A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Whist.1.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed by John Watts for the Author, first London edition, 1742 [I.795/HOYL (b1124998)]
Whist.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, second London edition, 1743 [I.795/HOYL (b1124767)]
Whist.1.P.1.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for W. Webster, first piracy of the first edition, first edition, 1743 [I.795/HOYL (b1124768)]
Games.1.2 The Accurate Gamester's Companion, printed for Tho. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, second issue, “ninth” edition, 1748 [I.795/HOYL (b1124953)]
Games.1.3 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, “tenth” edition, 1750 [I.795/HOYL (b1163087)]
Games.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, “eleventh” edition, 1757 [I.795/HOYL (b1124775)]
Games.4 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fourth London edition, “thirteenth” edition, 1763 [I.795/HOYL (b1124964)]
Games.5 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1767 [I.795/HOYL (b1124820)]
Games.6 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, “fifteenth” edition, 1771 [I.795/HOYL (b1124795)]; [I.795/HOYL (b1124997]
Games.7 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, “sixteenth” edition, 1775 [I.795/HOYL (b1124997)]
Games.3.P.1 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 [I.795/HOYL (b1124762)]
Games.3.P.4 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Francis Robertson, piracy of Whist, from the third edition, 1767 [I.795/HOYL (b1163081)]
Jones.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779 [I.795/HOYL (b1124776)]
Jones.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 [I.795/HOYL (b1124861)]
Jones.4 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790 [I.795/HOYL (b1124854)]
Jones.5 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796 [I.795/HOYL (b1124834)]
Jones.6 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800 [I.795/HOYL (b1124803)]
Jones.8 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, eighth London edition, 1808 [I.795/HOYL (b1163124)]
Jones.9 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814 [I.795/HOYL (b1124876)]
Jones.9-1 Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 [I.795/HOYL (b1163084)]
Jones.9-2 Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 [I.795/HOYL (b1124864)]
Jones.10-2 Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the tenth London edition, 1820 [I.795/JONE (b1163080)]
Jones.11 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 [I.795/HOYL (b1124828)]
GH.1 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 [I.795/HOYL (b1163085)]
Beaufort.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for S. Bladon, first London edition, 1775 [I.795/HOYL (b1124798)]
Beaufort.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 [I.795/HOYL (b1124954)]
TJones.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778 [I.795/HOYL (b1124961)]
Pigott.1.3 Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, first London edition, third issue, “third” edition, 1796 [I.795/PIGO (b1125012)]
Pigott.4.1 New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, fourth London edition, “new edition”, 1810 [I.795/PIGO (b1124996)]
Pigott.5 The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, “new edition, improved”, 1817 [I.795/HOYL (b1124807)]
Pocket.1 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802 [I.795/HOYL (b1124869)]
Pocket.2 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, second London edition, 1804 [I.795/HOYL (b1163082)]
Pocket.3 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807 [I.795/HOYL (b1125009)]
Pocket.B The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fourth edition of Part I, 1808 [I.795/HOYL (b1124873)]
Hardie.3 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, third imrpression, 1834 [I.795/TREB (b1124772)]
Hardie.10 Hoyle Made Familiar, Wm. S. Orr & Co., tenth impression (“tenth edition”), 1850 [I.795/TREB (b1163075)]
Hodgson.Games.1830c Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed for Hodgson, printed for Hodgson, 1830 [I.795/HOYL (b1124811)]
Backgammon.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 [Drama 82.1/CARE (b1085347)]
Polite.1.1 The Polite Gamester, printed by T. Ewing, first Dublin edition, first issue, 1772 [I.795/HOYL (b1124804)]
Polite.1.2 The Polite Gamester, printed by James Hoey, first Dublin edition, second issue, 1776 [I.795/HOYL (b1124774)]
Borradaile.1.3 Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, third issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1838 [I.795/HOYL (b1124866)]
Whist.Nl.1 Volledig Onderwijs in het Whist, bij Keijzer, Van der Burgh en Wijnands, first edition, 1790 [I.795/HOYL (b1163120)]

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