A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Anners.Games.1857
Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, third edition, 1857.
| Title: | HOYLE’S GAMES: | CONTAINING | THE RULES | FOR PLAYING | Fashionable Games. | WITH COPIOUS DIRECTIONS FOR | [sixteen lines to left of rule] | BOASTON, | BLIND HOOKEY, | WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | SNIP, SNAP, | PIQUET, |QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | COVENTRY, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | [sixteen lines between two rules] | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION, | LOTTERY, | POPE JOAN, | COMMERCE, | EO, | PAM-LOO, | BRAG, | DOMINO, | BACK-GAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | THIRTY-ONE, | CHESS, | [sixteen lines to right of rule] | GOFF, or GOLF, | CRICKET, | BILLIARDS, | TENNIS, | FIVE AND TEN, | CATCH THE TEN, | ECARTÉ, | EUCHRE, | BLUFF, or POKER, | TWENTY-DECK | POKER, | ARCHERY, | BOWLS, or TEN-| PINS, | HORSE-RACING, | COCKING. | CAREFULLY REVISED FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION, | With American Additions. | [short rule] | PHILADELPHIA: | HENRY F. ANNERS. | 1857 |
| Collation: | 24o: [A]6 B–T6 U6 V6 W6 X–Y6 [Z]6, 2[A]6 B2 [$1,3 (−G1) signed; signing $3 as '$2'; signing C3 as 2C]; 158 leaves, pp. [i–ii], 3–4 [v–viii], 1–159 [160] 161–173 [174] 175–307 [308] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | ‘[rule] | Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by | HENRY F. ANNERS, | in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for | the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. | [rule]’ | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT | TO | THE AMERICAN EDITION. | [...] | Philadelphia May, 1857. | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT | TO | THE LONDON EDITION. | [...]’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (v–viii) | ‘INDEX. | [...]’ | A3v–A4v (vi–viii) | ‘INDEX.’ | |
| A5r–A6v (1–4) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | [short rule] | BOASTON. | [...]’ | A5v–A6v (2–4) | ‘BOASTON.’ | |
| A6v (4) | ‘[...] | BLIND HOOKEY. | [...].’ | |||
| B1r–G2r (5–67) | ‘THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...].’ | B1v–G2r (6–67) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| G2v–H4r (68–83) | ‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...].’ | G3r–H3v (69–82) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| on G6r (75), H2r (79) | ‘QUADRILLE’ | |||
| H4r (83) | ‘[...] | SNIP, SNAP, SNORE’EM. | [...]’ | H4r (83) | ‘SNIP, SNAP, SNORE’EM.’ | |
| H4v–I3v (84–94) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | H5r–I3v (85–94) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| I4r (95) | ‘THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | |||
| I4v–I5r (96–97) | ‘THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | I5r (97) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| I5v (98) | ‘THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | |||
| I6r–K2v (99–104) | ‘THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ | I6v–K2r (100–103) | ‘PHARO.’ | |
| K2v (104) | ‘[...] | THE EARL OF COVENTRY. | [...]’ | |||
| K3r–K4r (105–107) | ‘THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | K3v–K4r (106–107) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| K4v–L2r (108–115) | ‘THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | K5r–L1v (109–114) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| L2r (115) | ‘[...] | COMMIT. | [...]’ | L2r (115) | ‘COMMIT.’ | |
| L2v–L3r (116–117) | ‘THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | L3r (117) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| L3v–L4v (118–120) | ‘THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | L4r–L4v (119–120) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| L5r–M1r (121–125) | ‘THE GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | L5v–M1r (122–125) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| M1v–M2r (126–127) | ‘THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | M2r (127) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| M2v (128) | ‘THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | |||
| M3r–M3v (129–130) | ‘THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ | M3v (130) | ‘ALL FOURS.’ | |
| M4r (131) | ‘THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | |||
| M4v (132) | ‘THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ | |||
| M5r–M5v (133–134) | ‘THE | GAME OF POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ | M5v (134) | ‘POPE, OR POPE JOAN’ | |
| M6r–N1r (135–137) | ‘THE GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ | M6v (136) | ‘COMMERCE.’ | |
| N1r (137) | ‘EO.| [...]’ | N1r (137) | ‘EO.’ | |
| N1v–O3r (138–153) | ‘THE GAME OF PAM-LOO | [...]’ | N2r–O3r (139–153) | ‘PAM-LOO’ | |
| O3v–O5r (154–157) | ‘THE GAME OF BRAG | [...]’ | O4r–O5r (155–157) | ‘BRAG’ | |
| O5v–O6r (158–159) | ‘THE GAME OF DOMINO | [...]’ | |||
| O6r (159) | ‘[...] | LIFT SMOKE | [...]’ | |||
| O6v (160) | woodblock print of a Backgammon board | |||
| P1r–Q1r (161–173) | ‘THE GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | P1v–Q1r (162–173) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| Q1v (174) | woodblock print of a Draughts board | |||
| Q2r–S3v (175–202) | ‘THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | Q2v–S3v (176–202) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| on R1v (186) | ‘DRAUGHTS’ | |||
| S4r–S5r (203–205) | ‘THE GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | S4v–S5r (204–205) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| S5v (206) | ‘THIRTY-ONE | [...]’ | |||
| S6r–W6r (207–255) | ‘THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | S6v–W6r (208–255) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| on U5r (229), U5v (230), V5r (241) | ‘CHESS’ | |||
| W6v–X1r (256–257) | ‘THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF | [...]’ | X1r (257) | ‘GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| X1v–X2v (258–260) | ‘THE LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | X2r–X2v (259–260) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| X3r–Y3r (261–273) | ‘THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. | [...]’ | X3v–Y3r (262–273) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| Y3v–Y5r (274–277) | ‘THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | Y4r–Y4v (275–276) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| Y5r–Y6r (277–279) | ‘FIVE AND TEN. | [...]’ | Y5r–Y5v (277–278) | ‘FIVE AND TEN.’ | |
| Y6r–Z1r (279–281) | ‘[...] | CATCH THE TEN, | SOMETIMES CALLED SCOT’S WHIST. | [...]’ | Y6r–Y6v (279–280) | ‘FIVE AND TEN.’ | |
| Z1r–Z2v (281–284) | ‘[...] | ECARTÉ. | [...]’ | Z1r–Z2v (281–284) | ‘ECARTÉ.’ | |
| Z3r–Z4r (285–287) | ‘EUCHRE. | [...]’ | Z3r–Z3v (285–286) | ‘EUCHRE.’ | |
| Z4r–Z5r (287–289) | ‘[...] | POKER, OR “BLUFF,” | [...]’ | Z4r–Z4v (287–288) | ‘POKER, OR “BLUFF.”’ | |
| Z5r (289) | ‘[...] | TWENTY-DECK POKER, | [...]’ | Z5r (289) | ‘TWENTY-DECK POKER, ETC.’ | |
| Z5r–Z6v (289–292) | ‘[...] | ARCHERY. | [...]’ | Z5v–Z6v (290–292) | ‘ARCHERY.’ | |
| on Z5v (290) | ‘ARCHERY’ | |||
| 2A1r–A3r (293–297) | ‘BOWLS, OR TEN PINS. | [...]’ | 2A1v–A3r (294–297) | ‘BOWLS, OR TEN PINS.’ | |
| 2A3v–A5v (298–302) | ‘HORSE-RACING. | [...]’ | 2A3v–A5v (298–302) | ‘HORSE-RACING.’ | |
| 2A6r–B2r (303–307) | ‘COCKING. | [...]’ | 2A6v–B2r (304–307) | ‘COCKING.’ | |
| 2B2v (308) | blank |
| Plates: | on O6v(160) woodblock: a Backgammon board on Q1v(174) woodblock: a Draughts board on 2A1r(293) woodblock: a Bowling green |
| Publisher: | Henry F. Anners |
| References: | Jessel 848 |
| Other Copies: | MH [SG 3118.57.3] (Google) |
| Notes: | This book has two sets of printed signatures, alphabetic signatures for imposing in sixes, and numeric signature marks for imposing in eights. I am describing the book from a digital copy rather than a physical book, and chose to present the collation formula in sixes. In the Anners edition, all pages are set within a double frame. Lippincott printed a number of impressions with the same setting of type, but without the double frame. |