Author: BENNETT, ARNOLD (1867-1931). FRANK CRAIG (ILL. )
Title: The old wives' tale
Description: London :. New York : E. Benn limited. George H. Doran company 1927. Limited Edition. Near fine copies in original gilt-blocked. vellum-backed cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.'Of this facsimile reproduction. 500 copies only have been printed.' --verso t.p. Introductory note signed by author. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 2 v. illus. facsims. ; 26 cm. Subjects: English novels -- English fiction. Summary: A classic work of English fiction which celebrates the romance of even the most ordinary lives as it tells the story of the two Baines sisters. placid stay-at-home Constance and rebellious Sophia. from their girlhood to their last days. They move from the family drapery shop in provincial Bursley during the repressive mid-Victorian period to old age in the modern era of mass marketing and the internal combustion engine. The setting ranges from the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bursley to a Paris brothel. the action from the controlled domestic routine of the Baines household to wife murder and the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. by Arnold Bennett: reproduced in facsimile from the author's manuscript [complete in 2 volumes].Weight in Kg appr.:

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