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/
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.
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
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
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...
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
What on earth is this?
November 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
What on earth is this?
New blog post--2021: The Year in Collecting
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-year-in-collecting.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-year-in-collecting.html
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 AM
New blog post--2021: The Year in Collecting
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-year-in-collecting.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-year-in-collecting.html
How are we at ciphers, book friends? This from the engraved title page Woodward's Edition of Hoyle's Games, published by O[rlando] Hodgson and printed by Plummer and Brewis c1827. And the Roman numeral IV?
November 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
How are we at ciphers, book friends? This from the engraved title page Woodward's Edition of Hoyle's Games, published by O[rlando] Hodgson and printed by Plummer and Brewis c1827. And the Roman numeral IV?
New arrival: an 1829 book on Whist par M. B***. I like the book stamp of Dottor Giacomo Rem-Picci, apparently a doctor who wrote a number of medical texts 1900c.
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
New arrival: an 1829 book on Whist par M. B***. I like the book stamp of Dottor Giacomo Rem-Picci, apparently a doctor who wrote a number of medical texts 1900c.
I had no idea, my daughter's books are organized by...color. @book_historia is onto something!
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
I had no idea, my daughter's books are organized by...color. @book_historia is onto something!
The flyleaf has another ownership inscription, A. L. Tracey, with a crazy drawing of...well what is it? /4
November 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM
The flyleaf has another ownership inscription, A. L. Tracey, with a crazy drawing of...well what is it? /4
The title page bears the signature of John Hogan Digby. An early Irish owner? /2
November 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
The title page bears the signature of John Hogan Digby. An early Irish owner? /2
The Ewing family reprinted Hoyle in Dublin as The Polite Gamester. /1
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 AM
The Ewing family reprinted Hoyle in Dublin as The Polite Gamester. /1
A new blog post: "Hoyle in Halifax?" with important followup in pandemic abeyance:
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/03/hoyle-in-halifax.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/03/hoyle-in-halifax.html
November 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
A new blog post: "Hoyle in Halifax?" with important followup in pandemic abeyance:
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/03/hoyle-in-halifax.html
https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2021/03/hoyle-in-halifax.html
And a rerun from an earlier #SuperbOwl Sunday:
November 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM
And a rerun from an earlier #SuperbOwl Sunday:
From a recent auction catalogue for #SuperbOwl Sunday:
November 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
From a recent auction catalogue for #SuperbOwl Sunday: