A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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(page updated 2021-10-18)


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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