Daly's Billiard Book

Rating:
Summary: A Billiard Masterpiece
Review: I am beside myself just reading the previous two reviews of this great work. How can a book under ten dollars in the year 2003 be overpriced? And, I can hardly believe that anyone who has played billiards (not pool) can honestly say that this book is for beginners, that no advanced technique will be found here. I challenge that reviewer to run even twenty-five balls at straight rail, let alone perform a rail nurse!
This book is a rarity in all the pool and billiard literature, which is admittedly littered with poorly written fluff. Daly's Book should be a model to writer's on pool and billiards (and snooker, etc.) on how to exposit clearly and honestly the subtleties of playing these games well. Reading his Billiard Book, one imagines an atmosphere in his day and place where there existed a free flow of ideas in the game, a billiard Golden Age so to speak. After many decades where top players kept newly discovered ideas to themselves as closely guarded secrets, it appears that we are coming out of pool and billiard's Dark Ages, and entering into a billiard Renaissance. I look forward to new literature about the game in the spirit of Daly's fine work.

Rating:
Summary: A Billiard Masterpiece
Review: I am beside myself just reading the previous two reviews of this great work. How can a book under ten dollars in the year 2003 be overpriced? And, I can hardly believe that anyone who has played billiards (not pool) can honestly say that this book is for beginners, that no advanced technique will be found here. I challenge that reviewer to run even twenty-five balls at straight rail, let alone perform a rail nurse!
This book is a rarity in all the pool and billiard literature, which is admittedly littered with poorly written fluff. Daly's Book should be a model to writer's on pool and billiards (and snooker, etc.) on how to exposit clearly and honestly the subtleties of playing these games well. Reading his Billiard Book, one imagines an atmosphere in his day and place where there existed a free flow of ideas in the game, a billiard Golden Age so to speak. After many decades where top players kept newly discovered ideas to themselves as closely guarded secrets, it appears that we are coming out of pool and billiard's Dark Ages, and entering into a billiard Renaissance. I look forward to new literature about the game in the spirit of Daly's fine work.

Rating:
Summary: The best book on carom billiards!!!
Review: I bought this book used for $7.00 a year ago, and it is now $32.00, this should tell you how good it is by the demanding for it. This is by far the best carom billiards book I have ever read in English. Maurice Daly was well respected in the billards world back then not only for his skills but also for his knowledge of the game. This book helped me improving from a "10-15" average to "30-40" or greater. "Once you see that light, the possibilities are endless..." as my teacher put it.

Rating:
Summary: Good for beginner
Review: This book is good for people who want to know the basics of billard game. The various techniques in the book are useful for beginners. If you are looking for more advanced techniques, you won't find them here.

Rating:
Summary: THE REVIEW 2nd attempt
Review: This book looks good, but it is very over priced, so if you buy this book you are a stupid fool. That is all.

Rating:
Summary: THE REVIEW 2nd attempt
Review: This book looks good, but it is very over priced, so if you buy this book you are a stupid fool. That is all.