BENNETT, Arnold. - The Old Wives' Tale.

"Every stout, ageing woman is not grotesque - far from it! - but there is an extreme pathos in the mere fact that every stout, ageing woman was once a young girl with the unique charm of youth in her form and movements and in her mind."

BENNETT, Arnold.

The Old Wives' Tale. With an introduction by Frank Swinnerton and a preface by the author. Illustrated by John Austen. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1941.

One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1,105.

Two quarto volumes. 810 pp. Including twenty inserted plates, two being frontispieces. Publisher's quarter green linen over decorated paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Both volumes fine, with original , slightly tanned and soiled, dust jackets. With original matching decorated slipcase. Slipcase is very slightly rubbed, with part of printing at spine torn away where label was removed, some edges split.

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Newman & Wiche, 130.

ID: 3876

$ 100

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