A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Frederic Jessel, A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905).| Reference | Book | Description |
| 89 | Beaufort.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for S. Bladon, first London edition, 1775 |
| 90 | Beaufort.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 |
| 91 | Beaufort.US.1.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for and sold by H. and P. Rice, first American edition, Philadelphia issue, 1796 |
| 685 | GH.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 |
| 685 | GH.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman, Brown, & Co. et al, second edition, 1842 |
| 685 | GH.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, third edition, 1847 |
| 685 | GH.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, fourth edition, 1853 |
| 685 | GH.5 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, fifth edition, 1859 |
| 701 | Hardie.1 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830 |
| 702 | Hardie.5 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, fifth impression, 1837 |
| 703 | Hardie.9 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., ninth impression (“ninth edition”), 1843 |
| 704 | Hardie.12 | Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, twelfth impression (“eleventh edition”), 1855 |
| 769 | Whist.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed by John Watts for the Author, first London edition, 1742 |
| 770 | Whist.1.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, second issue, 1743 |
| 770 | Whist.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, second London edition, 1743 |
| 771 | Whist.3 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, third London edition, 1743 |
| 772 | Whist.4 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, fourth London edition, 1743 |
| 773 | Whist.5 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, fifth London edition, 1744 |
| 774 | 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 |
| 775 | 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 |
| 776 | Whist.1.P.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for W. Webb, second piracy of the first edition, 1743 |
| 777 | Backgammon.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 778 | Backgammon.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745 |
| 779 | Piquet.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 |
| 780 | Piquet.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 781 | Quadrille.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 |
| 782 | Quadrille.1.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, second issue, 1745 |
| 783 | Quadrille.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 784 | Memory.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 785 | Laws.1 | The Laws of the Game of Whist Designed for Framing, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 785 | Laws.2 | The Laws of the Game of Whist Designed for Framing, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 786 | Whist.D.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, second Ewing edition, “fifth” edition, 1743 |
| 787 | Whist.D.3 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for G. and A. Ewing, third Ewing edition, “fifth” edition, 1745 |
| 788 | Memory.D.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 789 | Backgammon.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 790 | Piquet.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 791 | Quadrille.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1745 |
| 792 | Brag.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for and sold by J. Jolliffe, first London edition, 1751 |
| 793 | Brag.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for John Exshaw, first Dublin edition, 1751 |
| 794 | Chances.1.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, sold by J. Jolliff, first London edition, first issue, 1754 |
| 795 | Chances.1.2 | The Doctrine of Chances, sold by T. Osborne, first London edition, second issue, 1760 |
| 796 | Chances.2 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, “a new edition, corrected”, 1764 |
| 797 | Chances.D.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1761 |
| 798 | Whist.6 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, sixth London edition, 1746 |
| 799 | Whist.7 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, seventh London edition, 1747 |
| 800 | Games.1.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, “eighth” edition, 1748 |
| 801 | 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 |
| 802 | Games.1.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, “tenth” edition, 1750 |
| 802 | Games.1.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, fifth issue, “tenth” edition, 1755 |
| 803 | Games.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, “eleventh” edition, 1757 |
| 804 | Games.3.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 804 | Games.3.P.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 804 | Games.3.P.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 804 | Games.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, third London edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 805 | Games.3.R.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, Edinburgh reprint of third edition, 1792 |
| 806 | Games.4 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fourth London edition, “thirteenth” edition, 1763 |
| 807 | Games.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1767 |
| 808 | Games.6 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, “fifteenth” edition, 1771 |
| 809 | Games.7 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, “sixteenth” edition, 1775 |
| 810 | Games.7.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for P. Charles, piracy of seventh edition, “seventeenth” edition, 1775 |
| 811 | Wilson.A | The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson collection, 1752 |
| 811 | Wilson.B | The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, second Wilson collection, 1752 |
| 811 | Wilson.C | The Polite Gamester, printed for Peter Wilson, third Wilson collection, 1752 |
| 812 | Ewing.D | The Polite Gamester, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, fourth Ewing collection, 1761 |
| 813 | Polite.1.1 | The Polite Gamester, printed by T. Ewing, first Dublin edition, first issue, 1772 |
| 814 | Polite.1.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by James Hoey, first Dublin edition, second issue, 1776 |
| 815 | Polite.1.3 | The Polite Gamester, printed by J. Hoey, first Dublin edition, third issue, 1783 |
| 816 | Polite.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by Peter Hoey, second Dublin edition, “tenth” edition, 1787 |
| 817 | Jones.9-1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 |
| 817 | Jones.10-1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the tenth London edition, 1820 |
| 819 | Jockey.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783 |
| 820 | Jockey.D.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791 |
| 821 | Bailey.Whist.1825 | Hoyle's Scientific Game of Whist, printed and published by J. Bailey, printed and published by J. Bailey, 1825 |
| 822 | Pocket.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802 |
| 823 | Pocket.3 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807 |
| 824 | Pocket.4 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed for P. and W. Wynne et al, fourth London edition, 1807 |
| 825 | Maxwell.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed and published by H. Maxwell, first American edition, 1805 |
| 826 | Games.3.R.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for J. Brambles et al, by H. Mozley, London reprint of third edition, 1807 |
| 827 | Cotton.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, published by Edward Cotton, first American edition, 1814 |
| 828 | Pigott.5 | The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, “new edition, improved”, 1817 |
| 829 | Bioren.1 | Hoyle's Games, printed and sold by John Bioren, first American edition, 1817 |
| 830 | Waite.1.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed & sold by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, third issue, 1819 |
| 831 | Long.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, first American edition, 1821 |
| 831 | Long.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, third American edition, 1825 |
| 832 | Multum.Games.1802c | Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, first Stockton edition, 1802 |
| 833 | Multum.Games.1820c | Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, third Stockton edition, 1820 |
| 834 | Hughes.Games.1824 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1824 |
| 834 | Hughes.Games.1825 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1825 |
| 834 | Hughes.Games.1828 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1828 |
| 836 | Card.2.2 | Hoyle's Card Games, published by Richard Griffin & Co., second edition, second issue, Glasgow, 1827 |
| 837 | Borradaile.1.1 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 |
| 838 | Borradaile.1.2 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by John Locken, first American edition, second issue, by Locken, 1836 |
| 838 | Borradaile.1.6 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, John Locken, first American edition, sixth issue, by Locken, 1849 |
| 839 | Borradaile.1.3 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, third issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1838 |
| 839 | Borradaile.1.4 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, fourth issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., 1841 |
| 840 | Smith.1.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, J. Smith, first London edition, 1834 |
| 841 | Smith.1.2 | The New Pocket Hoyle, published by I. Smith, another London impression, nd |
| 843 | Dean.Games.1824c | Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, 1824 |
| 845 | Anners.Games.1844 | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, first edition, 1844 |
| 846 | Anners.Games.1845 | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1845 |
| 847 | Anners.Games.1848c | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1848 |
| 848 | Anners.Games.1857 | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, third edition, 1857 |
| 881 | Pocket2.1.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed by T. Davison for R. Scholey et al, first London edition, 1808 |
| 916 | Jones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. Rivington et al, first London edition, 1775 |
| 917 | Jones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779 |
| 918 | Jones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 |
| 919 | Jones.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790 |
| 920 | Jones.5 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796 |
| 921 | Jones.6 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800 |
| 922 | Jones.7 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, seventh London edition, 1803 |
| 923 | Jones.8 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, eighth London edition, 1808 |
| 925 | Jones.9 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814 |
| 925 | Jones.10 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, tenth London edition, 1820 |
| 926 | Jones.11 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 |
| 927 | Jones.7-1 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the seventh London edition, 1803 |
| 927 | Jones.8-1 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 |
| 927 | Jones.9-2 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 |
| 927 | Jones.10-2 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the tenth London edition, 1820 |
| 1024 | TJones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778 |
| 1025 | TJones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for T. Wood, second London edition, 1779 |
| 1026 | TJones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, third London edition, 1782 |
| 1332 | Pigott.1.1 | New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, first London edition, 1796 |
| 1333 | Pigott.1.3 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, first London edition, third issue, “third” edition, 1796 |
| 1334 | Pigott.2.2 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, second issue, “fifth” edition, 1800 |
| 1334 | Pigott.3.1 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for J Ridgway, third London edition, first issue, “ninth” edition, 1802 |
| 1335 | Pigott.4.2 | New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, fourth London edition, second issue, “new” edition, 1811 |
| 1484 | Scott.5.2 | The Rules of Whist, printed for Cox, “fifth” edition, second issue, 1810 |
| 1485 | Scott.10 | A Compendium of Easy Rules of Whist, printed for D. Cox, “tenth” edition, 1814 |
| 1507 | Withy.Whist24.1790c | Short Standing Rules for Whist, Salisbury extract, 1790 |
| 1707 | Withy.Whist29.3 | Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, third London edition, 1793 |
| 1708 | Allman.Whist.1819 | Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819 |
| 1709 | Johns.Whist.1821 | Short Rules for Whist, printed for the booksellers by J. Johns, 1821 |
| 1710 | Shackell.Whist.1822 | Short Rules for Whist, published by W. Wright, 1822 |
| 1711 | Withy.Quadrille.1 | Short Rules for Quadrille, printed for, and sold by the Author, first London edition, 1793 |
| 1712 | Allman.Backgammon.1819 | A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819 |
| 1713 | Allman.Backgammon.1824 | A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824 |
| 1714 | Stacy.Backgammon.1820 | A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for the booksellers, by John Stacy, 1820 |
| 1715 | Shackell.Backgammon.1823 | A Treatise on Backgammon, published by W. Wright, 1823 |
| 1716 | Lofts.Backgammon.1851 | A Treatise on Backgammon, printed and published by John Lofts, 1851 |
| 1717 | Richardson.Games.1818 | Hoyle's Games, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 |