The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction
A faithful endeavor has been made in this volume to present all the best known games of cards. It is believed, then, that the standard hoyle is complete, containing a greater number of games in actual usage, with the explanations in regard to the playing of them, than any work yet published. Little that is original can be claimed for a volume of this char acter, as the rules governing many of the games are fixed; but what may be asserted is this, that when changes have been made, due to the modem izing of certain games, such alterations have been diligently sought for, and are to be found incorporated in the work. Many of these leading games have been entirely rewritten by various experts, and present, there fore, novel features. Prints of the cards themselves, in particular combi nations, will be found useful, as they give a clearer insight into the peculi arities of games.
It would be impossible to print into one volume the thousand and one games which are only occasionally played. The larger proportion of such games have but a temporary existence, and played to-day are for gotten to-morrow. The ingenuity of the maker of new games is endless, but his apparent genius generally amounts to nothing more than the changing or blending of one or two well-known games and the produc tion of a worthless hybrid.
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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.
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A faithful endeavor has been made in this volume to present all the best known games of cards. It is believed, then, that the standard hoyle is complete, containing a greater number of games in actual usage, with the explanations in regard to the playing of them, than any work yet published. Little that is original can be claimed for a volume of this char acter, as the rules governing many of the games are fixed; but what may be asserted is this, that when changes have been made, due to the modem izing of certain games, such alterations have been diligently sought for, and are to be found incorporated in the work. Many of these leading games have been entirely rewritten by various experts, and present, there fore, novel features. Prints of the cards themselves, in particular combi nations, will be found useful, as they give a clearer insight into the peculi arities of games.
It would be impossible to print into one volume the thousand and one games which are only occasionally played. The larger proportion of such games have but a temporary existence, and played to-day are for gotten to-morrow. The ingenuity of the maker of new games is endless, but his apparent genius generally amounts to nothing more than the changing or blending of one or two well-known games and the produc tion of a worthless hybrid.
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.
The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction
A faithful endeavor has been made in this volume to present all the best known games of cards. It is believed, then, that the standard hoyle is complete, containing a greater number of games in actual usage, with the explanations in regard to the playing of them, than any work yet published. Little that is original can be claimed for a volume of this char acter, as the rules governing many of the games are fixed; but what may be asserted is this, that when changes have been made, due to the modem izing of certain games, such alterations have been diligently sought for, and are to be found incorporated in the work. Many of these leading games have been entirely rewritten by various experts, and present, there fore, novel features. Prints of the cards themselves, in particular combi nations, will be found useful, as they give a clearer insight into the peculi arities of games.
It would be impossible to print into one volume the thousand and one games which are only occasionally played. The larger proportion of such games have but a temporary existence, and played to-day are for gotten to-morrow. The ingenuity of the maker of new games is endless, but his apparent genius generally amounts to nothing more than the changing or blending of one or two well-known games and the produc tion of a worthless hybrid.
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 faithful endeavor has been made in this volume to present all the best known games of cards. It is believed, then, that the standard hoyle is complete, containing a greater number of games in actual usage, with the explanations in regard to the playing of them, than any work yet published. Little that is original can be claimed for a volume of this char acter, as the rules governing many of the games are fixed; but what may be asserted is this, that when changes have been made, due to the modem izing of certain games, such alterations have been diligently sought for, and are to be found incorporated in the work. Many of these leading games have been entirely rewritten by various experts, and present, there fore, novel features. Prints of the cards themselves, in particular combi nations, will be found useful, as they give a clearer insight into the peculi arities of games.
It would be impossible to print into one volume the thousand and one games which are only occasionally played. The larger proportion of such games have but a temporary existence, and played to-day are for gotten to-morrow. The ingenuity of the maker of new games is endless, but his apparent genius generally amounts to nothing more than the changing or blending of one or two well-known games and the produc tion of a worthless hybrid.
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.
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The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction (Classic Reprint)
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The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States, Whether of Native or Foreign Introduction (Classic Reprint)
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780267969494 |
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| Publisher: | 1kg Limited |
| Publication date: | 01/28/2019 |
| Pages: | 578 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d) |
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