A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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The New Pocket Hoyle, J. Smith, first London edition, 1834.

smith.1.1.jpg Title: [within a decorative frame] THE | NEW POCKET | HOYLE, | CONTAINING | EASY RULES FOR PLAYING | THE | GAMES OF | [seven lines to left] Whist | Quadrille | Cribbage | Piquet | Matrimony | Lansquenet | Quinze | [seven lines in center] Chess | Backgammon | Draughts | Billiards | Cricket | Tennis | Goff | [seven lines to right] Faro | Rouge et Noir | Cassino | Connexions | Put | Loo | Speculation | Laws on Gaming, &c. | [short rule] | LONDON: | J. SMITH, 193, HIGH HOLBORN. | [short rule] | 1834.
Collation: 16o: [A]2 [B]8 C–L8 [$1 signed]; 82 leaves, pp. [4 ] [i] ii, [3] 4 [5] 6 [7] 8–110 [111] 112–127 [128] 129–160 [misprinting 110 as 10]
Frontispiece: smith.1.1.frontispiece.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
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A1v wood engraving of couple playing chess
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B1r–B1v (i–ii) ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ B1v (ii) ‘CONTENTS.’
B2r–B8v (3–16) ‘THE | POCKET HOYLE. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B2v–B8r (4–15) ‘WHIST.’
B8v–C1v (16–18) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ B8v–C1r (16–17) ‘ALL FOURS.’
C1v–C3v (18–22) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ C1v–C3r (18–21) ‘CASSINO.’
C3v–C7v (22–30) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ C3v–C7r (22–29) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
C7v–C8r (30–31) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ C7v (30) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
C8r–C8v (31–32) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ C8r (31) ‘LANSQUENET.’
C8v–D1r (32–33) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ C8v–D1r (32–33) ‘MATRIMONY.’
D1v–D8r (34–47) ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ D1v–D7v (34–46) ‘PIQUET.’
D8r–D8v (47–48) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ D8r (47) ‘PUT.’
D8v–E3v (48–54) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ D8v–E3v (48–54) ‘PHARO.’
E4r–E7v (55–62) ‘THE GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ E4r–E7r (55–61) ‘QUADRILLE.’
E7v–E8r (62–63) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ E7v (62) ‘QUINZE.’
E8r–F1v (63–66) ‘[..] | THE GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ E8r–F1r (63–65) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
F1v (66) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOTTERY. | [...]’ F1v (66) ‘LOTTERY.’
F1v–F2r (66–67) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’
F2r–F3r (67–69) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ F2r–F2v (67–68) ‘VINGT-UN.’
F3r–F3v (69–70) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF LOO. | [...]’ F3r (69) ‘LOO.’
F3v–F4v (70–72) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BRAG. | [...]’ F3v–F4r (70–71) ‘BRAG.’
F4v–F5r (72–73) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF POPE, OR POPE JOAN. | [...]’ F4v–F5r (72–73) ‘POPE JOAN.’
F5v–F6r (74–75) ‘THE GAME OF COMMERCE. | [...]’ F5v (74) ‘COMMERCE.’
F6r–G3v (75–86) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ F6r–G3r (75–85) ‘CHESS.’
G3v–H5r (86–105) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF BACKGAMMON. | [...]’ G3v–H5r (86–105) ‘BACKGAMMON.’
H5v–I7r (106–125) ‘MR. PAYNE'S GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ H5v–I7r (106–125) ‘DRAUGHTS.’
I7v–L3v (126–150) ‘THE GAME OF BILLIARDS. | [...]’ I7v–L3v (126–150) ‘BILLIARDS.’
L4r–L5r (151–153) ‘THE GAME OF CRICKET. | [...]’ L4r–L5r (151–153) ‘CRICKET.’
L5r–L7r (153–157) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ L5v–L6v (154–156) ‘TENNIS.’
L7r–L8r (157–159) ‘[...] | THE GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ L7r–L8r (157–159) ‘GOFF.’
L8r–L8v (159–160) ‘[...] | SHORT EPITOME | OF THE | STATUTE LAWS ON GAMING. | [...] | [colophon]’ L8v (160) ‘LAWS ON GAMING.’
Publisher: Joseph Smith
Printer: Joseph Smith (colophon)
Price: 1s.6d. (cover)
References: Jessel 840, Rather 137
Colophon: ‘[short rule] | JOSEPH SMITH, PRINTER, 193, HIGH HOLBORN’
Copies Seen: O [Jessel g.102]; OCl [789.87H J4L]; Levy [2209]
Notes: This is the only dated version of Smith's New Pocket Hoyle. There are at least four undated versions, the same setting of type, certainly stereotyped, but with differences in the preliminary matter, pagination errors, and the colophon. Indeed the pagination errors differ among the copies of this dated edition.

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