A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Beaufort.US.1.2
Hoyle's Games Improved, printed for and sold by William Prichard, first American edition, New York issue, 1796.
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Title: |
HOYLE's GAMES | IMPROVED: | BEING | Practical Treatises on the follow-|ing Fashionable Games, Viz. | [four lines to left of rule] WHIST | QUADRILLE | PIQUET | BACK-GAMMON
| [four lines to right of rule] CHESS | BILLIARDS | AND | TENNIS. | WITH | The
eſtabliſhed Rules of Game. | [rule] | By JAMES BEAUFORT, Esq. | Of Cavendish-Square. | [oxford rule] | NEW YORK: | PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY WILLIAM PRICHARD; | SOLD ALSO BY PRICHARD AND DAVIDSON, |
RICHMOND. | [short oxford rule] | 1796. |
| Collation: |
18o: A–S6 [$½ signed; signing S3 as S2]; 108 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–v [vi] vii–xi [xii], [1] 2–18 [19–20] 21–74 [75] 76–118 [119] 120–142 [143] 144–165 [166] 167–175 [176] 177–194 [195] 196–204 |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (i) |
title |
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| A1v (ii) |
blank |
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| A2r–S6v (iii–204) |
See Beaufort.US.1.1 (1796) |
A2v–S6v (iv–204) |
See Beaufort.US.1.1 (1796) |
| Publisher: |
William Prichard |
| Printer: |
William Spotswood |
| References: |
ESTC W12792, Rather 76 |
| Copies Seen: |
MWA [DB] (Evans); ViU [GV1201.B38 1796]; Levy [2180] |
| Other Copies: |
MoSW [Spec GV1201.B38 1796b] |
| Notes: |
The same setting of type as Beaufort.US.1.1 (Boston) and Beaufort.US.1.3 (Philadelphia). |
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