Vita Sackville-West — Saint Joan of Arc

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1936. First edition. Leather. 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&apos. 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 . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .