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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. | THIRTEENTH 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 & LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. |
| Collation: | 32o: [A]6 B–G8 H8 [I]2 [$1 signed]; 64 leaves, pp. [iii–vi] vii [viii–x], [1] 2–112 [113–120] |
| 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.2 | A5v–H3v (2–106) | see Hardie.2 | |
| H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 | H4r–H6v (107–112) | see Hardie.4 | |
| H7r–I2v (113–120) | ‘WARD AND LOCK'S | ILLUSTRATED NOVELS. | [...]’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Two couples at card table with two females spectators. Drawn by J. Stewart. Engraved
on steel by W. H. Lizars Title engraving: extra engraved title undated with imprint London. Ward and Lock. on H1r(101) woodblock: a tapis or cloth covering the Rouge et Noir table |
| Publisher: | Ward & Lock |
| Advertisements: | 1858-03-24 The Morning Post: "New Edition, price 1s. cloth gilt, postage free..." |
| Price: | 1s. (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: | L [7921.a.63] (Google); TNJ [GV1243:H2 A13]; Levy [2127]; Levy [2131] |
| Notes: | The same setting of type as Hardie.2 with new preliminaries and the added material from Hardie.4 on the last three leaves. |