A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Hardie.14

Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, fourteenth impression ("thirteenth edition"), 1858.

hardie.14.jpg 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.

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