The Old Wives Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters—shy, retiring Constance and defiant, romantic Sophia—over the course of nearly half a century. Bennett traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. The setting moves from the Five Towns of Staffordshire to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris, while the action moves from the subdued domestic routine of the Baines household to the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
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The Old Wives’ Tale.
by Bennett, Arnold
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- 1927
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. Signed limited edition of Bennett's masterpiece. Quarto, bound in original half vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. One of 5oo copies, signed by Arnold Bennett. Near fine in the rare original slipcase. The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters--shy, retiring… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale.
by Arnold Bennett.
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- [no date, 1931]
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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New York: The Modern Library, [no date, 1931]. First Edition. Hardcover, green cloth. Good/Dust Jacket condition poor. Although undated, the Toledano binding #7 (green balloon cloth with spine monogram) and 185 listed books places this publication later in 1931. Volume spine darkened from exposure. Jacket is in poor condition, the spine has crumbled away, and a flap is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold (Enoch Arnold)
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- 1910
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Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
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NY: Modern Library, 1910. no date given (circa 1910?); blue flexible c w/gilt titles, sunned spine; Rockwell Kent end papers; 640 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo .. Item Price
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The Old Wives Tale
by Arnold Bennett
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- Used - Spine board shows fading, mild water marks. rest of book including innerds excellent condition
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- 1940
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MANASSAS, Virginia, USA
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The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett
Heritage Publishing First Edition 1940
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Excellent find. Very good condition. Terrific addition to your collection. Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
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Thornhill, GBR
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Folio 2004 . Hardback Crisp and clean book which looks unread. No dustwrapper. Illustrated cover and slip case. Slipcase has slight marking on spine, otherwise in very good condition. Introduction by Tim Heald. Lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte. 546 pages Wt 1.7 Kg Near Fine Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Arnold Bennett
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- 1954
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Penguin Books. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 1954 FIIRST Penguin Paperback edition, cover is soiled. . Fair. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1954. Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
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- 1940
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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Boards are covered with paper, which has worn through on most edges and corners. The binding remains solid, and the pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with line drawings at each chapter and a number of colored illustrations (see photos). This rather large book details the lives of two sisters reunited after a life apart, comparing the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by ARNOLD BENNETT
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- 1911
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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This is a copy of The Old Wives' Tale, the 1908 masterpiece written by the English author Arnold Bennett. It was first printed in the United States in 1908; in 1911, it was published as part of The Modern Library--this is a first edition from that series.
The story covers the 70 years (1840 to 1905), in England and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OLD WIVES TALE
by Bennett, Arnold
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- 1911
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Pomona, New York, USA
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1911. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Good in a Fair dust jacket. Chips and tears to jacket, some underlining at rear panel. Heavy toning to end pages and pastedowns. All corners of flaps are slightly clipped, not price clipped. Owner name and date to FEP. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by BENNETT, Arnold
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Edges lightly bumped and worn, owner's name on front fly verso, else very good, lacking the dustwrapper. Item Price
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The Old Wives Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, CAN
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New York: The Modern Library (Random House). (1911) Book Very Good in a Poor Dust Jacket. This chronicle of the five towns and France during the seige of Paris is a literary undertaking of heroic proportions. This is a classic among twentieth-century novels. Green boards with black title blocks to front and spine. Name… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale (Modern Library 184)
by Bennett, Arnold
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- Good
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Fulshear, Texas, USA
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New York: Random House Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Shelf wear and previous owner writing inside front cover. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is price-clipped, toned with age a bit, and has some tiny edge tears. Inside of jacket shows 383 titles. Some of the titles have pencil marks next to them. 640 pages plus a listing of Modern… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale.
by Bennett, Arnold
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St Louis, Missouri, USA
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1 . hardback. Very Good. 1st ed. London (Chapman & Hall) 1908. Foxing through prelims and edges dirty, else Internally nice. Cheaply rebound in black cloth.
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The Old Wives' Tale (Modern Library #184.1)
by BENNETT, Arnold
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
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- [c.1945]
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Littleton, Colorado, USA
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£15.51
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1945]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Arnold Bennett's novel, which traces the lives of two sisters, from childhood to old age. "The Old Wives' Tale" was first published in 1908, and ranks #87 on the Modern Library list of the 100… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
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- Used - Good
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- 1990
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- Soft Cover
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New Braunfels, Texas, USA
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Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1990. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge and spine creased/ several pages and page tips creased/ slight readers slant Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Arnold Bennett
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1909
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- Hardcover
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Morston, Norfolk, GBR
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New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First US edition and scarce thus. In generally good internal order with some sporadic foxing, moreso to endpapers. One page opened roughly leaving tear, not affecting text. Attractive bookplate (dog and cityscape) of Edgar C Riebe to front pastedown.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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The Old Wives' Tale, Bennett, Arnold. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2004. 4to up to 12" tall. 546 pages with introduction by Tim Heald and nine full page colour lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte. Tan cloth boards with blue stamped wrap around illustrations; white spine titles; tan endpapers. Pictorial slipcase. Both volume and slipcase in pristine condition. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wive's Tale
by Arnold Bennett; Introduced by Tim Heald'
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- Slipcase- Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
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UK: The Folio Society, 2004. Book. Illus. by Glynn Boyd Harte. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ' The Old Wives' Tale was first published by Chapman & hall in 1908. A new edition containing a Preface by the author was published bu Hodder & Stoughton in 1912. The text of this edition follows that… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Wives' Tale
by Bennett, Arnold
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- New Edition. 1
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- 1911
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- Hard Cover
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Palatine, Illinois, USA
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NY: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. New Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, reverse-gilt lettering on cover. A New Edition, with Preface. . Spine mildly sunned, worn at head and heel with some loss, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. . 8vo … Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OLD WIVES TALE
by Bennett, Arnold
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- Modern Library Edition
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- N.D.
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Pomona, New York, USA
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New York: Modern Library / Random House. N.D.. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket. No date. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . Item Price
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