A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Eidrah, Trebor

Hardie.1: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830
Hardie.2: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, second impression, 1833
Hardie.3: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, third imrpression, 1834
Hardie.4: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, fourth impression, 1836
Hardie.5: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, fifth impression, 1837
Hardie.6: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., sixth impression, 1838
Hardie.7: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., seventh impression, 1839
Hardie.US.1: Hoyle Made Familiar, W. Mather, first edition, 1839
Hardie.8: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., eighth impression, 1840
Hardie.9: Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., ninth impression (“ninth edition”), 1843
Anners.Games.1844: Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, first edition, 1844
Anners.Games.1845: Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1845
Anners.Games.1848c: Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1848
Hardie.10: Hoyle Made Familiar, Wm. S. Orr & Co., tenth impression (“tenth edition”), 1850
Hardie.11: Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, eleventh impression (“fourth edition”), 1852
Hardie.12: Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, twelfth impression (“eleventh edition”), 1855
Hardie.13: Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, thirteenth impression (“twelfth edition”), 1855
Anners.Games.1857: Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, third edition, 1857
Hardie.14: Hoyle's Games Made Familiar, Ward & Lock, fourteenth impression (“thirteenth edition”), 1858

Short, Bob

Withy.Whist29.1: Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, first London edition, 1791
Withy.Whist29.2: Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, second London edition, 1792
Baumgartner.Whist.De.1793: Hoyle im Kleinen, bei Friedrich Gotthelf Baumgärtner, first edition, 1793
Withy.Whist29.3: Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, third London edition, 1793
Withy.Quadrille.1: Short Rules for Quadrille, printed for, and sold by the Author, first London edition, 1793
Baumgartner.Whist.De.1794: Hoyle im Kleinen, bei Friedrich Gotthelf Baumgärtner, second edition, 1794
Withy.Whist29.4: Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, fourth London edition, 1794
Withy.Whist29.5: Short Rules for Whist, printed and sold by the Author, fifth London edition, 1795
Harris.Whist.1806.London: Short Rules for Whist, for J. Harris, “twenty-second” edition, 1806
Freeman.Whist.1806: Short Rules for Whist, printed by J. Freeman, 1806
Harris.Whist.1809: Short Rules for Whist, for J. Harris, “twenty-second” edition, 1809
Richardson.Whist.1818: Short Rules for Whist, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818
Richardson.Chess.1818: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1818
Allman.Whist.1819: Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819
Stacy.Draughts.1820: A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, printed for the booksellers, by John Stacy, 1820
Johns.Whist.1821: Short Rules for Whist, printed for the booksellers by J. Johns, 1821
Shackell.Whist.1822: Short Rules for Whist, published by W. Wright, 1822
Shackell.Chess.1822: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for the booksellers, 1822
Hughes.Whist.1822: Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. Hughes, 1822
Shackell.Backgammon.1823: A Treatise on Backgammon, published by W. Wright, 1823
Shackell.Draughts.1823: A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, published by W. Wright, 1823
Allman.Whist.1824: Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824
Allman.Chess.1824: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824
Richardson.Whist.1826: Short Rules for Whist, printed by and for Richardson and Co., 1826
Richardson.Whist.1828: Short Rules for Whist, printed by and for Thomas Richardson, 1828
North.Whist.1829: Short Rules for Whist, published by T. North, 1829
Stacy.Whist.1833: Short Rules for Whist, printed for the booksellers, by John Stacy, 1833
Limbird.Games.1834c: An Improved Miniature Edition of Hoyle's Games, printed and published by J. Limbird, printed and published by J. Limbird, 1834
Hughes.Whist.1850: Short Rules for Whist, printed and published by W. S. Johnson, 1850
Lofts.Backgammon.1851: A Treatise on Backgammon, printed and published by John Lofts, 1851
Lofts.Chess.1851: A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by John Lofts, 1851

Short, Jun., Bob

Richardson.Backgammon.1818: A Treatise on Backgammon, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818
Stacy.Whist.1818: Short Rules for Whist, printed for B. Reynolds, 1818
Stacy.Whist.1819: Short Rules for Whist, printed for B. Reynolds, 1819
Allman.Backgammon.1819: A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819
Allman.Backgammon.1820: A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1820
Allman.Backgammon.1824: A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824
Allman.Draughts.1828: A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1828

Short, Junior, Bob

Richardson.Draughts.1818: A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818

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