A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy
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Hardie.11
Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, eleventh impression (“fourth edition”), 1852.
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Title: |
HOYLE'S GAMES | MADE FAMILIAR; | BEING | A Companion to the Card Table; | CONTAINING THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND PRACTICE OF | THIRTY CARD GAM S. | BY EIDRAH
TREBOR, ESQ. | FOURTH EDITION. | “I am sorry I have not learnt to play cards. It is
very | useful in life; it generates kindness and consolidates society.” | —Dr. Johnson. | LONDON: | WARD AND LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. |
| Collation: |
24o: [A]8 B–G8 H6 [$1 signed]; 62 leaves, pp. [12 ] [1] 2–4 [5] 6–112 |
| Frontispiece: |
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| Half Title: |
HOYLE'S GAMES. |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r |
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| A1v–A2r |
blank |
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| A2v |
frontispiece |
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| A3r |
title |
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| A3v |
‘Entered in Stationers Hall.’ |
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| A4r–A5r |
‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
A4v–A5r |
‘CONTENTS.’ |
| A5v |
blank |
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| A6r |
‘ADVERTISEMENT | [...]’ |
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| A6v |
blank |
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| A7r–H3v (1–106) |
see Hardie.1 A1r–G5v (1–108) |
A7r–H3v (1–106) |
see Hardie.1 A1r–G5v (1–108) |
| H4r (107) |
see Hardie.2 G6r (107) |
H4r (107) |
see Hardie.2 G6r (107) |
| H4v–H6v (108–112) |
see Hardie.4 G6v–G8v (108–112) |
H4v–H6v (108–112) |
see Hardie.4 G6v–G8v (108–112) |
| Plates: |
Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators.
on H1r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: |
Ward & Lock |
| Price: |
1s. (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: |
O [Jessel g.88]; Levy [2130] |
| Notes: |
The same setting of type as Hardie.1 with updated preliminaries, the material on short whist from Hardie.2 and new material on whist from Hardie.4.The book has been imposed differently from earlier impressions as is evident from
the change in collation formula and signatures. |
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