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| Title: | HOYLE'S | IMPROVED EDITION | OF | THE RULES | FOR PLAYING | FASHIONABLE GAMES: | CONTAINING | COPIOUS DIRECTIONS | FOR | [11 lines to left of rule] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | VINGT-UN, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE, | MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | [11 lines between two rules] REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | SPECULATION, | LOTTERY, | POPE JOAN, | COMMERCE, | PAM-LOO, | BRAG, | DOMINO, | [11 lines to right of rule] BACK-GAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | CHESS, | GOFF, OR GOLF, | CRICKET, | BILLIARDS. | TENNIS, | HORSE-RACING, | AND | COCKING. | Together with an Analysis of the Game of Chess, and an | Engraved Plate for the Instruction of Beginners. | [short rule] | CAREFULLY REVISED FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION | WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONS. | [short rule] | PHILADELPHIA: | PUBLISHED BY JOHN LOCKEN, | NO. 1 LODGE STREET. | [short rule] | 1836. |
| Collation: | 12o: A–M12 [$1,5 (−E5) signed; signing $5 as '$2'; signing E3 as E2]; 144 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–159 [160] 161–173 [174] 175–205 [206] 207–288 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v–M12v (2–288) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) | A2v–M12v (4–288) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) |
| Plates: | opposite G9r(161) engraving: backgammon table opposite H4r(175) engraving: Draught Board opposite I7v(206) engraving: a folding plate of the chess board |
| Publisher: | John Locken |
| References: | Horr 692, Jessel 838, Rather 139 |
| Copies Seen: | PPL [Am 1836 Hoy] |
| Other Copies: | CaOWtU [E0049]; FTUSF [GV1243.H88 1836]; FU [GV1243.H88 1836]; LU [GV1243.H88 1836]; MH [SG 3118.36] (Google); MSaP [GV1243.H88 1836]; MnSST [GV1243.H88 1836]; NN [MZ]; NjP [4284.05.479.182]; OCl [789.87H J6p]; PHi [GV1243.H88 1836]; ViHi [Patten Collection Shelf One] |
| Notes: | The same setting of type as Borradaile.1.1 (1830) without the fronispiece and the extra engraved title and with different plates for backgammon, draughts, and chess. Even the title page is the same setting of type except for the imprint (note the period rather than comma after Billiards in the list of games), suggesting that the book was produced from stereoplates. |