This is a book of rules for common card games published by The United States Playing Card Company. It also includes suggestions for how to choose which games to play, etiquette, and how to teach children to play card games. (This description refers to the 84th edition.)This long running book is published by the same manufacturer of the popular Bicycle card brand of standard cards.The new version of this book is now called: Bicycle Official Rules of Card Games - BoardGameGeek