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EDMOND HOYLE
Hoyle's Games Improved, edited by Thomas Jones. London: W. Wood, 1778. 12mo. (14 x 8.8cm) (title heavily soiled, some soiling throughout, a few leaves frayed or loose), contemporary sheep (upper cover detached).
Certainly one of the earlier, if not the earliest edition, to include tennis (pp. 201-207). It also includes the laws of cricket. cf. Padwick 153; not in Henderson.
Hoyle's Games Improved, edited by Thomas Jones. London: W. Wood, 1778. 12mo. (14 x 8.8cm) (title heavily soiled, some soiling throughout, a few leaves frayed or loose), contemporary sheep (upper cover detached).
Certainly one of the earlier, if not the earliest edition, to include tennis (pp. 201-207). It also includes the laws of cricket. cf. Padwick 153; not in Henderson.
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