8vo. 196pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and soiled, spine worn. Early inked ownership inscription of B. M. Murdo to title page, title page shaved at head.

The second edition of Alexander Thomson's (1763–1803) most famous poem, Whist. A good friend of Robert Anderson (1770-1833), labouring-class poet from Carlisle, Thomson also published a range of translations from Kotzebue and Meissner.