The Hand-Book of Games; Comprising new or Carefully Revised Treatises on Whist, Piquet, Ecarté, Lansquenet, Boston, Quadrille, Cribbage, and Other Card Games; Faro, Rouge at Noir, Hazard, Roulette; Backgammon, Draughts; Billiards, Bagatelle, American Bowls; Etc., Etc.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [2], 3-617, [1] pp. Red blindstamped cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with charts and in-text diagrams, including examples of draughts moves in various game scenarios. Jessel 140. According to Jessel this was the standard handbook of..... More