A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

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Title Shelfmarks
Whist.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, second London edition, 1743 [317502]
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 [303092]
Jones.2-1 A Treatise on Billiards, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, extracted from second London edition, 1779 [345985]
Jones.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 [146212]
Pigott.5 The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, "new edition, improved", 1817 [343419]
Jockey.2 Every Man a Good Card Player, printed at the Logographic Press for J. Wallis, a partial resetting from the first London edition of The Epitome of Hoyle, 1785 [287070]
Hodgson.2 Woodword's Edition of Hoyle's Games, published by O. Hodgson, published by O. Hodgson, 1827 [194315]
Whist.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, first Ewing edition, "fourth" edition, 1743 [371549]
Whist.D.Wilson.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson edition, second issue, "fifth" edition, 1752 [356641]
Polite.Wilson The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson collection, 1752 [356641]
Long.4 Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, fourth American edition, 1829 [238961]
Borradaile.1.1 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 [283283]

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