David Levy
@booksongaming.bsky.social
I collect and study books on gaming with a focus on the writings of Edmond Hoyle. See my blog at http://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com and my online Hoyle bibliography at https://booksongaming.com/hoyle/bibliography/
New Blog Post: 2025: The Year of McTear
2025: The Year of McTear
I have been thinking of 2025 as the Year of McTear for reasons that will become apparent in this essay. But the story begins earlier. Two ye...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New Blog Post: 2025: The Year of McTear
I have just started to read Chocolate House Treason by David Fairer. Among the historical figures, I was delighted to find John Morphew, who is represented in my collection.
June 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I have just started to read Chocolate House Treason by David Fairer. Among the historical figures, I was delighted to find John Morphew, who is represented in my collection.
I just purchased a c1800 manuscript in Italian on the card game of piquet. It will take a while to make sense of it, but intriguingly it collates [A]^4 [B]^6 (B5+Χ^2) [C]-[D]^4.
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I just purchased a c1800 manuscript in Italian on the card game of piquet. It will take a while to make sense of it, but intriguingly it collates [A]^4 [B]^6 (B5+Χ^2) [C]-[D]^4.
It's time to re-post this for #SuperbOwl Sunday
February 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's time to re-post this for #SuperbOwl Sunday
An exhibit at San Francisco MoMA: "Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture" had this interesting bookish item.
December 10, 2024 at 1:05 AM
An exhibit at San Francisco MoMA: "Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture" had this interesting bookish item.
After a long hiatus, a new blog post--"2024: The Year in Collecting"
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2024: The Year in Collecting
I found some spectacular books this year: two Hoyles and a third book that is not obviously a Hoyle, but certainly belongs in my Hoyle colle...
edmondhoyle.blogspot.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
After a long hiatus, a new blog post--"2024: The Year in Collecting"
edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2024/11/2024...
edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2024/11/2024...
My tweets and I have made the Xodus.
November 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
My tweets and I have made the Xodus.
New blog post: 2023: The Year in Collecting.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-year-in-collecting.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-year-in-collecting.html
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 AM
New blog post: 2023: The Year in Collecting.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-year-in-collecting.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-year-in-collecting.html
Book friends: If you belong to FABS (The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies) club, please attend my short virtual talk, “Three Pairs of Books on the Game of Trictrac.” Monday November 13 at 4:30pm Pacific:...
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Book friends: If you belong to FABS (The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies) club, please attend my short virtual talk, “Three Pairs of Books on the Game of Trictrac.” Monday November 13 at 4:30pm Pacific:...
A new blog post: Oddly Imposed. Oddly Signed.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/05/oddly-imposed-oddly-signed.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/05/oddly-imposed-oddly-signed.html
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
A new blog post: Oddly Imposed. Oddly Signed.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/05/oddly-imposed-oddly-signed.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2023/05/oddly-imposed-oddly-signed.html
But do they have stem bolts?
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
But do they have stem bolts?
New blog post—2022: The Year in Collecting
See https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-year-in-collecting.html
See https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-year-in-collecting.html
November 16, 2024 at 9:11 AM
New blog post—2022: The Year in Collecting
See https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-year-in-collecting.html
See https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-year-in-collecting.html
On December 6 at 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, I will be giving a talk at the Bibliographical Society in London. If you are interested, you can register here to see it on Zoom: https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/bibliographical-society-a-century-and-a-quarter-hoyle
The Bibliographical Society: A century and a quarter of H...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:11 AM
On December 6 at 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, I will be giving a talk at the Bibliographical Society in London. If you are interested, you can register here to see it on Zoom: https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/bibliographical-society-a-century-and-a-quarter-hoyle
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November 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Ooh, mark your calendars! <a href="http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/event/century-and-quarter-hoyle" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/event/century-and-quarter-hoyle
Just back from a lovely family wedding in Nashville, a city that is testing the hypothesis that music, alcohol, and BBQ are as effective in preventing COVID as masks and vaccinations.
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Just back from a lovely family wedding in Nashville, a city that is testing the hypothesis that music, alcohol, and BBQ are as effective in preventing COVID as masks and vaccinations.
My keyword searches on book sites turn up some interesting false positives. My "Hoyle" search just matched with some memorabilia for Hayley Mills, who charmed me in Pollyanna when I was (very, very) young.
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
My keyword searches on book sites turn up some interesting false positives. My "Hoyle" search just matched with some memorabilia for Hayley Mills, who charmed me in Pollyanna when I was (very, very) young.
I finally got around to writing the code that would let me add images, mostly title pages, to my web site. See https://booksongaming.com/hoyle/bibliography/books/whist.1.1.xml
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
I finally got around to writing the code that would let me add images, mostly title pages, to my web site. See https://booksongaming.com/hoyle/bibliography/books/whist.1.1.xml
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 4)
One "cheap" Hoyle and three translations, one extraordinary.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/02/2021-year-in-collecting-part-4.html
One "cheap" Hoyle and three translations, one extraordinary.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/02/2021-year-in-collecting-part-4.html
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 4)
One "cheap" Hoyle and three translations, one extraordinary.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/02/2021-year-in-collecting-part-4.html
One "cheap" Hoyle and three translations, one extraordinary.
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/02/2021-year-in-collecting-part-4.html
I bought a book at a German auction on November 25. Due to COVID, it could not be mailed until December 14. After clearing German customs on the 22nd, it sat and sat and sat. For a month. Finally today it arrived! Blog post forthcoming...
November 16, 2024 at 9:42 AM
I bought a book at a German auction on November 25. Due to COVID, it could not be mailed until December 14. After clearing German customs on the 22nd, it sat and sat and sat. For a month. Finally today it arrived! Blog post forthcoming...
Book friends: Anyone have access to IPH Information, Bulletin of the International Association of Paper Historians from 1972?
November 16, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Book friends: Anyone have access to IPH Information, Bulletin of the International Association of Paper Historians from 1972?
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 3) Who is William H?
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/01/2021-year-in-collecting-part-3-who-is.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/01/2021-year-in-collecting-part-3-who-is.html
November 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 3) Who is William H?
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/01/2021-year-in-collecting-part-3-who-is.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2022/01/2021-year-in-collecting-part-3-who-is.html
An Aldine Pinot?
November 16, 2024 at 9:50 AM
An Aldine Pinot?
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 2). An interim report on two items, with part 3 to follow in the new year. https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/12/2021-year-in-collecting-part-2.html
November 16, 2024 at 9:59 AM
New blog post: 2021: The Year in Collecting (part 2). An interim report on two items, with part 3 to follow in the new year. https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/12/2021-year-in-collecting-part-2.html