I have two books in front of me:

"The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Louis H. Watson author of Watson
on the Play of the Hand published in 1934

and

"Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge" new edition
enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.published in 1959

Amazon lists 17 different books by Watson. However, I suspect that
most of them are the same book over and over again, just with the
title slightly restated.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_2?...0Watson&page=2

Does anybody know the answer to this question?

Also, who was Louis H. Watson? When did he die? Is his biography
available anywhere?

Sam Sloan