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Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED!! | [short double rule] | A TREATISE | ON | THE GAME OF | CHESS; | OR, | Short Rules for Short Memories: | WITH THE | Laws of the Game and Lectures. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | [printer's device] | London: | PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS. | [short rule] | 1822. |
| Collation: | 10.9 x 6.1: B12 [$1–5 (−B1,2,4) signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1–3] 4–22 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| B1r | blank | |||
| B1v | frontispiece | |||
| B2r (1) | title | |||
| B2v (2) | colophon | |||
| B3r–B11v (3–20) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...]’ | |||
| B12r–B12v (21–22) | ‘BOB SHORT'S | CHESS LECTURES. | [... ] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece woodblock: Chess men and The Chess Board |
| Printer: | Shackell and Arrowsmith (colophon) |
| Price: | 6d. (label) |
| References: | Rather 117 |
| Colophon: | ‘LONDON: | SHACKELL AND ARROWSMITH, | JOHNSON'S COURT.’ |
| Copies Seen: | OCl [789.07 I2S]; Levy [1620] |
| Other Copies: | HAG [KW 359 F 150] (Google) |