A short treatise on the game of back-gammon :
containing, a table of the thirty-six chances, with directions how to find out the odds of being hit, upon single, or double dice ... /
by Edmond Hoyle, gent.
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Dublin :
Printed for George and Alexander Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dame-street,
MDCCXLIV [1744]
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| Place Name: | Ireland -- Dublin. |
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| Notes: | Title ornament. Bookseller's advertisements: p. [70]. Also issued as part of: 'The polite gamester,' Dublin, 1745 and 1752. With this is bound: A short treatise on the game of piquet. Directing with moral certainty how to discard any hand to advantage, ... Computations for those who bet their money at the game. Also the laws of the game. To which are added some rules and observations for playing well at chess / Edmund Hoyle, gent. 1744. Also: A short treatise on the game of whist. Containing the laws of the game: and also some rules, ... Calculations for those who will bet the odds ... Cases stated, ... References to cases, ... With variety of cases added in the appendix / Edmund Hoyle, gent. The fifth edition. With great additions .. . 1743. Also: An artificial memory. Or, an easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist. To which are added, several cases not hitherto publish'd / Edmund Hoyle, gent. 1744. Physical description: [2], 69, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (12mo) Citations/References: ESTC, T88040 Citations/References: ESTC T88040 more |
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Dublin 1744(12a) |
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