An edition of A short treatise on the game of whist (1742)

A short treatise on the game of whist.

Containing the laws of the game, and also some rules, whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well. Calculations for those who will bet the odds on any point of the score of the game then playing and depending; cases stated, to shew what may be effected by a very good player in critical parts of the game; references to cases, viz. at the end of the rule you are directed how to find them; calculations, directing with moral certainty, how to play well any hand or game, by shewing the chances of your partner's having 1, 2, or 3 certain cards; with variety of cases added in the appendix.

The 3d ed., with great additions to the laws of the game, and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, &c. &c.

by Edmond Hoyle

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An edition of A short treatise on the game of whist (1742)

A short treatise on the game of whist.

Containing the laws of the game, and also some rules, whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well. Calculations for those who will bet the odds on any point of the score of the game then playing and depending; cases stated, to shew what may be effected by a very good player in critical parts of the game; references to cases, viz. at the end of the rule you are directed how to find them; calculations, directing with moral certainty, how to play well any hand or game, by shewing the chances of your partner's having 1, 2, or 3 certain cards; with variety of cases added in the appendix.

The 3d ed., with great additions to the laws of the game, and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, &c. &c.

by Edmond Hoyle

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1743

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F. Cogan

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01 The polite gamester; containing, short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, back-gammon, chess, piquet, billiards and tennis. Together with an essay towards making the doctrine of chances, easy ... To which are added, some useful tables on annuities for lives, ... By Edmond Hoyle, ... 1787, printed by Peter Hoey - The tenth edition.	zzzz Locate
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03 A short treatise on the game of whist: Containing the laws of the game: ... By Edmond Hoyle, ... The fourteenth edition with great additions to the laws of the game, ... And also, a dictionary for whist, ... To which is added, An artificial memory ; ... 1762, printed for George and Alexander Ewing Microform in English	zzzz Locate
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05 A short treatise on the game of whist: Containing the laws of the game: and also some rules, ... Calculations ... Cases stated, ... References to cases, ... With variety of cases added in the appendix. By Edmond Hoyle, gent. 1755, printed for T. Osborne; and sold by W. Reeve Microform in English - The tenth edition, with great additions. The laws of the game, .. And also, a dictionary for whist, .. To which is added an artificial memory: ..	zzzz Locate
06 A short treatise on the game of whist: Containing the laws of the game: and also some rules, ... Calculations ... Cases stated, ... References to cases, ... With variety of cases added in the appendix. By Edmond Hoyle, gent. 1750, printed for T. Osborne Microform in English - The tenth edition with great additions. The laws of the game, .. And also, a dictionary for whist, .. To which is added, an artificial memory: ..	zzzz Locate
07 A short treatise on the game of whist: containing the laws of the game and also some rules whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well ... with variety of cases added in the appendix 1747, Printed for T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake in English - The seventh edition, with great additions to the laws of the game and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, and also, never before published, a dictionary for whist, which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen at the game, to which is added, An artificial memory, or, An easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist, and several cases not hitherto published.	zzzz Locate
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Signed by the author: p. 1

Published in: London

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Pagination: [7], 96 p.
Number of pages: 96

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A short treatise on the game of whist.

by Edmond Hoyle