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Saint Joan of Arc
by Vita Sackville-West
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$1,144.72A$1,030.25
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About This Item
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1936. First edition. Leather. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A first edition copy of Vita Sackville-West's classic biography of Joan of Arc, bound in beautiful half morocco by Maltbys. The first edition. Rebound in a beautiful contemporary half morocco binding by Maltbys. With a frontispiece, half title page, eight full page plates and four maps, one of which is folding. Collated complete. The classic biography of Saint Joan of Arc, focusing predominantly upon her character and life, rather than the politics of the time. Vita Sackville-West was an English author, poet and journalist. She won the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature twice, for her works 'The Land'. and for her 1933 poetry collection. She is also widely regarded as the inspiration for the protagonist of, 'Orlando: A biography' by Virginia Woolf, who was a close friend and lover of Sackville-West. With a bookplate for one, 'Peter M. Scott', to the front paste-down. Rebound in contemporary half morocco. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Light offsetting to the edges of page 436. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 839G44
- Title
- Saint Joan of Arc
- Author
- Vita Sackville-West
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cobden-Sanderson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- france siege of Orleans saints roman catholic siege of Orleans
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
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