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Title: | THE | WHIST PLAYER'S MANUAL: | CONTAINING | HOYLE'S, PAYNE'S, AND MATTHEWS' | DIRECTIONS, MAXIMS, | AND | INSTRUCTIONS, | for | THE GAME OF WHIST. | Carefully revised and corrected. | ······· | BOSTON: | PUBLISHED BY EDWARD COTTON. | C. Stebbins, Printer. | 1814. |
| Collation: | 24o: π1 B–D12 E2 [$1,5 signed; signing $5 as '$2']; 39 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1] 2–28 [29] 30–41 [42] 43 [44] 45–75 [76] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | title | |||
| π1v | blank | |||
| B1r–E2r (1–75) | see Cotton.1 (1814) | B1v–E2r (2–75) | see Cotton.1 (1814) | |
| E2v (76) | blank |
| Publisher: | Edward Cotton |
| Printer: | Chester Stebbins (title) |
| Advertisements: | 1814-05-10 New England Palladium: "Hoyle Improved. Just published and for sale, at the bookstore of Edward Cotton, 47, Marlboro'-street, Hoyle's Games—Improved, containing practical treatises on [25 games]. Carefully revised and corrected from the latest and best authorities. (Price in boards, one dollar.) —Also— The Whist Player's Manual, containing Hoyle's Payne's, and Matthews' directions, maxims, and instructions for the game of whist. (Price in boards, 50 Cents)" |
| Price: | 50¢ (advertisement) |
| Copies Seen: | MWA [DB] (Shaw); PPL [Am 1814 Whis]; Levy [1087]; Levy [1719] |
| Notes: | The material on whist from Cotton.1, the same setting of type with a new title page. |