THE OLD WIVES' TALE

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dustwrappers with typical darkening to the spines and a Very Good slipcase. 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 #834 of 1500 numbered copies with handsome color plates by John Austen and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.