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Richardson.Whist.1818
Short Rules for Whist, published by Thomas Richardson, 1818.
| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [short rule] | SHORT RULES FOR SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | GAME OF WHIST, | WITH THE LAWS OF THE GAME: | ADAPTED FOR EITHER FOR THE HEAD OR | POCKET, | With the last new Rules as established at Bath | and London: | BY BOB SHORT. | [woodblock] | DERBY: | PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RICHARDSON. |
| Collation: | 10.6 x 6.3: [A]16 [unsigned]; 16 leaves, pp. [1–7] 8–9 [10–11] 12–30 [31–32] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | pasted to wrapper? | |||
| A1v (2) | blank? | |||
| A2r (3) | title | |||
| A2v (4) | blank | |||
| A3r (5) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT.’ | |||
| A3v (6) | ‘THE PRESENT IMRPROVED AND | ENLARGED EDITION OF THIS LITTLE | WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDI-|CATED TO THE PUBLIC, | BY THEIR | VERY OBLIGED, OBEDIENT, | AND HUMBLE SERVANT, | BOB SHORT, jun. | long's hotel, | nov. 4 1818.’ | |||
| A4r–A5r (7–9) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave, | BOB SHORT. | Baker's Coffee House, | Exchange Alley, | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | A4v–A5r (8–9) | ‘DEDICATION.’ | |
| A5v (10) | blank | |||
| A6r–A15v (11–30) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ | A6v–A15r (12–29) | ‘RULES FOR THE | GAME OF WHIST.’ | |
| A15v (30) | ‘RULES FOR THE, &c.’ | |||
| A16r (31) | blank? | |||
| A16v (32) | pasted to wrapper? |
| Printer: | Thomas Richardson |
| Price: | 6d. (advertisement) |
| References: | Rather 107 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | Printed by Thomas Richardson, Derby’ |
| Copies Seen: | TNJ [GV1277.W7] |
| Copies Seen in Collections: | O [Jessel g.247]; Copisarow [2 copies] (see Richardson.Games.1818); Levy [1291] (see Richardson.Games.1818) |