A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Whist.1.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, second issue, 1743 [NLp80 742hb]
Whist.6 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, sixth London edition, 1746 [NLp80 742he]
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 [NLp80 742ha]
Backgammon.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 [NLr89 B2 743h]
Backgammon.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745 [NLp80 742he]
Memory.1 An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 [NLp80 744H]
Piquet.1.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 [NLp89.P7 744h]
Piquet.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 [NLp80 742he]
Quadrille.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 [NLp80 742he]
Chances.2 The Doctrine of Chances, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, "a new edition, corrected", 1764 [QA273.H68 1764]
Osborne.C Collection, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, third collection, 1746 [NLp80 742he]
Games.3 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, third London edition, "twelfth" edition, 1760 [NLp57 760H]
Games.6 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, "fifteenth" edition, 1771 [LWL 63 770 H85]
Beaufort.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 [NLp57 788H]
Whist.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, first Ewing edition, "fourth" edition, 1743 [GV1277.H89 1743]
Whist.D.3 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for G. and A. Ewing, third Ewing edition, "fifth" edition, 1745 [NLp80 745H]
Waite.1.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, first issue, 1816 [2006 473]
Long.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, second American edition, 1823 [2006 471]
Borradaile.1.1 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 [WA 129]
Staatman.Whist.Fr.1765 Traité du Jeu de Whist, Chez Frederic Staatman, nouvelle édition augmentée, 1765 [2005 933]
np.Whist.Fr.1776 Traité du Jeu de Whisk, first Vienna edition, 1776 [NLp80 742hh]
Whist.It.1.2 Il Giuoco del Whist, dalla tipografia Manini e Rivolta, first edition, second issue, 1821 [2009 1757]
Whist.Pt.4 Breve Tratado do Jogo do Whist, Na Typografia Rollandiana, fourth edition, "segunda ediçaõ", 1818 [1984 430]

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