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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [rule] | A TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF CHESS; | OR, | SHORT RULES FOR SHORT MEMORIES; | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME | AND LECTURES. | Selected principally from the | Stratagem of Chess. | [short oxford rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [woodblock] | LONDON : | PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, | 1824. |
| Collation: | 11.0 x 6.4: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–24 |
| Label: | BOB SHORT'S | CHESS. | [short rule] | Price Sixpence. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | woodblocks of chess men and the chess board | |||
| A2v (4) | blank | |||
| A3r–A12r (5–23) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| A12v (24) | ‘BOB SHORT'S | CHESS LECTURES. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | on A2r(3) woodblock: Chess Men and The Chess Board |
| Publisher: | T. and J. Allman |
| Printer: | John M'Gowan (colophon) |
| Price: | 6d. (label) |
| References: | Rather 119 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | J. M'Gowan, Great Windmill Street.’ |
| Copies Seen: | O [Johnson Chapbooks 5]; OCl [789.07 I4S] |
| Other Copies: | L [D-7913.a.100.(1.)]; MH [SG 3646.787*] |