An overview of all books about Solitaire, and other resources used to compile the Solitaire Bibliography and the History from a Gambling perspective.
Games of Patience for One or More Players (Third Series) written by Mrs. Mary Whitmore Jones London 1892 The Third Series of Mary Whitemore Jones’ books on solitaire contains another 33 new solitaire variants; The game Demon is mentioned with the rules and layout we today know as Canfield Solitaire, without the gambling scoring. Other … Read more
The Illustrated Book of Patience Games, by Professor Hoffmann 1892 London, United Kingdom In this book, Professor Hoffmann describes 63 games of Patience which he explains with the help of illustrations. He states he took all the games from earlier German literature and translated them literally into English. The official title clarifies this as well: … Read more
Who was Professor Hoffmann? Professor Hoffmann (1839–1919) was the pseudonym of Angelo John Lewis. An English writer and translator. Professor Hoffmann wrote several books about Patience Games. In the book “The Cyclopædia of Card and Table Games,” Professor Hoffman revised and rewrote, with permission, the article of W. Pole (Games at cards for one player), … Read more
The Young Folk’s Cyclopaedia of Games and Sports with numerous illustrations by John Denison Champlin – 1890 A beautiful historical game book in which 22 Solitaire games are explained and described: Of note, there is no reference to the games Fascination or Triangle, which can be seen as the ancestors of the gambling Solitaires Klondike … Read more
Name Book: Games of Patience for One or More Players (second series)Author: Mary Whitmore JonesYear: 1890Publisher: L Upcott GillLocation: London, United Kingdom Games of Patience for One or More Players, with illustrations, Second Series by Mrs. Mary Whitmore Jones, London 1890 The second series, Games of Patience for One or More Players, came two years … Read more
Patience Games with examples played through illustrated with numerous diagrams, by “Cavendish” Published by Thos de la Rue & Co – 1890 This book, “Patience Games with Played Examples Illustrated with Numerous Diagrams,” was written by Thomas de la Rue and published in 1890. Thomas de la Rue wrote this book under his pseudonym, Cavendish. … Read more
Games of Patience for One or More Players (first series) by Mary Whitmore Jones 1888 Mary Whitmore Jones dedicated a big part of her life writing Patience books. She admitted she rarely had time to play herself since she was entirely dedicated to research for her books. She wrote 13 books and was the inventor … Read more
Dick’s Games of Patience (first series) by William B Dick, Dick and Fitzgerald, New York, USA A very well-known and famous book of Patience is written in 1883 by William B Dick. Even now there are still many copies of the original print available. The first series was published in 1883 and contained 64 games … Read more
Illustrated Games of Patience by Lady Cadogan first edition published in 1874 Lady Cadogan was a noblewoman who was born in 1820 in England. It’s said she was the first, who wrote a book on Solitaire in English. The book became a bestseller and up to today, new editions are still printed and successfully sold. … Read more
Patience Games for the FireSide, a series of games with cards by Mrs. Ednah Dow Cheney, Boston 1870 This is one of the oldest books of Solitaire and was compiled by Mrs. Ednah Dow Cheney (1824 – 1904) and published by Lee and Shepard, Boston The book contains descriptions of 30 different Patience and solitaire … Read more