THE TABLE-TALK AND BON-MOTS OF SAMUEL FOOTE by Foote, Samuel & Cooke, William - 1902

New Southgate, H. A. Rogers, 1889. Limited to 150 copies signed by Rogers. Hardcover. Very good condition. . 268p. Half brown morocco over marbled boards. Gilt decorations on backstrip. Some scuffing to edges, but a good, sound, copy.

New Southgate:: H. A. Rogers,, 1889.. No. 330 of 350 copies, signed by the publishers.. full 19th c. polished blue calf; gilt spine; t.e.g. by H. Wood.. Foxing to one marginal corner of the frontispiece portrait; otherwise fine in a handsome binding with only the very slightest of rubbing to extremities. Quite attractive. . 8vo,. Illustrated.. Edited by the Late William Cooke.

New Southgate : H. A. Rogers, 1889. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound by Magnier Freres Rel. In calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Minor toning to the extremities. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 268 pages; Description: viii, 268 p. Front. (port. ) 23 cm. Subjects; Anecdotes. English wit and humor. Limited to 350 copies. Title in red and black.

London: Myers & Rogers, 1902. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. An extra-illustrated, splendid finely bound collection of the aphorisms and humour of Samuel Foote. Samuel Foote was a British dramatist and actor active during the eighteenth century. A comic writer and playwright, he lost his leg in a riding accident, and was quick to capitalise on the accident using his humour and wit.Edited by William Cooke.With fourteen illustrations in the original work; bound with an additional twenty. Including a frontispiece in colour.In an unsigned binding.A limited edition, with one hundred and twenty copies produced. This one is unnumbered.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an English socialite and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was featured by Cecil Beaton in 'The Book of Beauty'. Amongst her circle were Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Winston and Clementine Churchill and Nancy Mitford.A marvellous collection of the wit of Samuel Foote. In a… Read More