A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Jones.8-3
A Treatise on Backgammon, printed for R. Baldwin et al, extracted from the eighth London edition, 1808.
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Title: |
A | TREATISE | ON | BACK-GAMMON | ABSTRACTED FROM | HOYLE'S GAMES IMPROVED | BY | CHARLES JONES ESQ. | [short oxford rule] | LONDON | PRINTED FOR R. BALDWIN; W. LOWNDES; WILKIE AND ROBINSON; | J. WALKER;
LONGMAN, HURST, REES AND ORME; W. STEWART; | B. CROSBY AND CO.; LACKINGTON, ALLEN
AND CO.; J. MAWMAN; | AND J. ASPERNE. | [short rule] | 1808. |
| Collation: |
18o: A–B6 C2 [$1,3 signed; signing $3 as '$2']; 14 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–27 [29] |
| Label: |
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[within a border of type ornaments] HOYLE'S | GAME | OF | BACK-GAMMON. | Price 6d. SEWED. |
| Half Title: |
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HOYLE'S | GAME OF | BACK-GAMMON. | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, | Goswell Street. |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (1) |
half title |
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| A1v (2) |
frontispiece |
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| A2r (3) |
title |
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| A2v (4) |
blank |
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| A3r–C2r (5–27) |
‘[headpiece] | THE | GAME | OF | BACK-GAMMON | [short oxford rule ]
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A3v–C2r (6–27) |
‘BACK-GAMMON.’ |
| C2v (29) |
publisher's advertisement |
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| Plates: |
Frontispiece woodblock: ‘THE | BACK-GAMMON TABLE. | [woodblock of backgammon table]’ |
| Publisher: |
Robert Baldwin I, William Lowndes, Wilkie and Robinson, J. Walker, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, William Stewart, B. Crosby and Co., Lackington, Allen and Co., Joseph Mawman, James Asperne |
| Printer: |
Charles Whittingham (colophon, Longman Archives) |
| Notices: |
1808-03-09 Hereford Journal: "...Of whom may be had, likewise just published...Hoyle's Treatise on
Backgammon, as improved and corrected by Charles Jones, Esq. Price 6d.
sewed." |
| Price: |
6d. (advertisement, label) |
| Colophon: |
‘[oxford rule] | C. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, | Goswell Street. | [reverse oxford rule]’ |
| Copies Seen: |
Levy [2208] |
| Notes: |
The text on pages 5-27 is the same setting of type as pages 256-278 of Jones.8 with only the page numbers and signature marks changed. |
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