THE OLD WIVES' TALE

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers and a Good slipcase with a tape repair. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by the author with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Illustrated with handsome color plates by John Austen. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies.