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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. | BY BOB SHORT. | [short rule] | A NEW EDITION, | REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT, | WITH THE LAST NEW RULES AS | ESTABLISHED AT BATH AND LONDON. | [short rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Families, to | prevent Scolding. | [printer's device] | LONDON : | PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS, | BY J. STACY, NORWICH. |
| Collation: | 11.0 x 6.2: [A]12 [$½ (−A2,3,4) signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–8 [9] 10–24 |
| Label: | [oxford rule] | BOB SHORT'S RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | Game of Whist. | [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 (3) | ‘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, | MAY, 1821’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [...] | BOB SHORT.’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘DEDICATION. | [short rule] | TO THE FOUR KINGS. | [...] | Your devoted Slave, | BOB SHORT. | Baker's Coffee-House, | Exchange Alley, | Jan. 1, 1793.’ | |||
| A5r–A12v (9–24) | ‘THE | GAME OF WHIST. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Printer: | John Stacy (colophon, title) |
| Price: | 6d. (label) |
| Colophon: | ‘[rule] | Stacy, Printer, Market-Place, Norwich.’ |
| Other Copies: | CaQMM [VND.H85.] (Internet Archive) |
| Notes: | The dedication on A2r(3) is by Bob Short, Jun. |