A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Whist.6 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, sixth London edition, 1746
Whist.1.P.1.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for W. Webster, first piracy of the first edition, second edition, 1743
Backgammon.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745
Piquet.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746
Quadrille.1.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, second issue, 1745
Osborne.B Collection, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second collection, 1746
Games.1.1 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, “eighth” edition, 1748
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
Games.1.3 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, “tenth” edition, 1750
Games.1.5 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, fifth issue, “tenth” edition, 1755
Games.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, “eleventh” edition, 1757
Games.5 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1767
Games.6 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, “fifteenth” edition, 1771 [2 copies]
Games.7 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, “sixteenth” edition, 1775
Games.3.P.1 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760
Games.3.P.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760
Jones.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779
Jones.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 [2 copies]
Jones.4 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790
Jones.5 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796
Jones.6 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800
Jones.8 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, eighth London edition, 1808 [2 copies]
Jones.9 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814
Jones.10 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, tenth London edition, 1820 [2 copies]
Jones.10-1 Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the tenth London edition, 1820
Jones.11 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 [3 copies]
GH.1 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 [3 copies]
GH.2 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman, Brown, & Co. et al, second edition, 1842
GH.3 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, third edition, 1847
Beaufort.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788
TJones.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778
Pigott.5 The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, “new edition, improved”, 1817
Pocket.1 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802
Pocket.3 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807 [2 copies]
Pocket.4 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed for P. and W. Wynne et al, fourth London edition, 1807 [2 copies]
Pocket2.1.1 The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, first London edition, 1808
Pocket.B The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fourth edition of Part I, 1808
Jockey.1 Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783 [2 copies]
Hardie.1 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830 [2 copies]
Hardie.3 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, third imrpression, 1834 [2 copies]
Hardie.4 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, fourth impression, 1836
Hardie.8 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., eighth impression, 1840
Hardie.9 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., ninth impression (“ninth edition”), 1843 [3 copies]
Hardie.13 Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, thirteenth impression (“twelfth edition”), 1855
Smith.1.2 The New Pocket Hoyle, published by I. Smith, another London impression, nd [2 copies]
Smith.1.4 The New Pocket Hoyle, published by I. Smith, another impression, printed by William Walker, Otley, nd
Multum.Games.1820c Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, third Stockton edition, 1820
Fairburn.Games.1825c Hoyle's Games in Miniature, printed and published by John Fairburn, printed for John Fairburn, 1825
Hodgson.Games.1827c Woodword's Edition of Hoyle's Games, published by O. Hodgson, published by O. Hodgson, 1827
Jeffery.Games.1835 Hoyle's Games. A New and Correct Edition, printed by and for William Jeffery, printed by and for William Jeffery, 1835
Richardson.Whist.1818 Short Rules for Whist, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 [2 copies]
Richardson.Backgammon.1818 A Treatise on Backgammon, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 [2 copies]
Richardson.Chess.1818 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 [2 copies]
Richardson.Draughts.1818 A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 [2 copies]
Richardson.Games.1818 Hoyle's Games, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 [2 copies]
Hughes.Whist.1822 Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. Hughes, 1822
Whist.D.Wilson.1.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson edition, first issue, “fifth” edition, 1752
Quadrille.D.Wilson.1* Quadrille, printed for Peter Wilson, first edition, 1752
Backgammon.D.Wilson.1* Backgammon, printed for Peter Wilson, first edition, 1752
Piquet.D.Wilson.1* The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, first edition, 1752
Wilson.A The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson collection, 1752
Jockey.D.1 Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791

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