A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Anners.Games.1844
Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, first edition, 1844.
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Title: | HOYLE’S GAMES: | CONTAINING | THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND PRACTICE | OF | [twenty-one lines to left of curly rule] | WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | CASSINO, | PUT, | ALL FOURS, | POPE JOAN, | THIRTY-ONE, | BRAG, | COMMERCE, | EARL OF COVENTRY, | LANSQUENET, | LOO, | ECARTE, | CRIBBAGE, | FIVE AND TEN, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | MATRIMONY, | [twenty-one lines to right of curly rule] | REVERSIS, | CONNEXIONS, | SPECULATION, | SNIP, SNAP, SNORE’EM, | BOASTON, | CATCH THE TEN, | COMMIT, | LIFT SMOKE, | LOTTERY, | CHESS, | BACK-GAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | DOMINO, | CRICKET, | BILLIARDS, | TENNIS, | GOFF, OR GOLF, | HORSE-RACING, | AND | COCKING. | REVISED EDITION. | [short rule] | PHILADELPHIA: | HENRY F. ANNERS. | 1844. |
| Collation: | 24o: π4 A–D8 [E]8 F–Q8 [R]4 [$1 signed]; 136 leaves, pp. [i–viii], [1] 2–256, 2[1] 2–8 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r (i) | title | |||
| π1v (ii) | ‘[rule] | Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the | year 1844, by HENRY F. ANNERS, in the clerk’s | office of the District Court for the Eastern District | of Pennsylvania. | [rule] | (2)’ | |||
| π2r (iii) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...] | E. T. | Edin. 1st April 1838.’ | |||
| π2v (iv) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN | EDITION. | [...]’ | |||
| π3r–π4v (v–viii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | π3v–π4v (vi–viii) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A1r–H4r (1–119) | see Hardie.US.1 | A1v–H4r (2–119) | see Hardie.US.1 | |
| H4v–L7r (120–173) | ‘THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | H5r–L6v (121–172) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| L7r–M6v (173–188) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | L7r–M6r (173–187) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| M6v–O4v (188–216) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | M6v–O4v (188–216) | ||
| O5r–O5v (217–218) | ‘THE GAME OF DOMINO. | [...]’ | O5r (217) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| O5v–O7r (218–221) | ‘THE LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | O5v–O6v (218–220) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| O7r–P6r (221–235) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. | [...]’ | O7r–P5v (221–234) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| P6r–P7v (235–238) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | P6r–P7r (235–237) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| P7v–Q1v (238–242) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | P7v–Q1r (238–241) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| Q1v–Q2v (242–244) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | Q1v–Q2r (242–243) | ‘THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| Q2v–Q6r (244–251) | ‘[...] | HORSE-RACING. | [...]’ | Q2v–Q5v (244–250) | ‘HORSE-RACING.’ | |
| Q6r–Q8v (251–256) | ‘[...] | COCKING. | [...]’ | Q6r–Q8v (251–256) | ‘Cocking.’ | |
| R1r–R3v (21–6) | ‘HENRY F. ANNERS. | BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER, | PHILADELPHIA. | [advertisements]’ | |||
| R4r–R4v (27–8) | blank |
| Plates: | on G6r(107) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table on L7v(174) woodblock: a Backgammon board on M7r(189) woodblock: a Draughts board |
| Publisher: | Henry F. Anners |
| References: | Jessel 845 (misdated 1845), Rather 154 (misdated 1845) |
| Copies Seen: | Levy [1006] |
| Other Copies: | CU-BANC [GV1243.H877 1844]; CtW [VN H86b]; CtY [WA 974]; FTUSF [B-369]; LU [GV1243.H877 1844]; MSaP [GV1243.H877 1844] |
| Notes: | Pages 1 to 119 are printed from stereotype plates first used to print Hardie.US.1. Pages 120 to 256 are newly printed material. |