A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Games.1.1 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, "eighth" edition, 1748 [Widener SG 3652.148]
Games.6 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, "fifteenth" edition, 1771 [SG 3117.70.5]; [SG 3117.71]
Games.7 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, "sixteenth" edition, 1775 [SG 3117.72]
Games.3.P.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, "twelfth" edition, 1760 [SG 3652.160]
Jones.8-2 Mr. Hoyle's Game of Chess, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 [SG 3652.208]
Jones.9 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814 [SG 3652.214]
Pigott.5 The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, "new edition, improved", 1817 [SG 3652.217]
GH.6 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, sixth edition, 1868 [SG 3652.250]
Allman.Chess.1824 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824 [SG 3646.787*]
Long.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, second American edition, 1823 [KC 13197]
Long.4 Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, fourth American edition, 1829 [SG 3652.229]
Borradaile.1.1 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 [KC 10054]; [SG 3118.30]
Borradaile.1.2 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by John Locken, first American edition, second issue, by Locken, 1836 [SG 3118.36]
Borradaile.1.4 Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, fourth issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., 1841 [KC 1590]

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