Hoyle's Card Games
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 15, 1979
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780415008808
First sentence: WHIST, the venerable parent of all card games played with the full pack, the cards ranking from Ace high to Deuce low, scoring being by tricks and honours-or by tricks only-and one suit being trumps, is still very widely played in spite of the vast, and comparatively modern, popularity of Auction and Contract-to say nothing of "Solo."