viii, 290, + [2] ad pp. Illustrations, including folding plate of billiard tables. 6¼x3¾, period calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. New Edition, "Revised and corrected by Charles Jones."
Joe Murdoch's copy with his bookplate. This was the first edition in which the game of golf appeared. The final 2½ pages are devoted to golf, "The favourite Summer Amusement in Scotland..." The section describes feathery balls, various irons, general course layouts, and one paragraph of rules. D&M 330; D&J H25510. * Also, includes: The New Pocket Hoyle, Part II, Consisting of Gentlemen's Games: Billiards, Chess, Cricket, Tennis...Goff, Horace Racing...New Improvements by Charles Jackson. 371 pp. 5x3, period half cloth & marbled boards (just fair, front cover separated, edge wear, rubbing, dampstains). London: T. Davison, 1808. Together, 2 volumes.
Condition:
1790 edition: rubbing, joints starting to split, shelf wear, creases to spine; hinges cracking, occasional minor marginal dampstains, faint foxing; good or better. Scarce.