A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

(page updated 2023-11-30)

Smith.1.5

The New Pocket Hoyle, T. Richardson, another London impression for T. Richardson, nd.

smith.1.5.jpg Title: [within a decorative frame] THE | NEW POCKET | HOYLE, | CONTAINING | EASY RULES FOR PLAYING | THE | GAMES OF | [seven lines to left of rule] Whist, | Quadrille, | Cribbage, | Piquet, | Matrimony, | Lansquenet, | Quinze, | [seven lines between rules] Chess, | Backgammon, | Draughts, | Billiards, | Cricket, | Tennis, | Goff, | [seven lines to right if rule] Faro, | Rouge et Noir, | Cassino, | Connexions, | Put, | Loo, | Speculation, | Laws on Gaming, &c. | [short rule] | LONDON: | T. RICHARDSON, 245, HIGH HOLBORN.
Collation: 16o: [A]2 [B]8 C–L8 [$1 signed]; 82 leaves, pp. [4 ] [i] ii, [3] 4 [5] 6–160 [misprinting 110 as 10, 111 as 11]
Frontispiece: smith.1.5.frontispiece.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r–A1v see Smith.1.1
A2r title
A2v blank
B1r–L8v (i–160) see Smith.1.1 B1v–L8v (ii–160) see Smith.1.1
Publisher: Thomas Richardson
Copies Seen: Levy [1033]
Notes: This impression includes the same frontispiece as Smith.1.1 and a letterpress title page, with changes including a new imprint. There is no colophon on page 160.

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