The Old Wives Tale

  • SIGNED
  • 1941
By Bennett, Arnold. Swinnerton, Frank (intro). Austen, John (illustrator)
1941. [New York]: Printed for the Members of the The Limited Editions Club at the University Press Oxford, 1941.

2 vols., 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Quarter green cloth and floral patterned boards, matching slipcase. Dust jacket spine panels toned and with some edgewear, board tips of vol. 1 bumped, slipcase a little worn, volumes clean and square.

ß Edition of 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. Bennett's very successful story of the lives of two sisters which was adapted into a 1921 film starring Fay Compton.

Details

Title

The Old Wives Tale

Author

Bennett, Arnold. Swinnerton, Frank (intro). Austen, John (illustrator)

Condition

Unknown

Date

1941


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