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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [short rule] | A TREATISE | ON | BACK-GAMMON; | OR, | SHORT RULES FOR SHORT MEMORIES. | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME. | ADAPTED | EITHER FOR THE HEAD OR POCKET. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT, JUN. | [short rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Familes, | to prevent Wrangling. | [woodblock] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, | PRINCES STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. | 1824. |
| Collation: | 11.5 x 6.2: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–23 [24] |
| Label: | [rule] BOB SHORT ON THE GAME | OF | BACK-GAMMON | WITH | LAWS OF THE GAME. | [short oxford rule] | Price Sixpence. | [rule] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT, Jun. | Long's Hotel, Nov. 4, 1818.’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘JUST PUBLISHED, | NEW EDITIONS | OF THE FOLLOWING APPROVED WORKS. | [...] [advertisements for Whist and Draughts’ | |||
| A3r–A12r (5–23) | ‘A TREATISE | ON | BACK-GAMMON. | [...] | [colophon]’ | |||
| A12v (24) | blank |
| Publisher: | T. and J. Allman |
| Printer: | John M'Gowan |
| Price: | 6d. (label) |
| References: | Jessel 1713 |
| Colophon: | ‘[rule] | J. M'Gowan, Great Windmill Street.’ |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel g.244] |