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| Title: | HOYLE IMPROVED. | [short rule] | SHORT RULES | FOR | Short Memories | AT THE | GAME OF WHIST, | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME. | Adapted either for the Head or Pocket. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | A NEW EDITION, | REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGH-|OUT, WITH THE LAST NEW RULES AS | ESTABLISHED AT BATH AND LONDON. | [short rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Families, | to prevent Scolding. | Printed for the Benefit of Families, | to prevent Scolding. | [short rule] | LONDON: | PUBLISHED BY T. NORTH, | 62, PATERNOSTER ROW. | Sold Wholesale by him, and Retail by | all Booksellers. | [short rule] | 1829. |
| Collation: | 11.7 x 6.7: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–8 [9] 10–24 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | ‘[short rule] | PRINTED BY COWIE AND STRANGE. | Bishop's Court, Old Bailey. | [short rule]’ | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC; | [...] | BY THEIR | VERY OBLIGED, OBEDIENT, | AND HUMBLE SERVANT, | BOB SHORT, JUN. | Long's Hotel, | March, 1829.’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘The favourable reception of | the former editions of this Trifle, [...] | Bob Short, Jun.’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave, | BOB SHORT, Jun. | Baker's Coffee-House, | Exchange-Alley, | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | |||
| A5r–A12v (9–24) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Publisher: | T. North |
| Printer: | Cowie & Strange |
| Colophon: | ‘[rule] | COWIE & STRANGE, | Bishop's Court, Old Bailey.’ |
| Copies Seen: | L [1606/1564] |
| Notes: | The preliminary material refers to Bob Short, Jun. three times. |