Solo Games

This was the first widely popular American collection of patience games or solitaire with cards.

1883. Dick and Fitzgerald; 154 pages.

7. Explanation of Technical Terms
11. Auld Lang Syne
11. Tam O' Shanter
12. Napoleon's Favorite
15. The Four Seasons
16. Simplicity
19. The Gathering of the Clans
23. Napoleon at St. Helena
24. The Fifteen Puzzle
27. The Calculation
28. The Surprise Party
31. The Four Kings
35. The Clock
39. The Garden
40. The Contra-Dance
43. The Queen's Audience
44. The Betrothal
47. The Phalanx
51. The Idle Year
52. The Reinforcements
55. The Chameleon
56. The Reserve
59. La Belle Lucie
60. The Shamrocks
60. The House in the Wood
60. The House...

Very rare set of original games making use of the Joker card, invented by Angelo John Lewis and published under his stage name. You will find games for one and two players.

Goodall, London, 1907; 48 pages.

4. Preface
5. Technical Terms used in Patience Games
   GAMES FOR ONE PLAYER
6. Odd and Even
9. The Stepping-Stones
12. Whist Patience
14. Baccarat Patience
17. The Double X Ray
20. The Scorpion
23. The Chessboard
25. The Seven Squares
29. The Captive Queens
31. The Railway Junction
33. Patchwork Patience
37. The Four Bridges
40. Peg Out
    GAMES FOR TWO PLAYERS
42. The Race
45. The Flower Show

Learn 63 fun and stimulating patience games from this book. A deck of cards, a flat surface and you are ready to challenge and entertain yourself. This is a translation from the German book Illustriertes Buch der Patiencen.

5th Edition, Routledge, London, 1904; 123 pages.

1. Introduction
7. The Wish
9. The Star
11. Hope
11. The Amazons
13. The Harvest
14. Royal Marriage
16. Quadrille
17. Caesar
18. Nestor
20. Hidden Cards
22. The Dial (No. 1)
24. The Dial (No. 2)
25. Elevens (No. 1)
26. Elevens (No. 2)
27. Robert
28. The Pyramid
29. The Five Court Cards
31. The Talkative
32. The Four Seasons
34. Thirteens
35. The Fairest (No. 1)
39. The Fairest (No. 2) ...