A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Hardie.13
Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, thirteenth impression (“twelfth edition”), 1855.
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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 GAMES. | BY EIDRAH TREBOR, ESQ. | TWELFTH 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]6 B–G8 H6 [I]4 [$1 signed]; 64 leaves, pp. [iii–vi] vii [viii–x], [1] 2–3 [4–5] 6–112 [8 ] =128 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (iii) | title | |||
| A1v (iv) | ‘Entered in Stationers Hall.’ | |||
| A2r–A3r (v–vii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | A2v–A3r (vi–vii) | ‘CONTENTS.’ | |
| A3v (viii) | blank | |||
| A4r (ix) | ‘ADVERTISEMENT. | [...]’ | |||
| A4v (x) | blank | |||
| A5r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.1 A1r–G5v (1–106) | A5r–H3v (1–106) | see Hardie.1 A1r–G5v (1–106) | |
| 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) | |
| I1r–I4r | ‘EDUCATIONAL WORKS | PUBLISHED BY | WARD & LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. | [...]’ | I1v–I4r | ‘WARD & LOCK'S EDUCATIONAL WORKS.’ | |
| I4v | blank |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators. A different engraving from
Hardie.11. on H1r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | Ward & Lock |
| Notices: | 1855-06-11 The Morning Post |
| Price: | 1s. (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: | L [7926.c.29] (Google); Copisarow; Levy [2195] |
| 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. |