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1.	ANON. : THE PIGEONS : DEDICATED TO ALL THE FLATS, AND SHOWING THE 
ARTIFICES, SUCCESS AND CRIMES OF GAMING, GAMESTERS ANS GAMBLING HOUSES / by 
the author of the Greeks ; illustrated with six coloured plates.  London : 
Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1817.  167 p., 6 leaves of plates, HC etchings; 
19 cm. Plate 6 bound as Frontis. Orig. wraps, period Manus. title attached 
to front wrap. One of a series of humorous poems on English upper class 
social life consisting  of  "The Greeks, The Pigeons, Fashion, Anecdotes." 
The actual names of the people to have been very lightly filled in with 
pencil. The plates are the work of George Cruikshank.  RLIn 2 Locs [H and 
NW]. VG in original wraps, tastefully rebacked; $575.00


2.	HOYLE, EDMOND: A SHORT TREATISE ON THE GAME OF WHIST : Containing the 
Laws of the Game and also some rules whereby a beginner may, with due 
attention to them attain to the playing it well ...8th edition with great 
additions. London : T. Osborne at Grey's Inn, 1748. The Half Title reads : 
MR. HOYLE'S TREATISES OF Whist / QUADRILLE / PIQUET / CHESS AND / 
BACK-GAMMON. [Price 3 s.]. 224 P., 17 cm. Each has a separate title page 
with continuous paging.  Mr Hoyle has signed his name "Emund Hoyle" on the 
verso of the title page, in a form, as the proprietor of the book since his 
earlier issues were often pirated. All previous issues consisted of an 80 
page book on Whist only, with the other titles issued separately. His A 
short treatise on the game of quadrille, is the 2d ed.; the author's A 
Short Treatise on the Game of Chess,  A short treatise on the game of 
piquet,  A short treatise on the game of back-Gammon  are all 3rd Editions. 
But the First Issue Published Together. ESTC 13538981, Rather & Goldwater, 
30, the first step towards Hoyle's games. It is quite rare. OCLC notes 3 
Locs. [PUL, LUU, SNC]. At COPAC, the only copy found is that at the BL, but 
there is another at the Bodleian library. This copy is in original calf, 
hinges repaired, spine lacking much of the gilt, the first few leaves 
foxed, but a Very Good copy of a rare and significant issue of the first 
important, original gaming manual for more than one game, in English. $1000.00


3.	SIMPSON,THOMAS. THE NATURE AND LAWS OF CHANCE : containing, among other 
particulars, the solutions of several abstruse and important problems, the 
doctrine of combinations and permutations clearly deduced, a new and 
comprehensive problem of great use in discovering the advantage or loss in 
lotteries, raffles, etc... Printed for F. Wingrave, Seccessor to Mr. 
Nourse, in the Strand, MDCCXCII. Second edition. [The first was issued in 
London in 1740].  [2],iv,95,[3]p. : ill. ; 8º. With a final advertisement 
leaf. Thomas Simpson (1710-1761) both built on the work of  one of the 
leading mathematicians of his day, Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754), and 
attempted to surpass it. The second, significantly expanded version of de 
Moivre's Doctrine of Chances had appeared in 1738. In The Nature and Laws 
of Chance Simpson wrote approvingly of De Moivre, but claimed to have 
investigated two problems in probability for which the latter had given 
only the results. The result was a feud between the two 
mathematicians,  intensified by Simpson's publication of Annuities and 
Reversions (1742), which suggested some improvements on De Moivre's 
Annuities on Lives (1728). De Moivre accused Simpson of borrowing from De 
Moivre's own mathematical work. This controversy over Simpson's originality 
is an issue to this day, with De Morgan admiring and Pearson (History of 
Statistics in the 17th and 18th Centuries) much less so, though 
acknowledging Simpson's contributions as a writer of mathematical texts and 
originator of formulae in trigonometry and astronomy. This is, of course 
after DeMoivre's publications of 1718 and 38, the third publication on the 
use of mathematical probability in gambling in the English language, here 
in second edition. ESTC, T77357; OCLC: 2218451; 14 Locs. in the USA, [ NYP, 
NYG, ACM, YUS, LNN,  UIU, HLS, MYG, SNN, WCM, PUL, UNL, OKU, RBN] ~Marbled 
boards, rebacked in cloth, Printed paper label, new end papers.Chart in 
Facsimile, Early ink signature on title. A Very Good copy. $850.00


4.	WINTERBLOSSOM, HENRY T. : THE GAME OF DRAW-POKER, MATHEMATICALLY 
ILLUSTRATED; being a complete treatise on the game, giving the prospective 
value of each hand before and after the draw, and the true method of 
discarding and drawing, with a thorough analysis and insight of the game as 
played at the present day by gentlemen. New-York, W.H. Murphy, 1875 . viii, 
[9]-72 p. p., 17 cm. The first book applying math to this game.    OCLC: 
4152989 5 Locs. [VZM, ABC, TYC, LUU, UNL.] Original cloth, gilt and black 
stamped, titled on front board. Corners worn, rear board with a little 
rippling to the cloth, Otherwise a Very Good copy. $500.00


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