With suggestions for good play, all the official laws, illustrative hands, and a brief statement of the doctrine of chances as applied to games (F.A. Stokes company, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's contract bridge. (Greenberg, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's encyclopedia of games, including all the indoor games played at the present day ... (F.A. Stokes co., 1914) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's pirate bridge : the latest development of auction bridge, with the full code of the official laws (E. P. Dutton, 1917) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's Russian bank (or crapette) (E. P. Dutton & company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's Russian bank; a card game for two players. (E. P. Dutton and company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's skat manual (McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's whist manual. A complete system of instruction in the game. (Brentano's, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's whist manual. A complete system of instruction in the game (Brentano's, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's whist manual. A complete system of instruction in the game (Brentano's, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Foster's whist manual : a complete system of instruction in the game (Brentano's, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: The gist of bridge (Dick and Fitzgerald, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Royal auction bridge, with full treatment of the new count and with many illustrative hands (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Skat up to date (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Whist tactics. A complete course of instruction in the methods adopted by the best players. (F.A. Stokes company, 1895) (page images at HathiTrust) Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945: Whitehead's conventions of auction bridge, the latest developments of the principles of bidding and play (Frederick A. Stokes company, 1914), also by Wilbur Cherrier Whitehead and Robert Frederick Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
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