A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Freeman.Whist.1806

Short Rules for Whist, printed by J. Freeman, 1806.

freeman.whist.1806.jpg Title: SHORT RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES, | AT THE | GAME OF WHIST; | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME, | RULES FOR BETTING, &c. | ADAPTED EITHER FOR THE HEAD | OR POCKET. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | ARBRIDGED PRINCIPALLY FROM THE LAST | EDITION OF HOYLE,—BY AN ADEPT. | [short rule] | London : |PRINTED BY J. FREEMAN, | AND SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN | TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Collation: 12.6 x 7.8: A12 [$1–5 (−A2) signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–14 [15] 16–23 [24]
Label: freeman.whist.1806.label.jpg [oxford rule] | BOB SHORT's | Easy Rules for the Game of | WHIST. | [reverse oxford rule]
Half Title: [short rule] | SHORT RULES | FOR THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [short rule] | {PRICE SIXPENCE.}
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r (1) half title
A1v (2) blank
A2r (3) title
A2v (4) blank
A3r–A12r (5–23) ‘[double rule] | THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’
A12v (24) blank
Printer: J. Freeman
Price: 6d. (half title)
Colophon: ‘[short rule] | J. Freeman, Printer, &c. | LONDON.’
Copies Seen: Levy [1465]

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