A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Hardie.14
Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, fourteenth impression (“thirteenth edition”), 1858.
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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: | 24o: [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.1 A1r–G5v (1–106) | A5v–H3v (2–106) | 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) | |
| 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 |
| Notices: | 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.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. |