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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED: | OR, | SHORT RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | GAME OF WHIST. | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME, &c | Adapted either for the Head or Pocket. | By BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | THE TWENTY-FIRST EDITION. | [short rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Fami-|lies, to prevent Scolding; | For J. Harris, Successor to E. New-|bery, at the Corner of St. | Paul's Church-Yard. | 1806. | Price Sixpence. | {Entered at Stationers' Hall.} |
| Collation: | 11.3 x 5.9: A12 [$½ (−A2) signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–2] 3–8 [9] 10–11 [12] 13–24 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | ‘J. Hume, Printer, | Bath.’ | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT.’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘Just published, | NEW EDITIONS, | OF THE FOLLOWING | APPROVED LITTLE WORKS. | [...]’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘[oxford rule] | DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave. | BOB SHORT. | Baker's Coffee-house, | Exchange Alley. | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | |||
| A5r–A12v (9–24) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Publisher: | John Harris |
| Printer: | John Hume |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | Hume, Printer, Bath.’ |
| Other Copies: | DUu [PamX 795.413 SHO]; LT [Wb 724] |
| Notes: | This is a different setting of type from Harris.Whist.London.1806, a "twenty second" edition of 1806. |