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Title: | THE NEW | POCKET HOYLE. | PART II. | CONSISTING OF | GENTLEMEN'S GAMES; | VIZ. | [five lines to left of double rule] BILLIARDS, | CHESS, | CRICKET, | TENNIS, | COCKING, | [five lines to right of double rule] BACKGAMMON, | DRAUGHTS, | HAZARD, | GOFF, | HORSE RACING. | Accurately displaying | THE | RULES AND PRACTICE, | As admitted and established by the first | Players in the Kingdom. | [short rule] | WITH A VARIETY OF NEW IMPROVEMENTS BY | CHARLES JACKSON, Esq. | [short rule] | THIS, WITH THE CARD GAMES, FORMS A COMPLETE | AND IMPROVED EDITION OF | HOYLE. | [short reverse oxford rule] | LONDON: | Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars; | For R. Scholey, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Lane and Newman, | T. and R. Hughes, C. Chapple, H. D. Symonds. C. Booker, | Scatcherd and Letterman; Wilson and Spence, York; and | Mundell and Co. Edinburgh. | 1808. |
| Collation: | 12o: π1 [A]1 B–2I6 [$½ signed]; 188 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–35 [36] 37–41 [42] 43–51 [52] 53–93 [94] 95–101 [102] 103–106 [107] 108–172 [173] 174–240 [241] 242–256 [257] 258–371 [372] |
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| Half Title: | THE NEW | POCKET HOYLE. | [short rule] | PART II. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | half title | |||
| π1v | blank | |||
| A1r | title | |||
| A1v | blank | |||
| B1r–D6r (1–35) | ‘HOYLE'S GAMES. | PART II. | [short rule] | THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, | ACCORDING TO MR. PAYNE. | [...]’ | B1v–D6r (2–35) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| D6v–E3r (36–41) | ‘LAWS OF CRICKET. | [...]’ | E1r–E3r (37–41) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| E3v–F2r (42–51) | ‘THE | GAME OF TENNIS. | [...]’ | E4r–F2r (43–51) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| F2v–I5r (52–93) | ‘THE | GAME OF BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | F3r–I5r (53–93) | ‘BACK-GAMMON’ | |
| I5v–K3r (94–101) | ‘THE | GAME OF HAZARD. | [...]’ | I6r–K3r (95–101) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| K3v–K5v (102–106) | ‘THE | GAME OF GOFF, OR GOLF. | [...]’ | K4r–K5v (103–106) | ‘GOFF, OR GOLF.’ | |
| K6r–N5v (107–142) | ‘COCKING | [...]’ | K6v–N5v (108–142) | ‘COCKING.’ | |
| N6r–X6v (143–240) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | N6v–X6v (144–240) | ‘CHESS.’ | |
| Y1r–Y2v (241–244) | ‘KING'S PLATE ARTICLES | [...]’ | Y1v–Y2r (242–243) | ‘KING'S PLATE | ARTICLES.’ | |
| Y2v (244) | ‘KING'S PLATE ARTICLES.’ | |||
| Y3r–Y3v (245–246) | ‘FORM OF A CERTIFICATE | OF HAVING WON | A KING'S PLATE. | [...]’ | Y3v (246) | ‘CERTIFICATE.’ | |
| Y4r–Y6v (247–252) | ‘TABLE | SHEWING | What Weights Horses are to Carry... | [...]’ | Y4v–Y6v (248–252) | ‘TABLE OF WEIGHTS.’ | |
| Z1r–2A3v (253–270) | ‘RULES AND ORDERS | OF | THE JOCKEY CLUB. | [...]’ | Z1v–2A3r (254–269) | ‘RULES AND ORDERS OF | THE JOCKEY CLUB.’ | |
| 2A3v (270) | ‘RULES AND ORDERS, &c.’ | |||
| 2A4r–2A6v (271–276) | ‘RULES | CONCERNING | HORSE-RACING IN GENERAL, | WITH A DESCRIPTION OF | A POST AND HANDICAP MATCH. | [...]’ | 2A4v–2A6v (272–276) | ‘HORSE-RACING.’ | |
| 2B1r–2B2v (277–280) | ‘COLOURS | WORN | BY THE RIDERS. | [...]’ | 2B1v–2B2v (278–280) | ‘COLOURS WORN BY RIDERS.’ | |
| 2B3r–2B3v (281–282) | ‘THE | EXACT LENGTHS | OF THE | COURSES AT NEWMARKET. | [...]’ | 2B3v (282) | ‘NEWMARKET COURSES.’ | |
| 2B4r–2B5v (283–286) | ‘NEW | RULES AND REGULATIONS | OF THE | JOCKEY CLUB, | AND PRIVATE DECISIONS. | [...]’ | 2B4v–2B5r (284–285) | ‘NEW RULES OF | THE JOCKEY CLUB.’ | |
| 2B5v (286) | ‘NEW RULES, &c.’ | |||
| 2B6r–2I6r (287–371) | ‘BILLIARDS. | [...] | [colophon]’ | 2B6v–2I6r (288–371) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| 2I6v (372) | blank |
| Plates: | Title engraving: by Kirkwoods of Edinburgh opposite B1r(1) engraving: ‘A Representation | of | The Draught Board.’ opposite F2v(52) engraving: ‘A Representation | of | The Back Gammon Table.’ opposite N6r(143) engraving: ‘The Cheſs Men. | [chess men] | Pawn. Rook. Knight. Bishop. Queen King. | [chess board] | CHESS BOARD.’ opposite 2B6r(287) engraving: ‘Perspective View of a Billiard Table | & the Game of Fortification Billiards. | [billiard table and equipment] | Cue | Mace | Dadley, scupt.’ |
| Publisher: | Robert Scholey, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Lane and Newman, T. and R. Hughes, Clement Chapple, Henry Delahoy Symonds, C. Booker, Scatcherd and Letterman, Wilson and Spence, Mundell and Co. |
| Printer: | Thomas Davison (title, colophon) |
| Advertisements: | 1808-07-27 Morning Post: "...A Companion to the Turf, the Billiard-Table, and the Card-Room.—This day is published, price 4.s 6d. in a case for the pocket; or in morocco, with a tuck to serve as a pocketbook 7s. bound; in morocco, with a silver lock, 9s. The New Pocket Hoyle, Part the Second...The above, with the first part, containing all the games on the cards, form the most copious and correct edition of Hoyle now extant, having been carefully revised by Charles Jackson, Esq. The treatise on the game of billiards having been greatly enlarged, and that on racing having been furnished with everything necessary to be known by any one attending the course, either as an amateur or for casual recreation." |
| Price: | 4s.6d. in a case (advertisement), 7s. in morocco (advertisement), 9s. in morocco with a silver lock (advertisement) |
| References: | Jessel 881 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | T. Davison, Whitefriars.’ |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel f.625]; TNJ [GV1229.N59 1808]; Levy [1043]; Levy [1638] |
| Copies Seen in Collections: | O [Jessel f.623] (see Pocket.A); Copisarow (see Pocket.B); PPL [Iu Hoyl 62060.D] (see Pocket.B); Levy [1730] (see Pocket.A) |
| Other Copies: | CaOTP [794.2 H598] |
| Other Copies in Collections: | D [J 393] (see Pocket.A); L [D-7915.aaa.14] (see Pocket.B); HAG [KW 363 D 40] (Google) (see Pocket.A); CaOTP [794 H59 1807-08] (see Pocket.B); CtY-SM [NLp57 807h] (see Pocket.A); NvLN [GV1201.H83 1807] (see Pocket.B); OCl [789.87H G7L4] (see Pocket.A); OCl [789.87H G7L5] (see Pocket.B); OCl [789.87H G8L] (see Pocket.C) |