HOYLE'S IMPROVED

HOYLE'S IMPROVED
Author: EDMOND. HOYLE
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9781033273159


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Hoyle's Improved

Hoyle's Improved
Author: Edmond Hoyle
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-10-25
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780265722145


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Excerpt from Hoyle's Improved: Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games The very high reputation which Hoyle' Games have deservedly maintained a century, has led to innumerable Editi of his Treatises-hall, as the phrase revised, corrected, much improve and considerably enlarged. But it se to have escaped the observation of numerous Editors, that Hoyle wrote those who were previously in some mea acquainted with the mode of varlous games of which he tre his Work was intended rather 'the already instructed, than to Wholly uninitiated. In this attempt has been made is confidently hoped - to Reading made Easy with and Philosophy of Cards words, to give such a plain and pers description of each game, from the for. Deal to scoring the last pomt, enable the person who never saw a cards, by perusing the three or fo tory pages, and the treatise on the Wishes to acquire a knowledge of, to 11 stand its principles, and, with a. Little prae tice, to play it well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
Author: Catherine Perry Hargrave
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486412369


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Intricate, absorbing study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations. Praised by The New York Times as "the most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."