All Game rule books about Gambling used for the research on Solitaire from a Gambler’s perspective.
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 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