Samuel Foote, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Ex-library copy. Rebacked with binding tape. Inner hinges reinforced. There is a written author/title (mostly rubbed away) and a label on the spine. Covers are plain boards with wear to the outer corners. Bookplate on front endpaper, bar code and pocket remnants in the rear. Free endpapers are browned. ; Signed H. A. Rogers on the limitations page. Copy #38 of 350.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Theatre Survey, Fall, 1973, Volume XIV, Number 1a. Inscribed on back of title page, "To Betty Bandel, my good friend, and colleague, and co-worker in the vineyard. Affectionately, Sam Bogorad December, 1973". Crack across spine, probably original. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author.

Edited by the Late William Cooke. viii, 268 pp. Illustrated. 8vo, full 19th c. polished blue calf; gilt spine; t.e.g. by H. Wood. No. 330 of 350 copies, signed by the publishers. 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.

Edition (2d) limited to 350 copies, of which this is no. 253 and signed by the publisher. Octavo (8 /4 x 5 1/8 in.). viii, 268, (2, as adv.) pp., 14 engraved plates with tissue guards incl. portrait frontispiece, title in black and red. Publisher's original paper vellum over drab boards, printed spine label. Boards distressed, some loss to spine extremes, soiling to spine and boards, offest to front and rear free endpapers, weakened joints, otherwise an internally clean Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote. (With an Introductory Memoir.) Edited by the Late William Cooke. Illustrated. Samuel Foote was born in Cornwall in 1721, and after an unsuccessful attempt at a career as a serious actor, turned his hand to writing and performing comic pieces, with more success. After a riding accident, resulting in the amputation of his leg, he went on to run a London theatre in Haymarket, and was the author of twenty six dramatic pieces highlighting his satire, humour and wit. The book features his anecdotal tales concerning many well-known figures of the day. He died in 1777. Published by H.A. Rogers, London, 1889. First edition, thus. Numbered, limited edition, This being number 122 of 350 copies. Signed by the Publisher. A very good hardback in half blue morocco leather and marbled boards, with gilt titles and raised bands to spine. An attractive binding, but with some shelf wear and scuffing, and bumped extremities. Spine is sunned, with some discolored markings. Soundly bound. Text is bright and clean with some light age spotting in places, and a few spots to edge of text block. Plates are of high quality. Text in English. viii + 268pp + tissue guarded plates. Weight approximately 982g (unpacked). Dimensions: Approximately 227mm high x 155mm wide x 32mm deep. More photos on request. Signed by Author(s).

No binding. Condition: Good. New Southgate: H.A. Rogers, 1889. 8vo. viii, 268, [ii] pp.Illustrated with 14 engraved portrait plates of the authors and persons discussed, as well as a portrait of Samuel Foote.Original paper-covered boards with paper spine.This copy is number 248 of 350 copies, all signed by the publisher (H.A. Rogers).Binding poor, insides fine.