Hoyle's Games. By "Trumps". A Complete Manual of the games of skill and chance as played in America, and an acknowledged "arbiter on all disputed points"; thoroughly revised and corrected in accordance with the latest and best authorities.
It contains the modern laws and complete instructions for the games of Chess, Draughts, Dominoes, Dice, Backgammon, and Billiards, as well as all the games with cards at present in vogue, including the more recently introduced methods of playing Baccarat, Duplicate Whist, Cayenne Whist, Hearts, Grabouche Newmarket, Solo Whist, and Five and Nine or Domino Whist, etc. Profusely illustrated with explanatory card engravings, and diagrams.
| 16mo., 514 pages, cloth | $1.25 |
| Bound in boards | 75 cts. |
| Paper covers | 50 cts. |
Dick's Hand-book of Whist. Containing Pole's and Clay's Rules for playing the modern scientific game, the Club Rules of Whist, and two interesting Double Dummy Problems. This is a thorough treatise on the game of Whist. It covers all the points and intricacies which arise in the game; including the acknowledged code of etiquette observed by the players, with Drayson's remarks on Trumps, their use and abuse, and the modern methods of signaling between partners.
| 25 cts. |
Marache's Manual of Chess. Containing a description of the Board and Pieces, Chess Notation, Technical Terms, with diagrams illustrating them, Laws of the Game, Relative Value of Pieces, Preliminary Games for beginners, Fifty Opening of Games, with the best games and copious notes; Twenty Endings of Games, showing easiest way of effecting checkmate; Thirty-six ingenious Diagram Problems, and sixteen curious Chess Stratagems, being one of the best Books for Beginners ever published. By N. Marache.
| Bound in cloth. | 50 cts. |
Dick's Art of Bowling; or, Bowler's Guide. Giving the correct method of playing, keeping the score, and the latest rules which govern the American and German Games, and their most popular variations; including the Regulations adopted in Matches and Tournaments.
| Fully illustrated. | 25 cts. |
Trumps' New Card Games. Containing the correct method and rules for playing the games of Hearts, Boodle, Newmarket, Five and Nine or Domino Whist, Solo, and Cayenne Whist.