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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED: | [reverse oxford rule] | OR, | SHORT RULES | FOR | SHORT MEMORIES | AT THE | GAME OF WHIST. | WITH THE | LAWS OF THE GAME, &c. | Adapted either for the Head or Pocket. | By BOB SHORT. | [reverse oxford rule] | Printed for the Benefit of Families, | to prevent Scolding: | And ſold by the Author, at Baker's Coffee-| houſe, Exchange Alley; Nicol, St. | Paul's Church Yard; Ryall, Lombard | Street; Bell, Strand; Fourdrinier, Cha-|ring Croſs; and Debrett, Piccadilly, | 1794. {Price Sixpence.} | (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) |
| Collation: | 24o: A12 [$½ signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–8 [9] 10–11 [12] 13–18 [19] 20–24 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v (2) | blank | |||
| A2r (3) | ‘TO THE PUBLIC. | [double rule] | YOUR favourable reception | of the former Editions of | this Trifle, in its rude ſtate, | has induced the Author to en-|deavour to make it more wor-|thy your indulgence; [...]’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘ROBERT WITHY, | STOCK-BROKER, | BEGS leave to inform his Friends | and the Public [...]’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘DEDICATION | [double 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. | [...]’ |
| Advertisements: | 1794-01-03 Morning Post: "...Bob Short's Rules for Whist and Quadrille, price 6d. each; large print, 1s. each." |
| Price: | 6d. (advertisement), 1s. (large print) (advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T190842 |
| Other Copies: | AWn [OA 2575] |
| Notes: | Description made from reproduction of National Library of Wales (AWn) copy. |