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  Author Robertie, Bill
  Title Advanced Backgammon Vol. I (Positional Play)
  Cover Cover
  Year 1991
  Pages v + 272
  Publisher The Gammon Press
  Binding Softcover
  ISBN 1-880604-02-7
  Language English
  Remarks 1. This edition (together with Vol. 2) is a totally revised edition of the 1984 original with 200 additional positions.

2. Also have a look here: Recommended Reading
  From the same Author 501 Essential Backgammon Problems, 2000
Advanced Backgammon, 1984
Advanced Backgammon [German edition], 1987
Advanced Backgammon Vol. II (Technical Play), 1991
Backgammon for Serious Players, Strategies from a World Champion, 1997, 2003
Backgammon for Winners, 1993, 1995, 2002
Learning from the Machine, Bill Robertie vs. TD-Gammon, 1993
Lee Genud vs. Joe Dwek, The 1981 World Championship of Backgammon, 1982
Modern Backgammon, 2001
Reno '86, 1987 [Englische edition]
Reno '86 [German edition], Technik und Taktik der US-Profis; Ein Lehrbuch zum Mitspielen, 1988
  Book Reviews "Universally acknowledged as a classic and yet still underrated, Robertie's work organizes and explicates more high-level backgammon concepts than have ever appeared together, before or since. Even now, nearly a decade into the computer era, no other book is like it. In particular, no one to this day has been remotely so ambitious in the analysis of cube actions. In an era when the prevailing wisdom was that hand rollouts of cube actions were useless because of the many thousands of trials one would need to produce a reliable result, Robertie took a different perspective: he happily rolled out interresting positions in 108 game sets, fully understanding that many of his conclusions would be inaccurate, and fully expecting to become a much stronger player for the experience." – Jeremy Bagai, in Classic Backgammon Revisited, March 2001

Robertie's two books are most useful. Lots, lots of (very) interesting positions and also very good for improving your cube-handling I think. There's also good discussions on specific issues and reference positions, etc.
Just as Magriel's book is dated in some ways, Robertie's book is too. You might want to have JF rollouts for the book to see which advices are probably or perhaps not okay; these are available on the net (although a bit hard to find). It doesn't really decrease the value of the book though, just don't take all advice as gospel." – Robert Jan Veldhuizen, rec.games.backgammon, August 2000