A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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| 1 | Whist.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed by John Watts for the Author, first London edition, 1742 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Whist.1.P.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for W. Webb, second piracy of the first edition, 1743 |
| 5 | Whist.1.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, second issue, 1743 |
| 5 | Whist.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, second London edition, 1743 |
| 6 | Whist.3 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, third London edition, 1743 |
| 7 | Whist.4 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, fourth London edition, 1743 |
| 9 | Backgammon.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 10 | Laws.1 | The Laws of the Game of Whist Designed for Framing, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 11 | Whist.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, first Ewing edition, “fourth” edition, 1743 |
| 12 | Whist.D.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for George Ewing, second Ewing edition, “fifth” edition, 1743 |
| 13 | Whist.5 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, fifth London edition, 1744 |
| 14 | Memory.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1743 |
| 15 | Piquet.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 |
| 16 | Quadrille.1.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for F. Cogan, first London edition, 1744 |
| 17 | Memory.D.1 | An Artificial Memory at the Game of Whist, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 18 | Backgammon.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 19 | Piquet.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1744 |
| 20 | Backgammon.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Backgammon, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1745 |
| 21 | Piquet.1.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, second issue, 1745 |
| 22 | Quadrille.1.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, second issue, 1745 |
| 23 | Quadrille.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1745 |
| 24 | Ewing.A | The Polite Gamester, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Ewing collection, 1745 |
| 24 | Ewing.B | The Polite Gamester, printed for G. and A. Ewing, second Ewing collection, 1745 |
| 25 | Laws.2 | The Laws of the Game of Whist Designed for Framing, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 26 | Piquet.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Piquet, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 27 | Quadrille.2 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, 1746 |
| 28 | Whist.6 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, sixth London edition, 1746 |
| 29 | Whist.7 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne et al, seventh London edition, 1747 |
| 30 | Games.1.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, “eighth” edition, 1748 |
| 31 | 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 |
| 32 | Games.1.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne, first London edition, third issue, “tenth” edition, 1750 |
| 34 | Brag.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for and sold by J. Jolliffe, first London edition, 1751 |
| 35 | Brag.D.1 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Brag, printed for John Exshaw, first Dublin edition, 1751 |
| 37 | Whist.D.4 | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for G. and A. Ewing, fourth Ewing edition, “thirteenth” edition, 1752 |
| 38 | Chances.1.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, sold by J. Jolliff, first London edition, first issue, 1754 |
| 39 | Games.1.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Treatises, printed for T. Osborne and sold by W. Reeve, first London edition, fifth issue, “tenth” edition, 1755 |
| 40 | Games.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, second London edition, “eleventh” edition, 1757 |
| 41 | Games.3.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 41 | Games.3.P.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 41 | Games.3.P.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, piracy of the third edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 41 | Games.3 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, third London edition, “twelfth” edition, 1760 |
| 42 | Chances.D.1 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for G. and A. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1761 |
| 43 | Chances.1.2 | The Doctrine of Chances, sold by T. Osborne, first London edition, second issue, 1760 |
| 44 | Chess.1 | An Essay on Chess, printed for T. Osborne et al, first London edition, 1761 |
| 45 | Ewing.D | The Polite Gamester, printed for George and Alexander Ewing, fourth Ewing collection, 1761 |
| 46 | Games.3.R.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, Edinburgh reprint of third edition, 1792 |
| 47 | Games.4 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fourth London edition, “thirteenth” edition, 1763 |
| 48 | Chances.2 | The Doctrine of Chances, printed for T. Osborne et al, second London edition, “a new edition, corrected”, 1764 |
| 49 | Games.5 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, fifth London edition, “fourteenth” edition, 1767 |
| 50 | Games.3.R.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for Thomas Osborne et al, Edinburgh reprint of third edition, 1792 |
| 51 | Games.6 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, sixth London edition, “fifteenth” edition, 1771 |
| 52 | Games.7 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed by assignment from T. Osborne, seventh London edition, “sixteenth” edition, 1775 |
| 53 | Polite.1.1 | The Polite Gamester, printed by T. Ewing, first Dublin edition, first issue, 1772 |
| 54 | Beaufort.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for S. Bladon, first London edition, 1775 |
| 55 | Jones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. Rivington et al, first London edition, 1775 |
| 56 | Polite.1.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by James Hoey, first Dublin edition, second issue, 1776 |
| 57 | Games.7.P.1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for P. Charles, piracy of seventh edition, “seventeenth” edition, 1775 |
| 58 | TJones.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, first London edition, 1778 |
| 59 | TJones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for T. Wood, second London edition, 1779 |
| 60 | Jones.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, second London edition, 1779 |
| 61 | TJones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Wood, third London edition, 1782 |
| 62 | Polite.1.3 | The Polite Gamester, printed by J. Hoey, first Dublin edition, third issue, 1783 |
| 63 | Jones.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, third London edition, 1786 |
| 64 | Polite.2 | The Polite Gamester, printed by Peter Hoey, second Dublin edition, “tenth” edition, 1787 |
| 65 | Beaufort.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Osborne and Griffin et al, second London edition, 1788 |
| 67 | Jones.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, fourth London edition, 1790 |
| 69 | Jockey.D.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed by R. M. Butler, first Dublin edition, 1791 |
| 70 | Jockey.1 | Epitome of Hoyle, printed for C. Etherington, first London edition, 1783 |
| 71 | Withy.Quadrille.1 | Short Rules for Quadrille, printed for, and sold by the Author, first London edition, 1793 |
| 72 | Pigott.1.1 | New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, first London edition, 1796 |
| 73 | Pigott.1.3 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, first London edition, third issue, “third” edition, 1796 |
| 74 | Beaufort.US.1.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for and sold by H. and P. Rice, first American edition, Philadelphia issue, 1796 |
| 75 | Beaufort.US.1.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and sold by William Spotswood, first American edition, Boston issue, 1796 |
| 76 | Beaufort.US.1.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for and sold by William Prichard, first American edition, New York issue, 1796 |
| 77 | Jones.5 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, fifth London edition, 1796 |
| 78 | Pigott.2.1 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, “fourth” edition, 1797 |
| 79 | Pigott.2.2 | Pigott's New Hoyle, printed for James Ridgway, second London edition, second issue, “fifth” edition, 1800 |
| 80 | Jones.6 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by M. Ritchie for R. Baldwin et al, sixth London edition, 1800 |
| 81 | Pocket.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802 |
| 82 | Multum.Games.1802c | Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, first Stockton edition, 1802 |
| 83 | Jones.7-1 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the seventh London edition, 1803 |
| 84 | Jones.7 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, seventh London edition, 1803 |
| 85 | Longworth.1 | The Pocket Hoyle, published by David Longworth, first American edition, 1803 |
| 86 | Pocket.2 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, second London edition, 1804 |
| 87 | Maxwell.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed and published by H. Maxwell, first American edition, 1805 |
| 88 | Pigott.3.4 | New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, third London edition, fourth issue, “new” edition, 1805 |
| 89 | Pocket.3 | The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Davison for Robert Scholey et al, third London edition, 1807 |
| 90 | Pocket.A | The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with third edition of Part I, 1808 |
| 91 | Pocket.B | The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fourth edition of Part I, 1808 |
| 92 | Games.3.R.2 | Mr. Hoyle's Games, printed for J. Brambles et al, by H. Mozley, London reprint of third edition, 1807 |
| 93 | 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 |
| 94 | Jones.8-1 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 |
| 95 | Jones.8 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for R. Baldwin et al, eighth London edition, 1808 |
| 96 | Jones.8-2 | Mr. Hoyle's Game of Chess, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808 |
| 97 | Pocket.C | The New Pocket Hoyle Parts I and II, with fifth edition of Part I, 1808 |
| 98 | Waite.1.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, first issue, 1816 |
| 99 | Pigott.4.2 | New Hoyle, printed for J. Ridgway, fourth London edition, second issue, “new” edition, 1811 |
| 100 | Jones.9-2 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 |
| 101 | Jones.9-1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the ninth London edition, 1813 |
| 103 | Jones.9 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, ninth London edition, 1814 |
| 104 | Cotton.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, published by Edward Cotton, first American edition, 1814 |
| 104A | Waite.1.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, first issue, 1816 |
| 105 | Pigott.5 | The New Hoyle, printed for G. Walker, fifth London edition, “new edition, improved”, 1817 |
| 106 | Bioren.1 | Hoyle's Games, printed and sold by John Bioren, first American edition, 1817 |
| 107 | Richardson.Whist.1818 | Short Rules for Whist, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 |
| 108 | Waite.1.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed & sold by G. & R. Waite, first American edition, third issue, 1819 |
| 109 | Allman.Whist.1819 | Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819 |
| 110 | Jones.10-1 | Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist & Quadrille, printed for W. Lowndes et al, extracted from the tenth London edition, 1820 |
| 111 | Multum.Games.1820c | Multum in Parvo, or Hoyle Abridged, Christopher and Jennett, third Stockton edition, 1820 |
| 112 | Clarke.Games.1820 | Companion to the Card Table, printed for William Clarke, printed for William Clarke, 1820 |
| 113 | Pocket2.1.2 | The New Pocket Hoyle Part II, printed for W. Taylor, first London edition, second issue, 1820 |
| 114 | Jones.10 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for W. Lowndes et al, tenth London edition, 1820 |
| 115 | Allman.Backgammon.1820 | A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1820 |
| 116 | Long.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, first American edition, 1821 |
| 116a | Hughes.Whist.1822 | Short Rules for Whist, printed for T. Hughes, 1822 |
| 117 | Shackell.Chess.1822 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for the booksellers, 1822 |
| 118 | Long.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed and published by George Long, second American edition, 1823 |
| 119 | Allman.Chess.1824 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed for T. and J. Allman, 1824 |
| 119a | Dean.Games.1824c | Hoyle's Improved Miniature Edition, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, printed & sold by Dean & Munday, 1824 |
| 120 | Long.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, third American edition, 1825 |
| 121 | Bailey.Whist.1825 | Hoyle's Scientific Game of Whist, printed and published by J. Bailey, printed and published by J. Bailey, 1825 |
| 122 | Richardson.Chess.1826 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1826 |
| 123 | Jones.11 | Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker et al, eleventh London edition, 1826 |
| 124 | Card.2.2 | Hoyle's Card Games, published by Richard Griffin & Co., second edition, second issue, Glasgow, 1827 |
| 125 | Richardson.Draughts.1818 | A Treatise on the Game of Draughts, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818 |
| 126 | Richardson.Chess.1827 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by Thomas Richardson, 1827 |
| 127 | Hughes.Games.1824 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1824 |
| 127 | Hughes.Games.1825 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1825 |
| 127 | Hughes.Games.1828 | The Card Games of Hoyle, printed by T. Hughes, printed by T. Hughes, 1828 |
| 128 | Bartlett.Draughts.1828 | A Treatise on Draughts, published by Caleb Bartlett, 1828 |
| 129 | Bartlett.Backgammon.1828 | A Treatise on Backgammon, published by Caleb Bartlett, 1828 |
| 131 | Long.4 | Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Long, fourth American edition, 1829 |
| 132 | Hardie.1 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, first impression, 1830 |
| 133 | Borradaile.1.1 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by W. C. Borradaile, first American edition, first issue, by Borradaile, 1830 |
| 134 | Lofts.Chess.1851 | A Treatise on the Game of Chess, printed and published by John Lofts, 1851 |
| 136 | Hardie.2 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, second impression, 1833 |
| 137 | Smith.1.1 | The New Pocket Hoyle, J. Smith, first London edition, 1834 |
| 138 | GH.1 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. et al, first edition, 1835 |
| 139 | Borradaile.1.2 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by John Locken, first American edition, second issue, by Locken, 1836 |
| 140 | Hardie.4 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling & Kenney, fourth impression, 1836 |
| 141 | Hardie.6 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., sixth impression, 1838 |
| 141 | Hardie.7 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., seventh impression, 1839 |
| 142 | Borradaile.1.3 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, third issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1838 |
| 143 | Smith.1.2 | The New Pocket Hoyle, published by I. Smith, another London impression, nd |
| 145 | Hardie.US.1 | Hoyle Made Familiar, W. Mather, first edition, 1839 |
| 148 | Borradaile.1.4 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., first American edition, fourth issue, by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., 1841 |
| 149 | Borradaile.1.5 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, published by John Locken, first American edition, fifth issue, by Locken, 1842 |
| 150 | GH.2 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman, Brown, & Co. et al, second edition, 1842 |
| 151 | Jeffery.Games.1843 | Hoyle's Games. A New and Correct Edition, printed by and for William Jeffery, printed by and for William Jeffery, 1843 |
| 152 | Hardie.9 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Stirling, Kenney, & Co., ninth impression (“ninth edition”), 1843 |
| 153 | Hardie.10 | Hoyle Made Familiar, Wm. S. Orr & Co., tenth impression (“tenth edition”), 1850 |
| 154 | Anners.Games.1844 | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, first edition, 1844 |
| 155 | Anners.Games.1845 | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1845 |
| 156 | GH.3 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, third edition, 1847 |
| 157 | Borradaile.1.6 | Hoyle's Improved Edition, John Locken, first American edition, sixth issue, by Locken, 1849 |
| 158 | Anners.Games.1848c | Hoyle's Games, Henry F. Anners, second edition, 1848 |
| 159 | GH.6 | Hoyle's Games Improved and Enlarged, Longman and Co. et al, sixth edition, 1868 |
| A | Wagner.Whist.Fr.1761 | Abrégé du traité de Hoyle, Chez Abr. Wagner, 1761 |
| A1 | np.Whist.Fr.1765 | Traité Abregé du Jeu de Whist, np, 1765 |
| B1 | Whist.Pt.2 | Breve Tratado do Jogo do Whist, Na Officina de Joseph da Silva Nazareth, second edition, 1768 |
| C | Chess.It.1 | Il Giuoco delli Scacchi, Per Gio. Batista Strecchi, e Anton-Guiseppe Pagani, first edition, 1768 |
| D | Whist.Ru.1 | Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, St. Petersburg, first edition in Russian, 1769 |
| E | Musier.Whist.Fr.1770 | Traité du Jeu de Whisk, Chez Musier Fils, “cinquième” edition, 1770 |
| F | Bollen.Whist.Fr.1776 | Traité du Jeu de Whist, Chez Bollen, a Liège, 1776 |
| G | np.Whist.Fr.1776 | Traité du Jeu de Whisk, first Vienna edition, 1776 |
| H | Desoer.Whist.Fr.1781 | Traité du Jeu de Whist, Chez les Libraires Associés. , nouvelle édition, 1781 |
| I | Fournier.Whist.Fr.1781 | Traité du Jeu de Whisk, Chez Fournier, “sixième” edition, 1781 |
| L | Whist.Nl.1 | Volledig Onderwijs in het Whist, bij Keijzer, Van der Burgh en Wijnands, first edition, 1790 |
| M | Baumgartner.Whist.De.1793 | Hoyle im Kleinen, bei Friedrich Gotthelf Baumgärtner, first edition, 1793 |
| R | Whist.Nl.2.1 | Onderwijs in het Whist, bij Gartman, Vermandel en Holtrop, second edition, first issue, 1810 |
| S | Chess.It.3 | Il Giuoco degli Scacchi, Tipografia Del Giglio, edizione III, 1832 |
| T | Whist.Nl.2.2 | Wetten, Regels, en Onderwijs in det Whist, Gebroeders Koster, second edition, second issue, 1842 |