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A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy

(page updated 2021-10-18)User Guide

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Waite.1.2

Hoyle's Games Improved, printed by George and Robert Waite, first American edition, second issue, 1817.

Title:

HOYLE's GAMES | IMPROVED; | CONTAINING | [10 lines to left of rule] Whist, | Piquet, | Quadrille, | Lansquenet, | Pharo, | Rouge-et-Noir, | Cribbage, | Matrimony, | Cassino, | Put, | [10 lines to right of rule] All Fours, | Speculation, | Draughts, | Hazard, | Billiards, | Brag, | Cricket, | Tennis, | Back Gammon, | & Chess. | [short oxford rule] | TO THE ABOVE ARE ADDED ALL THE MODERN IMPROVE-|MENTS, AND RULES ADMITTED BY THE | FIRST PLAYERS. | [short reverse oxford rule] | New=York: | PRINTED BY G. & R. WAITE, | No. 54, Maiden-Lane. | 1817.

Collation:

8o: [A]4 B–T4 [U]4 V4 W4 X–2B4 2C–F8 [$1 signed]; 140 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–viii, [1] 2–83 [84] 85–98 [99] 100 [101] 102–121 [122] 123 [124] 125–130 [131] 132–134 [135] 136–144 [145] 146 [147] 148–150 [151] 152 [153] 154–155 [156–157] 158–164 [165] 166–168 [169] 170–184 [185] 186–193 [194] 195–200 [201] 202–203 [204] 205–208 [209] 210–235 [236–237] 238–272

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r (i)	title
	A1r (i)	title
	A1v (ii)	blank
	A2r–2F8v (iii–272)	See Waite.1.1 (1816)	B1v–2F8v (2–272)	See Waite.1.1 (1816)

Publisher:	George and Robert Waite
Printer:	George and Robert Waite
Price:	$1.50 (inferred)
Copies Seen:	MWA [DB]
Notes:	The title page is the same setting of type as Waite.1.1 with the date changed to 1817.

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