THE GAME OF BILLIARDS - Pocket - Carom - Three Cushion by Cottingham, Clive - 1976

North Hollywood, California: Wilshire Book Company, 1976. 165 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Ed Vebell and diagrams by John H. Phister. Billiards has a long and rich history stretching from its inception in the 15th century... and this will help with your game. Fundamentals for learners; instructions for advanced players; techniques of professionals; and secrets of trick shots. The Chapters are: Part One: An Introduction to Billiards: A Most Genteel, Cleanly and Ingenious Game; A Short History of the Game; Great Billiard Players. Part Two: Billiards for Beginners: Equipment; Billiard Terms; Types of Games and General Rules of Play: Carom Billiards: Straight Rail Billiards; Balk-line Billiards; Cushion Caroms; Three-cushion Caroms; Pocket Billiards: Rotation or Chicago; Fifteen Points; Eight Ball; Baseball Pocket Billiards; Golf Pocket Billiards; 14.1 Continuous; American Snooker; Bridges; English; Eighteen Practice Lessons for All Games of Billiards: Center Stroke; English; Hitting the Object Ball; Simple Caroms; Use of the Follow Ball; Target Spots on Rail; Use of the Draw Ball; Use of the Draw Shot; Use of the One-rail Bank When Object Balls Are Parallel; Use of the One-rail Bank When Object Balls Are Not Parallel; Pocketing the Object Ball; A Throw Shot; Angle for Pocketing Object Ball; Pocketing a Frozen Object Ball; A Kiss Shot When Two Object Balls Are Frozen; A Kiss Shot When Two Frozen Object Balls Are Not in Line with Pocket; Bank Shots without English; Bank Shots Using English. Part Three: Advanced Shots: Carom and Kiss Shots; Throw Shots: Various Distances of Throw; Contact Point and Point of Aim; Perfect Rolling; Imperfect Rolling; Follow Ball; The Draw Shot: The Use of the Draw Ball in Hitting the Target; Cue Ball Rebound; Object Ball Rebound; The Piquet; The Masse; Break Shots: Strategy Hints for Making High Runs in 14.1; Secret of the Key Ball; Examples of Break Shots in Pocket Billiards; Example of a Break Shot in Carom Billiards. Part Four: The Diamond System for Three-cushion Billiards: Introductory Remarks; Advanced English; Cue Ball at Each Corner of the Table; Cue Ball and Object Ball Numbers; Cue Ball Tracks; The Big Ball Principle; Shooting Through the Spot; Cue Ball Contact Points; Third Rail to First Rail; Sighting; and Determining the Cue Ball Number - Nine Problems.. Ninth Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Ed Vebell; John H. Phister;. 8vo.