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| Title: | BOB SHORT'S COMPANION TO | THE CARD TABLE. | [short rule] | AN IMPROVED MINIATURE EDITION | OF | HOYLE'S GAMES, | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | PLAYING THE GAMES OF | [7 lines to left of rule] WHIST, | CRIBBAGE, | ALL-FOURS, | PUT, | LOO, | POPE JOAN, | QUADRILLE, | [7 lines to right of rule] CASSINO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | SPECULATION, | CONNEXIONS, | MATRIMONY, | DOMINO, | VINGT UN, | QUINZE | ACCURATELY DISPLAYING | THE | RULES OF PRACTICE. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed and Published by J. Limbird, 143, Strand |
| Collation: | 16o: A–D8 [$1–2 signed]; 32 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4–44 [45] 46–63 [64] |
| Wrapper: | [within a decorative frame] BOB SHORT'S COMPANION TO | THE CARD TABLE. | [short rule] | AN IMPROVED MINIATURE EDITION | OF | HOYLE'S GAMES, | CONTAINING | RULES AND DIRECTIONS | FOR | PLAYING THE GAMES OF | [7 lines to left of rule] WHIST, | CRIBBAGE, | ALL-FOURS, | PUT, | LOO, | POPE JOAN, | QUADRILLE, | [7 lines to right of rule] CASSINO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | SPECULATION, | CONNEXIONS, | MATRIMONY, | DOMINO, | VINGT UN, | QUINZE | ACCURATELY DISPLAYING | THE | RULES OF PRACTICE. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed and Published by J. Limbird, 143, Strand. | Price Sixpence. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A2r–B5v (3–26) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | WHIST. | [...]’ | A2v–B5v (4–26) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| B5v–C3v (26–38) | ‘[...] | CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | B6r–C3v (27–38) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| C4r–C5r (39–41) | ‘[...] ALL-FOURS. | [...]’ | C4r–C4v (39–40) | ‘ALL-FOURS.’ | |
| C5r–C6r (41–43) | ‘[...] | DOMINO. | [...]’ | C5r–C5v (41–42) | ‘DOMINO.’ | |
| C6r–C6v (43–44) | ‘[...] | LOO. | [...]’ | C6r–C6v (43–44) | ‘LOO.’ | |
| C7r–C7v (45–46) | ‘PUT. | [...]’ | C7r–C7v (45–46) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| C7v–C8r (46–47) | ‘[...] | SPECULATION. | [...]’ | C8r (47) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| C8r–D1r (47–49) | ‘[...] | CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | C8v (48) | ‘CONNEXIONS.’ | |
| D1r–D1v (49–50) | ‘[...] | POPE JOAN. | [...]’ | D1v (50) | ‘POPE JOAN.’ | |
| D1v–D2v (50–52) | ‘[...] | THE GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | D2r (51) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| on D2v (52) | ‘CASSINO’ | |||
| D2v–D3v (52–54) | ‘[...] | VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | D3r–D3v (53–54) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| D3v–D7r (54–61) | ‘[...] | QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | D3v–D7r (54–61) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| D7r–D8r (61–63) | ‘[...] | ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | D7v–D8r (62–63) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| D8v (64) | ‘QUINZE. | [...] | [colophon]’ | D8v (64) | ‘QUINZE.’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece woodblock: Four playing cards, the spade honors, three of them hand-colored. |
| Publisher: | John Limbird |
| Printer: | John Limbird |
| Price: | 6d. (advertisement, wrapper) |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | J. Limbird, 143, Strand.’ |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel g.246] |
| Notes: | The Oxford copy has two complete copies of the book bound together. The Manchester Times of 1834-09-06 advertises many works published by John Limbird and sold by A. Heywood of Machester including this Companion to the Card Table, and separately published works on chess, backgammon, and whist, also at 6d. |