A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist ...T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard, at York; M. Bryson, at Newcastle; and J. Leake, at Bath, 1750 - Backgammon - 224 pages |
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| Title | A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist ... |
| Author | Edmond Hoyle |
| Edition | 10 |
| Publisher | T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard, at York; M. Bryson, at Newcastle; and J. Leake, at Bath, 1750 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | Jan 27, 2010 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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