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 [789.87H F46L]
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 [789.87H F43W]
Backgammon.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745 [789.87H F46L]
Piquet.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 [789.87H F46L]
Quadrille.1.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, second issue, 1745 [789.87H F46L]
Chess.1 An Essay on Chess, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, 1761 [W789.093.H852]
Osborne.B Collection, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second collection, 1746 [789.87H F46L]
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 [789.87H F48L2]
Games.1.3 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, "tenth" edition, 1750 [789.87H F50L]
Games.1.5 Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, fifth issue, "tenth" edition, 1755 [789.87H F55L]
Games.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, "eleventh" edition, 1757 [789.87H F57L]
Games.4 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fourth London edition, "thirteenth" edition, 1763 [789.87H F63L]
Games.5 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, "fourteenth" edition, 1767 [789.87H F65L2]
Games.6 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, "fifteenth" edition, 1771 [W 789.87H F73L]
Games.7 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, "sixteenth" edition, 1775 [GV1241.H68 1775X]
Games.3.P.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, "twelfth" edition, 1760 [789.87H F61L]
Games.7.P.1 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for P. Charles, piracy of seventh edition, "seventeenth" edition, 1775 [789.87H F77L]
Games.3.R.1 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, Edinburgh reprint of third edition, 1792 [789.87H F61L3]
Games.3.R.2 Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for J. Brambles et al, by H. Mozley, London reprint of third edition, 1807 [789.87H G7L]
Beaufort.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for S. Bladon, first London edition, 1775 [789.87H F75B]
Beaufort.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 [789.87H F88B]
Jones.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. Rivington et al, first London edition, 1775 [789.87H F75J]
Jones.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779 [789.87H F79J2]
Jones.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 [789.87H F86J]
Jones.4 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790 [789.87H F90J]
Jones.5 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796 [789.8187 F96H]; [789.87H F96J]
Jones.6 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800 [789.87H G0J]
Jones.7 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, seventh London edition, 1803 [789.87H G3J]
Jones.7-1 Companion to the Card Table, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the seventh London edition, 1803 [789.87H G3L]
Jones.8 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, eighth London edition, 1808 [789.87H G8J2]
Jones.8-2 Mr. Hoyle's Game of Chess, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 [789 G8h3]
Jones.8-4 Payne's Game of Draughts, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from eighth London edition, 1808 [789.81 G8P]
Jones.9 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814 [789.87H H4j]
Jones.9-2 Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 [789.87H H3J]
Jones.10 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, tenth London edition, 1820 [789.87H I0J]
Jones.11 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 [789.87H I6J]
TJones.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778 [789.87H F78J]
TJones.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for T. Wood, second London edition, 1779 [789.87H F79J]
TJones.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, third London edition, 1782 [789.87H F82J]
Pigott.2.1 Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, "fourth" edition, 1797 [789.87H F99P]
Pigott.2.2 Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, second issue, "fifth" edition, 1800 [789.87H G0P]
Pigott.3.4 New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, third London edition, fourth issue, "new" edition, 1805 [789.87H G5P]
Pigott.4.2 New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, fourth London edition, second issue, "new" edition, 1811 [789.87H H1P]
Pigott.5 The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, "new edition, improved", 1817 [GV1243.H84 1817X]
Pocket.1 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802 [789.87H G2B]
Pocket.2 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, second London edition, 1804 [789.87H G4L]
Pocket.3 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807 [789.87H G7L4]
Pocket.4 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed for P. and W. Wynne et al, fourth London edition, 1807 [789.87H G7L5]
Pocket.5 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed for R. Scholey, fifth London edition, 1807 [789.87H G8L]
Pocket2.1.1 The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, first London edition, 1808 [789.87H G7L4]; [789.87H G7L5]; [789.87H G8L]
Pocket2.1.1-2 A Complete Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, extracted from the first London edition, 1808 [789 G8H2]
Pocket2.1.2 The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed for W. Taylor, first London edition, second issue, 1820 [789.87H I0J2]
Pocket.A The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with third edition of Part I, 1808 [789.87H G7L4]
Pocket.B The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fourth edition of Part I, 1808 [789.87H G7L5]
Pocket.C The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fifth edition of Part I, 1808 [789.87H G8L]
Hardie.1 Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830 [789.87H J0H]
GH.1 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 [789.87H J5L]
GH.2 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman, Brown, & Co. et al, second edition, 1842 [789.87H K2L]
GH.3 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, third edition, 1847 [789.87H K7L]
GH.4 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, fourth edition, 1853 [789.87H L3L]
GH.6 Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, sixth edition, 1868 [789.87H ML]
Jockey.1 Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783 [789.87H GE]
Smith.1.1 The New Pocket Hoyle, J. Smith, first London edition, 1834 [789.87H J4L]
Richardson.Chess.1826 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1826 [789.07 I6S]
Richardson.Chess.1827 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1827 [789.07 I7S]
Allman.Backgammon.1820 A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1820 [789.83 SH81]
Allman.Chess.1824 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824 [789.07 I4S]
Shackell.Chess.1822 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for the booksellers, 1822 [789.07 I2S]
Lofts.Chess.1851 A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by John Lofts, 1851 [789.07 JS]
Whist.D.3 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for G. and A. Ewing, third Ewing edition, "fifth" edition, 1745 [789.87H F45D]
Whist.D.5 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, fifth Ewing edition, "fourteenth" edition, 1762 [789.87H F61D]
Backgammon.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 [789.87H F45D]
Backgammon.D.2* A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, second Dublin edition, 1753 [789.87H F61D]
Memory.D.2* An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, second Dublin edition, 1751 [789.87H F45D]
Memory.D.3* An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, third Dublin edition, 1762 [789.87H F61D]
Piquet.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 [789.87H F45D]
Piquet.D.3* A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, third Dublin edition, 1761 [789.87H F61D]
Quadrille.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1745 [789.87H F45D]
Quadrille.D.2* A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, second Dublin edition, 1754 [789.87H F61D]; [GV1241.H6 1761]
Chances.D.1 The Doctrine of Chances, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1761 [789.87H F61D]
Polite.A The Polite Gamester, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Ewing collection, 1745 [789.87H F45D]
Polite.C The Polite Gamester, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, third Ewing collection, 1761 [789.87H F61D]
Polite.1.1 The Polite Gamester, printed by T. Ewing, first Dublin edition, first issue, 1772 [789 87H F72D]
Polite.1.2 The Polite Gamester, printed by James Hoey, first Dublin edition, second issue, 1776 [789 87H F76D]
Polite.1.3 The Polite Gamester, printed by J. Hoey, first Dublin edition, third issue, 1783 [789.87H F83D]
Polite.2 The Polite Gamester, printed by Peter Hoey, second Dublin edition, "tenth" edition, 1787 [789.87H F87D]
Brag.D.1 A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for John Exshaw, first Dublin edition, 1751 [789.87H F45d]
Whist.D.Wilson.2 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson edition, second issue, "fifth" edition, 1752 [789.87H F52D]
Polite.Wilson The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson collection, 1752 [789.87H F52D]
Jockey.D.1 Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791 [W787.87H]
Beaufort.US.1.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and sold by William Spotswood, first American edition, Boston issue, 1796 [789.87H F96B2]
Beaufort.US.1.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for and sold by H. and P. Rice, first American edition, Philadelphia issue, 1796 [789.87H F96B]
Maxwell.1 The New Pocket Hoyle, printed and published by H. Maxwell, first American edition, 1805 [789.87H G5M]
Cotton.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, published by Edward Cotton, first American edition, 1814 [789.87H H4B]
Waite.1.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed & sold by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, third issue, 1819 [789.87H H9n]
Long.1 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, first American edition, 1821 [789.87H I1n]
Long.2 Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, second American edition, 1823 [789.87H I3n]
Long.3 Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, third American edition, 1825 [789.87H I5n]
Borradaile.1.1 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 [789.87H J0n]
Borradaile.1.2 Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by John Locken, first American edition, second issue, by Locken, 1836 [789.87H J6p]
Borradaile.1.4 Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, fourth issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., 1841 [789.87H K1p]
Borradaile.1.6 Hoyle's Improved Edition, John Locken, first American edition, sixth issue, by Locken, 1849 [789.87H K9p]
Desoer.Whist.Fr.1781 Traité du Jeu de Whist, Chez les Libraires Associés. , nouvelle édition, 1781 [789.874 H852T2]
Chess.It.1 Il Giuoco delli Scacchi, Per Gio. Batista Strecchi, e Anton-Guiseppe Pagani, first edition, 1768 [789I F68H]
Chess.It.3 Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, Tipografia Del Giglio, edizione III, 1832 [789I J2H]

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