The King Was in His Counting House: A Comedy of Common-Sense
by Branch Cabell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£195.00£175.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938 . First edition. Cloth. Fine. 9" by 6.5". Charles Child. A scarce signed limited edition of Branch Cadell's novel set in the Italian Renaissance. The first work in his 'Heirs and Assigns' trilogy. Number seventy-six of one-hundred and twenty-five limited edition copies signed by the author, with only ninety-nine of these ever made available for sale.With a small number of illustrated vignettes by Charles Child.This fantastical historical novel is set in Renaissance Italy, and is written in the style of a Jacobean tragedy. The novel features fiendish Machiavellian noblemen, virtuous women in peril, and dastardly plots. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892F41
- Title
- The King Was in His Counting House: A Comedy of Common-Sense
- Author
- Branch Cabell
- Illustrator
- Charles Child
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- the King Was in His Counting House Renaissance Italy satirical romance Heirs and Assigns Renaissance Italy
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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