THE OLD WIVES' TALE

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Few minor spots of foxing to rear endpapers of second volume; dustwrapper of second volume just slightly darkened and with small ink stroke at spine. Fine in Fine dustwrappers and a Fine slipcase, uncommon as such. 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. Copy #837 of 1500 numbered copies with handsome color plates by John Austen and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.