Author: Arnold Bennett
Title: The Christmas Bookman: The Old Wives&Apos; Tale
Description: London, The Christmas Bookman, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this set of colour illustrations inspired by Arnold Bennett's work The Old Wives' Tale from the Christmas edition of The Bookman for 1931. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with six full colour plates. Collated complete. The Bookman Christmas portfolio for the year 1931. The Bookman was a monthly magazine published in London from 1891 until 1934 by Hodder & Stoughton as a catalogue of the current publications with reviews, advertising and illustrations. Illustrations inspired by The Old Wives' Tale, a novel by prolific English author Arnold Bennett. The story follows the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age. It covers a period of about seventy years from roughly 1840 to 1905. Illustrated by John Morton Sale, an English visual artist and illustrator. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with minor wear and light sunning to the extremities. Small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine with a small crease to the front panel. Ink marks to the rear panel. Internally, plates are loosely inserted as issues. Plates are very bright and clean with the odd small crease to the edges. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Morton Sale. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Christmas Bookman Old Wives' Tale Bennett Bookman John Morton Sale


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