A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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L: British Library, London, England
| Title | Shelfmarks | |
| Whist.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, second London edition, 1743 | [1578/5673] |
| Whist.3 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, third London edition, 1743 | [7918.a.100] |
| Whist.5 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, fifth London edition, 1744 | [D-7913.a.42.(1.)] |
| Whist.6 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, sixth London edition, 1746 | [7915.a.46] |
| Whist.7 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, seventh London edition, 1747 | [1568/6344(1)]; [7917.de.56(1)] |
| 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 | [E.2208(2)] |
| 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 | [1471.g.39] |
| Whist.1.P.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for W. Webb, second piracy of the first edition, 1743 | [7919.de.3(1)] |
| Whist.7.P | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne, piracy of seventh edition, “tenth” edition, 1750 | [RB.23.a.8729] |
| Backgammon.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 | [7913.aa.60] |
| Backgammon.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745 | [7917.de.56(2)]; [7919.de.3(2)] |
| Memory.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 | [1568/6344(2)] |
| Piquet.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 | [1040.b.40(1)] |
| Piquet.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 | [7917.de.56(2)] |
| Quadrille.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 | [7917.de.56(2)]; [7917.de.65] |
| Brag.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for and sold by J. Jolliffe, first London edition, 1751 | [1040.b.40(2)] |
| Chances.1.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, sold by J. Jolliff, first London edition, first issue, 1754 | [8535.b.30] |
| Chances.2 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, “a new edition, corrected”, 1764 | [8505.b.39] |
| Chess.1 | An Essay on Chess, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, 1761 | [RB.23.a.5740] |
| Osborne.E | Collection, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth collection, 1747 | [7917.de.56] |
| Games.1.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, “eighth” edition, 1748 | [1493.l.38] |
| 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 | [58.b.18] |
| Games.1.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, “tenth” edition, 1750 | [7918.a.73] |
| Games.1.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, fifth issue, “tenth” edition, 1755 | [7912.a.74] |
| Games.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, “eleventh” edition, 1757 | [7918.a.82] |
| Games.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, third London edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 | [7913.aaa.23] |
| Games.4 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fourth London edition, “thirteenth” edition, 1763 | [RB.23.a.2924] |
| Games.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1767 | [7921.dd.2] |
| Games.6 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, “fifteenth” edition, 1771 | [1040.b.31] |
| Games.7 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, “sixteenth” edition, 1775 | [7918.a.74] |
| Games.3.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 | [7920.aa.34] |
| Games.7.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for P. Charles, piracy of seventh edition, “seventeenth” edition, 1775 | [1507/659]; [7921.a.12] |
| Games.3.R.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, Edinburgh reprint of third edition, 1792 | [7919.d.9] |
| Jones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. Rivington et al, first London edition, 1775 | [7915.aaa.13] |
| Jones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779 | [1040.b.30] |
| Jones.2-1 | A Treatise on Billiards, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, extracted from second London edition, 1779 | [C.106.b.26] |
| Jones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 | [7915.a.50] |
| Jones.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790 | [7918.a.77] |
| Jones.5 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796 | [7913.aa.58] |
| Jones.6 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800 | [1040.b.32] |
| Jones.6-1 | Directions for Breeding Game Cocks, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from sixth London edition, 1800 | [RB.23.a.35281] |
| Jones.7 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, seventh London edition, 1803 | [1506/181] |
| Jones.8-2 | Mr. Hoyle's Game of Chess, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 | [7915.aaa.57] |
| Jones.10 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, tenth London edition, 1820 | [7923.de.8] |
| Jones.11 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 | [7915.de.80]; [C.46.b.33] |
| GH.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 | [7913.aaa.4] |
| GH.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, third edition, 1847 | [RB.23.a.28015] |
| GH.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, fourth edition, 1853 | [7921.a.87] |
| Beaufort.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for S. Bladon, first London edition, 1775 | [1607/562] |
| Beaufort.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 | [7919.d.31] |
| TJones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778 | [1568/1568] |
| TJones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for T. Wood, second London edition, 1779 | [1040.b.30] |
| TJones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, third London edition, 1782 | [1488.de.7]; [1488.de.8]; [1506/590] |
| Pigott.2.1 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, “fourth” edition, 1797 | [1607/58] |
| Pigott.2.2 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, second issue, “fifth” edition, 1800 | [7915.de.85] |
| Pigott.5 | The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, “new edition, improved”, 1817 | [1506/98] |
| Pocket.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802 | [7913.a.64] |
| Pocket.4 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed for P. and W. Wynne et al, fourth London edition, 1807 | [D-7915.aaa.14] |
| Pocket2.1.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, first London edition, 1808 | [D-7915.aaa.14] |
| Pocket2.1.1-1 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatise on the Game of Billiards, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, extracted from the first London edition, 1808 | [D-7913.a.28] |
| Pocket.B | The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fourth edition of Part I, 1808 | [D-7915.aaa.14] |
| Jockey.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783 | [RB.23.a.8428] |
| 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 | [C.191.a.2] |
| Scott.10 | A Compendium of Easy Rules of Whist, printed for D. Cox, “tenth” edition, 1814 | [D-7915.bb.11] |
| Card.1 | Hoyle's Card Games, printed for E. Barret, first edition, Bath, 1824 | [RB.8.a.119] |
| Hardie.1 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830 | [1040.a.20s] |
| Hardie.12 | Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, twelfth impression (“eleventh edition”), 1855 | [7921.dd.102] |
| Hardie.13 | Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, thirteenth impression (“twelfth edition”), 1855 | [7926.c.29] |
| Hardie.14 | Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, fourteenth impression (“thirteenth edition”), 1858 | [7921.a.63] |
| Multum.Games.1820c | Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, third Stockton edition, 1820 | [D-7913.de.5] |
| Jeffery.Games.1843 | Hoyle's Games. A New and Correct Edition, printed by and for William Jeffery, printed by and for William Jeffery, 1843 | [7913.de.7] |
| Withy.Whist24.1790c | Short Standing Rules for Whist, Salisbury extract, 1790 | [1040.e.43.(1*.)] |
| Withy.Whist29.2 | Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, second London edition, 1792 | [RB.8.a.427] |
| Withy.Quadrille.1 | Short Rules for Quadrille, printed for, and sold by the Author, first London edition, 1793 | [1040.a.1(3)] |
| Richardson.Whist.1828 | Short Rules for Whist, printed by and for Thomas Richardson, 1828 | [1568/901] |
| Stacy.Whist.1819 | Short Rules for Whist, printed for B. Reynolds, 1819 | [D-7913.a.70] |
| Stacy.Draughts.1820 | A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, printed for the booksellers, by John Stacy, 1820 | [RB.23.a.12258] |
| Allman.Chess.1824 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824 | [D-7913.a.100.(1.)] |
| North.Whist.1829 | Short Rules for Whist, published by T. North, 1829 | [1606/1564] |
| Whist.D.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, second Ewing edition, “fifth” edition, 1743 | [D-7913.b.40] |
| Whist.D.3 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for G. and A. Ewing, third Ewing edition, “fifth” edition, 1745 | [7917 de.73] |
| Whist.D.5 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, fifth Ewing edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1762 | [1607/4733]; [1607/527] |
| Backgammon.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 | [7917 de.73] |
| Backgammon.D.2* | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, second Dublin edition, 1753 | [1607/4733]; [1607/528] |
| Memory.D.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 | [7917 de.73] |
| Memory.D.3* | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, third Dublin edition, 1762 | [1607/4733]; [1607/527] |
| Piquet.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 | [7917 de.73] |
| Piquet.D.3* | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, third Dublin edition, 1761 | [1607/4733] |
| Quadrille.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1745 | [7917 de.73]; [7920.aa.17] |
| Quadrille.D.2* | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, second Dublin edition, 1754 | [1607/4733]; [1607/529] |
| Chances.D.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1761 | [1607/4733]; [1607/526] |
| Ewing.B | The Polite Gamester, printed for G. and A. Ewing, second Ewing collection, 1745 | [7917 de.73] |
| Ewing.C | The Polite Gamester, printed for G. and A. Ewing, third Ewing collection, 1752 | [D-7913.bb.52] |
| Ewing.D | The Polite Gamester, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, fourth Ewing collection, 1761 | [1607/4733]; [1607/527] |
| Polite.1.1 | The Polite Gamester, printed by T. Ewing, first Dublin edition, first issue, 1772 | [1507/1167] |
| Polite.1.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by James Hoey, first Dublin edition, second issue, 1776 | [7921.a.54] |
| Polite.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by Peter Hoey, second Dublin edition, “tenth” edition, 1787 | [7918.a.78] |
| Brag.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for John Exshaw, first Dublin edition, 1751 | [D-7913.bb.52.(3.)] |
| Jockey.D.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791 | [1607/2574] |
| np.Whist.Fr.1776 | Traité du Jeu de Whisk, first Vienna edition, 1776 | [7915.a.29] |
| Pigott.Fr.1 | Règles du Jeu de Whist, 1810 | [7921.a.9] |
| Whist.Pt.2 | Breve Tratado do Jogo do Whist, Na Officina de Joseph da Silva Nazareth, second edition, 1768 | [D-7915.de.6] |