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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED: | OR, | SHORT RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | GAMES OF WHIST, | AND CRIBBAGE, | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAMES, &c. | ADAPTED EITHER | FOR THE HEAD OR POCKET, | By Bob Short. | [short rule] | THE THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. | [short rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Families, to prevent | Scolding. | [short oxford rule] | LONDON: | Printed for T. HUGHES, 35, Ludgate St. | Price Sixpence. |
| Collation: | 9.7 x 6.0: [A]16 [$5 signed]; 16 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–8 [9] 10–11 [12] 13–26 [27] [28–32] |
| Wrapper: | [within decorative border] HOYLE ABRIDGED: | OR | SHORT RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | GAMES OF WHIST | AND | CRIBBAGE, | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAMES, &c. | Adapted either for | THE HEAD OR POCKET. | [short rule] | By BOB SHORT. | [short oxford rule] | The Thirty-first Edition. | Printed for the Benefit of Families, to | prevent Scolding. | [short double rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T. HUGHES, | 35, Ludgate Street. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT.’ | |||
| A2v (4) | blank | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave, | BOB SHORT. | Baker's Coffee-house, | Exchange Alley, | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | |||
| A5r–A13v (9–26) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| A14r–A16v (27–32) | ‘LAWS | OF THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece woodblock: Hand colored print titled "Rules For" with a man holding a sign reading "Whist and Cribbage By" with an empty box where an author's name might appear. |
| Publisher: | Thomas Hughes |
| Printer: | Charles Knight |
| Price: | 6d. (title) |
| References: | Rather 116a |
| Colophon: | ‘[rule] | Knight, Printer, St. Catherine's’ |
| Copies Seen: | Copisarow |
| Notes: | This books was advertised on the rear wrapper of Hughes.1.1 (1824) and Charles Knight was active from 1821-1824 (BBTI) suggesting a date for the work. See also Hughes.Whist.1850, which is the same setting of type as this book. |