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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. | THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. | 253 MARKET STREET. | [short rule] | 1841. |
| Collation: | 8o: 1–188 [$1 signed; signing 131 as 1]; 144 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–159 [160] 161–173 [174] 175–205 [206] 207–288 [misprinting 160 as 158] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| 11r (1) | title | |||
| 11v–108r (2–159) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) | 12v–188v (4–288) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) | |
| 108v (160) | See Borradaile.1.3 (1838) | |||
| 111r–117r (161–173) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) | |||
| 117v (174) | See Borradaile.1.3 (1838) | |||
| 118r–188v (175–288) | see Borradaile.1.1 (1830) |
| Plates: | on 108v(160) engraving: The Game of Backgammon. on 117v(174) engraving: The Game of Draughts. |
| Publisher: | Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. |
| References: | Horr 694, Jessel 839, Rather 148 |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel f.640]; TNJ [GV1229.H82 1841] |
| Other Copies: | LU [GV1243.H88 1841]; MH [KC 1590] (Google); OCl [789.87H K1p]; WU [GV1243.H6 1841] |
| Notes: | The same setting of type as Borradaile.1.1 (1830) without the fronispiece, extra engraved title, and chess engraving (despite the title page promise). The plates for backgammon and draughts are the same as Borradaile.1.3 (1838). 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). |