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Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [short rule] | A TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF DRAUGHTS; | OR, | SHORT RULES FOR SHORT MEMORIES. | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME | AND EXERCISES. | [short oxford rule] | BY BOB SHORT, JUN. | [woodblock] | LONDON : | PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, | GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. | [short rule] | 1828. |
| Collation: | 11.1 x 6.4: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–23 [24] |
| Label: |  |
[rule] | SHORT'S | TREATISE ON THE GAME | OF | DRAUGHTS: | WITH | LAWS OF THE GAME. | [short rule] | Price Sixpence. | [rule] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘DEDICATION. | [...] | BOB SHORT | LONG'S HOTEL, | NOV. 4, 1818.’ | |||
| A2v (4) | blank | |||
| A3r–A12r (5–23) | ‘THE | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ | |||
| A12v (24) | ‘JUST PUBLISHED. | NEW EDITIONS | OF THE | FOLLOWING APPROVED WORKS. | [...]’ |
| Publisher: | T. and J. Allman |
| Printer: | John M'Gowan (colophon) |
| Price: | 6d. (label) |
| Colophon: | ‘J. M'Gowan, Great Windmill Street.’ |
| Copies Seen: | Levy [1779] |
| Notes: | Pages 22 and 23 are interchanged due to an imposition error. |