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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED!! | [short oxford rule] | A TREATISE | ON THE | Game of Draughts; | OR, | Short Rules for Short Memories. | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME AND EXERCISES. | ALSO OF | CONSTITUTIONAL CHECKERS, | AND | POLISH DRAUGHTS. | [short rule] | BY BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | [printer's device] | London: | PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS, | BY JOHN STACY, NORWICH. | [short rule] | 1820. |
| Collation: | 12.2 x 6.4: [A]12 [unsigned]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4–24 |
| Label: | [oxford rule] | BOB SHORT'S RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | Game of Draughts. | [short oxford rule] | Price Sixpence. | [reverse oxford rule] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r–A10v (3–20) | ‘THE | GAME OF DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A11r–A11v (21–22) | ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CHECKERS. | [...]’ | |||
| A11v–A12v (22–24) | ‘THE GAME | OF | Polish Draughts. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | on A3r(5) woodblock: Draught Table. |
| Printer: | John Stacy (colophon) |
| Colophon: | ‘[short oxford rule] | STACY, PRINTER, NORWICH.’ |
| Copies Seen: | L [RB.23.a.12258] |
| Other Copies: | HAG [XDA 322] (Google) |