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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [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, | With the last new Rules as established at Bath | and London. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [woodblock] | DERBY: | PRINTED BY AND FOR | RICHARDSON AND CO., FRIAR-GATE. | [short rule] | 1826. |
| Collation: | 10.4 x 6.7: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–7 [8–9] 10–24 |
| Wrapper: | [within decoratative frame] HOYLE ABRIDGED. | [short rule] | RULES | FOR THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [short rule] | By BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | DERBY: | Printed by and for | RICHARDSON AND CO., FRIAR-GATE. | [short rule] | 1826. | PRICE SIXPENCE. |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘THE PRESENT IMPROVED 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.’ | |||
| A3r–A4r (5–7) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave | BOB SHORT. | Baker's Coffee House, | Exchange Alley, | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | |||
| A4v (8) | blank | |||
| A5r–A12v (9–24) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Printer: | Richardson and Co. |
| Colophon: | ‘[rule] | Printed by Richardson and Co., Derby.’ |
| Other Copies: | Sings |