The King Was in His Counting House: A Comedy of Common-Sense

Branch Cabell

Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York, 1938

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 892F41

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King Was in His Counting House: A Comedy of Common-Sense
• Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Charles Child
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Fiction