Saint Joan Of Arc -
Vita Sackville-West
1936 - Cobden-Sanderson, London - First Edition
A finely bound, first edition of Vita Sackville-West’s richly reported biography of one of the most unusual and extraordinary women in history.
Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint.
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1936 - Cobden-Sanderson, London - First Edition
A finely bound, first edition of Vita Sackville-West’s richly reported biography of one of the most unusual and extraordinary women in history. Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint.
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Traveller s Prelude, Beyond Euphrates, The Coast of Incense, Dust in the Lion's Paw -
Freya Stark
1950 - John Murray, London - First Editions
A complete and finely bound four volume first edition set of the autobiographies by the ‘Grande Old Lady’ of travellers, the intrepid and pioneering Freya Stark (1893-1993).
Dame Freya Stark’s ‘figure has become the image for an archetypal British eccentric abroad – comfortable and regal, colourfully draped, and invariably topped with an elaborate titfer, perhaps astride a camel (’always so obliging’) or bobbing up-river on an inflated goatskin waving serenely to passers-by – but there is a far more serious side to her career. In all her journeys she has been able to distil and communicate a rich philosophy of travel and to illustrate the art of travelling in time as well as place. She carries the past with her, whether discovering long-buried fortresses in the Valley of the Assassins in Luristan, or tracing the footsteps of the ancient incense traders of Arabia, always teaching and learning at the same time. She is, quite simply, a classic.’ – Jane Robinson, Wayward Women.
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Price HK$ 9,000
1950 - John Murray, London - First Editions
A complete and finely bound four volume first edition set of the autobiographies by the ‘Grande Old Lady’ of travellers, the intrepid and pioneering Freya Stark (1893-1993).Dame Freya Stark’s ‘figure has become the image for an archetypal British eccentric abroad – comfortable and regal, colourfully draped, and invariably topped with an elaborate titfer, perhaps astride a camel (’always so obliging’) or bobbing up-river on an inflated goatskin waving serenely to passers-by – but there is a far more serious side to her career. In all her journeys she has been able to distil and communicate a rich philosophy of travel and to illustrate the art of travelling in time as well as place. She carries the past with her, whether discovering long-buried fortresses in the Valley of the Assassins in Luristan, or tracing the footsteps of the ancient incense traders of Arabia, always teaching and learning at the same time. She is, quite simply, a classic.’ – Jane Robinson, Wayward Women.
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Price HK$ 9,000