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| Title: | HOYLE ABRIDGED: | [short 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. | [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; Newbery, | St. Paul's Church Yard; and | Debrett, Piccadilly. 1795. | Price Six-Pence. | {Entered at Stationers' Hall.} |
| Collation: | 24o: A12 [$½ signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–5] 6–8 [9] 10–11 [12] 13–16 [17] 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. | [...]’ | |||
| A2v (4) | ‘ROBERT WITHY, | STOCK-BROKER, | BEGS leave to inform his Friends | and the Public [...]’ | |||
| A3r–A4v (5–8) | ‘DEDICATION | [reverse oxford 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. | [...] | Just publiſhed, New Editions | of my Short Rules at Quadrille, | Price 6d. and in large Print, price | one Shilling. | FINIS.’ |
| Price: | 6d. (title) |
| References: | ESTC T183622 |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel g.238] (ECCO) |
| Other Copies: | Depaulis |