Foster's Complete Hoyle; An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day
London: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers [1897], 1897. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], iv-xi, [2], 2-625, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, decorations in red, white, and black on the front board with playing cards, chess, dice, billiards, ten-pin depicted on the front board. Illustrated with several diagrams and a few in-text wood engravings. With suggestions for good play, a full code of laws, illustrative hands, and a brief statement of the Doctrine of Chances as applied to games. Jessel 554. A large rule book for whist, billiards, euchre, baccara, backgammon, dominoes, checkers, chess, cribbage, card games around the world, and more. According to Jessel this "is indubitably the most complete book of its kind that has been produced. All the important games are fully treated ...". A lovely copy. Near Fine. Item #00009575
A Near Fine copy with minor fading to the spine and front board and a tiny discoloration to the top textblock.
Price: $150.00