Games.5
David
Levy
Games.5
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Mr. Hoyle's Games
printed for Thomas Osborne et al
"fourteenth" edition
fifth London edition
1767
1767-12-12
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Edmond
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Henry
Woodfall
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Baldwin
Richard
Baldwin
48
Stanley
Crowder
24
Wilkie
John
Wilkie
12
Henry
Woodfall
inferred
St. James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post
1767-12-12
"This day were published, price 3s. neatly bound in red leather. To which
are added, some new cases at whist, never before printed; also the new laws
of the game at whist, as played at White's and Saunder's Chocolate Houses. A
new edition, being the fourteenth of Mr. Hoyle's Games...Be pleased to
observe, that all genuine copies are signed by Edmond Hoyle, and all others
are pirated or a bad edition, for which a reward is given to any one who
will inform of the sale of them. Printed by assignment from T. Osborne for
H. Woodfall, R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder in Pater-noster-Row; and J. Wilkie,
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Thomas Osborne sold his stock and copyrights at a trade sale on 1767-07-23,
shortly before his death on 1767-08-21. His one-third share of the Hoyle copyright
was divided into four lots of one-twelfth share. John Wilkie purchased one share for
£21, Henry Woodfall for £22, and Stanley Crowder, two shares for £22 each.
Probably because of the death of Osborne, the publishers used a different method
of having Hoyle autograph the books. The book was printed and Hoyle was given cancel
title pages to sign. The cancel titles generally replaced the origianl title page
(a1), but one often finds copies with both title pages and with only the uncancelled
title page. See my blog
essay
"Every Cancel Tells a Story, Don't It? (part 2)". The cancellans has horizontal
chain lines while the book has vertical throughout.
On a1v (ii) the text of cancellans concludes the Advertisement saying "No copies of this
book are genuine, but what are signed by the Author." The cancellandum has
nearly identical language, but the Advertisement concludes "...but what are
signed by Edmond Hoyle, and Thomas Osborne."
The typographical error in the section title for backgammon ('carry-rying') is
amusing and suggests that the type was set from
Games.4
where the line break is 'car-rying'.
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Mr.
HOYLE
's | GAMES | OF | [3 lines to left of double rule]
Whist, | Quadrille, | Piquet, |
[3 lines to right of double rule]
Cheſs, |
AND |
Back=Gammon,
| COMPLETE. | In which are contained, | The Method of Playing
and
Betting |
at
those Games,
upon equal, or ad-|vantageous Terms. | INCLUDING | The
Laws
of the ſeveral
GAMES. | [rule] | The FOURTEENTH EDITION. | [rule] | To which is now
firſt added, | Two
New Caſes
at
Whiſt,
never before printed; | ALSO | The
New Laws
of the Game at
Whiſt, |
As played at |
White'
s and
Saunders'
s Chocolate-Houſes. | [double rule] |
LONDON:
| Printed for
Thomas Osborne,
in Gray's-Inn; |
Henry Woodfall, |
And
Richard Baldwin,
both in Pater-noſter-row. | {Price Three
Shillings, neatly bound.}
Mr.
HOYLE
's | GAMES | OF | [3 lines to left of double rule]
Whist, | Quadrille, | Piquet, |
[3 lines to right of double rule]
Cheſs, |
AND |
Back=Gammon,
| COMPLETE. | In which are contained, | The Method of Playing
and
Betting, |
at
those Games,
upon equal, or ad-|vantageous Terms. | INCLUDING | The
Laws
of the ſeveral
GAMES. | [rule] | The FOURTEENTH EDITION. | To which is now firſt
added, | Two
New Caſes
at
Whiſt,
never before printed; | ALSO | The
New Laws
of the Game at
Whiſt, |
As played at |
White's
and
Saunders'
s Chocolate-Houſes. | [double rule] |
LONDON:
| Printed for
Thomas Osborne,
in Gray's-Inn; |
Henry Woodfall, |
And
Richard Baldwin,
both in Pater-noſter-row. | {Price Three
Shillings, neatly bound.}
A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. | CONTAINING | The LAWS
of the GAME: | AND ALSO | Some
Rules
whereby a Beginner may, with due Attention | to them, attain to the
playing it well. |
Calculations
for thoſe who will Bet the Odds on any | Points of the Score of the
Game then playing and de-|pending. |
Cases
ſtated, to ſhew what may be effected by a very good | Player in
critical Parts of the Game. |
References
to
Cases,
viz. at the End of the Rule, you | are directed how to find them. |
Calculations,
directing, with moral Certainty, how to | play well any Hand or Game,
by ſhewing the Chances of | your Partner’s having 1, 2, or 3 certain Cards.
| With Variety of
Cases
added in the Appendix. | [rule] | By
Edmond Hoyle,
Gent. | [rule] | The Laws of the Game, and an Explanation of the
Calcu-|lations which are neceſſary to be underſtood by thoſe who | would
play it well. |
And Also, |
A
Dictionary
for WHIST,
which reſolves al-|moſt all the critical Caſes that may
happen at the | Game. |
To which is added, | An ARTIFICIAL MEMORY: | Or, an eaſy Method of
aſſiſting the Memory of | thoſe that play at the
Game
of WHIST. | And ſeveral
Cases,
not hitherto publiſhed.
[
headpiece
] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | QUADRILLE; | SHEWING |
The Odds of winning or loſing moſt
Games |
that are commonly played; either
by calling | a King, or by playing
Sans Prendre. |
To which are added, | The LAWS of the GAME. | The
Sixth Edition. |
By
Edmond Hoyle,
Gent. |
[
headpiece
]
[
headpiece
] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | PIQUET; | DIRECTING, |
With moral Certainty, how to diſcard any | Hand to Advantage, by ſhewing the
Chances | of taking in any one, two, three, four, or | five certain Cards. |
Computations
for thoſe who Bet their | Money at the
Game. |
ALSO, | The LAWS of the GAME. |
To which are added, | Some
Rules
and
Observations
for playing | well at CHESS. | The
Sixth Edition. |
By
Edmond Hoyle,
Gent. |
[headpiece]
[
headpiece
] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | BACK-GAMMON. |
CONTAINING, | [12 lines to left of rule] A
Table
of the thirty-ſix | Chances, with Directions | how to find out the
Odds of | being hit, upon ſingle, or | double Dice. | Rules whereby a
Beginner | may, with due Attention | to them, attain playing it | well. |
The ſeveral Stages for carry-|rying your Men home, in | order to loſe no
Point. | [12 lines to right of rule] How to find out who is for-|wardeſt to
win a Hit. | Caſes ſtated for Back-Games, | with Directions how to play |
for one. | Caſes ſtated, how to know | when you may have the bet-|ter of
ſaving a Gammon by | running. | Variety of Caſes of Curioſity | and
Inſtruction. | The Laws of the Game. | The
Seventh Edition. |
By
Edmond Hoyle,
Gent. |
[
headpiece
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a1v
ii
‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...] | To the READER. | [...] | [autograph of Edmond
Hoyle]’
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‘[row of type orn] | CONTENTS. | [...]’
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section title whist
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‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. |
[...]’
Whist
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section title Quadrille
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‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | QUADRILLE. |
[...]’
Quadrille
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section title Piquet and Chess
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H6v
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‘[double rule] | A | TREATISE | On the GAME of | PIQUET. |
[...]’
Piquet
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‘[double rule] | SOME |
Rules
and
Observations |
FOR | Playing well at
CHESS. | [...]’
Chess
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section title Backgammon
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‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | BACK-GAMMON.
| [...]’
Backgammon
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Odds,
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Queen,
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