The below solitaire and patience bibliography covers the period from the game’s inception in print, until the early 20th century. It includes all major books (that we are aware of), but excludes some later editions where the content did not differ greatly from the original version.
Books and magazines that feature Patience games as a chapter or article are included where their importance warrants it.
The terms Patience and Solitaire are used interchangeably.
We welcome feedback, so please feel free to contact us with errors or additions.
Special thanks go to the following online resources:
- David Parlett’s History of Patience article.
- Michael Keller’s Annotated Bibliography of Card Solitaire (Patience).
18th century
19th century
20th century
References and sources
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Frey, Albert R. (1886), A Bibliography of Playing-Cards, Pittsburg, Bookmart Publishing Co.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn5piw&view=page&seq=5 -
Horr, Norton Townshend, B. S. (1892), A Bibliography of Card Games and of the History of Playing Cards, Cleveland, C. Orr
https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofca00horruoft -
Hargrave, Catherine P. (1966), A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming, New York, Dover Publications
https://archive.org/details/historyofplaying00harg -
Jessel, Frederic (1905), A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co.
https://archive.org/details/abibliographywo00jessgoog -
Unknown, (13 November 1948), Notes and Queries, pp. 499-500, London, Oxford University Press
https://archive.org/details/sim_notes-and-queries_1948-11-13_193_23 -
Keller, Michael, An Annotated Bibliography of Card Solitaire (Patience)
https://solitairelaboratory.com/biblio/SolitaireBibliography.html -
Parlett, David, History of Patience, https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/patience.html
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Pijanowski, Lech (1973),Przewodnik Gier (Game Guide), Warsaw, Iskry
https://archive.org/details/PrzewodnikGierLechPijanowski1963 -
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/ -
The Internet Archive
https://archive.org -
Google Books
https://books.google.com -
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
https://www.bnf.fr/fr -
The Hathi Trust
https://www.hathitrust.org/ -
Swiss National Library
https://www.helveticat.ch -
National Library of Poland
https://katalogi.bn.org.pl -
Marelibri
http://www.marelibri.com