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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: | ![]() |
[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] |