Hoyle Up-To-Date Official Rules for All Important Games Edited by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith is a 279-page hardcover published first in 1970 by Grosset & Dunlap.  This copy is the 1991 printing.  No dust jacket.  The condition is near-fine, with a tiny nick to the top edge.  Inside, the clean unmarked pages and unopened binding shows no evidence of use. 

Book Summary

In this book you will find not only the rules of your favorite game, to settle any question that may arise, but also expert advice on skillful play.

You will find not only card games--more than 100 of them--but also board games such as Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, and many others...party games for the entertainment of your guests and your family...dice games and banking games, with the odds given so that you will know how to avoid losing bets...solitaire and word games to occupy your leisure hours.

The newest, most popular games as well as the old favorites are here:

• Contract Bridge
• Poker
• Gin Rummy
• Solitaire
• Samba
• Canasta
• Oklahoma
• Lowball
• Pinochle
• Hearts
• and dozens of others.

ISBN:  0-399-12827-1