A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Waite.1.4

Hoyle's Games Improved, published by George Peacock, first American edition, fourth issue, 1824.

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, and | CHESS. | [ornament] | TO THE ABOVE ARE ADDED ALL THE MODERN | IMPROVEMENTS, AND RULES ADMITTED | BY THE FIRST PLAYERS. | [short reverse oxford rule] | NEW-YORK: | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE PEACOCK, | No. 211, Broadway. | [short rule] | 1824
Collation: 8o: [A]4(±A1) 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
A1v (ii) blank
A2r–2F8v (iii–272) See Waite.1.1 (1816) B1v–2F8v (2–272) See Waite.1.1 (1816)
Publisher: George Peacock
Printer: George and Robert Waite
Price: $1.50 (inferred)
Copies Seen: MWA [G810 H867 H824]
Other Copies: MSaP [GV1201.H695 1824]
Notes: A reissue of Waite.1.1 with the same setting of type and a cancel title.

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