Monthly Archives: December 2010

Based on Jessel’s bibliography, it can be said that Professor Hoffmann’s first three card-game rule booklets were dated 1895.  The three titles Jessel mentions in this connection are (a) Ecarte, (b) Piquet, and (c) Rubicon Bezique.  In this post, I want to talk … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the first edition of Goodall’s first card-game rule-booklet (to the best of my knowledge) was published in 1868.  It was a booklet on a game called Bezique.  I showed a scan of the … Continue reading →

Collecting card-game “sets” (say 1920 and before) is a bit of a mixed bag.  They take up space (though ’tis true that they are often rather tiny). They are usually unwieldy, or at least not convenient to move around.  Typically, they … Continue reading →

Note:  I am back to posting “new” posts now. Based on Frederic Jessel’s 1905 bibliography, it appears that the earliest rule-booklets issued by Goodall were a booklet on Bezique, first published in 1868, and a booklet on Check, published in … Continue reading →

Note:  This is a revised version of a post that I originally posted on a different blog on September 25, 2010 (at 17:55). As should be obvious, this blog does not deal primarily with booklets issued by De La Rue. … Continue reading →

The following is a significantly revised and enlarged version of a post that I originally posted on a different blog on September 19, 2010 (at 18:07). In my view, the “age” of a booklet is almost never a factor that … Continue reading →

Note:  An earlier version of this post was published by me on September 26, 2010 (at 22:21), on a different blog. In an earlier post, I began a discussion of the question of what types of playing cards Professor Hoffmann … Continue reading →

Note:  An earlier version of this post was published by me on September 23, 2010, on a different blog. Professor Hoffmann (Angelo J. Lewis, 1839-1919) was one of the principal writers of card-game rule booklets (all of which were originally … Continue reading →

Professor Hoffmann (Angelo J. Lewis) wrote a large number of card-game rule-booklets for Charles Goodall & Son.  The first of these, it seems pretty certain, appeared in 1895. That is the year Jessel shows for three of Hoffmann’s booklets, and … Continue reading →

Man of Sorrows! what a name For the Son of God, who came Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! What a Savior! –Philip P. Bliss, via NetHymnal

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming As men of old have sung. It came a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half-spent was the night. (From an old Christmas … Continue reading →

In theory, if you are a collector, the best time to formulate a collecting plan, and to determine the scope and sphere and extent of a collection, is before you begin collecting, or at least in the early stages of collecting. … Continue reading →

In this blog (unless the context indicates something else), when I refer to “card-game rule-booklets,” “booklets,” or the like, I am referring to the small booklets, about the size of a playing card, which were issued primarily during the last … Continue reading →