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Jeanne d’Arc

1925120 X 192 mm

FIRST EDITION
ONE OF THE FIRST 40 COPIES ON LIGHT GREEN PAPER
Signed Canape binding

250 €

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Biography Literature Copy on large paper Top draw only First Edition

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FIRST EDITION.

ONE OF THE FIRST 40 COPIES ON LIGHT GREEN PAPERwith a total print run of 6400 copies.

"If I set out to write a Life of Joan of Arcit's because I love her. And that's reason enough! I believe that today I am the only man capable of understanding this child. She is as close to me, as natural as a sister. I brought her to me through the archaeological desert. There she is, brand new before my eyes"

A fine copy bound in the period by Canape.

Paris,Grasset,1925.In-12, Bound,120 x 192 mm,261 pp. + table.

Contemporary binding by Canape. Red half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt title, date at foot, gilt head, cover and spine preserved.