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Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Item is only "acceptable" condition. It has been extensively read and shows many signs of wear to the cover, dust jacket, spine and pages, curling to the corners and yellowing. Perfectly readable, but not suitable for a gift or collection. Reading copy only. Binding is tight. Spine has a lean. Dust jacket has cipping at the top of spine. Top edges of pages are dusty. Heavy black crayon markings on front end paper and an ink mark on back end paper. Pages have finger-soiling. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear.
Seller: Cape Breton Regional Library, Sydney, NS, Canada
Winston S. Churchill. Joan of Arc. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1969.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition. This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections.Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or writing on the spine. This copy is ex-library, but in superior condition nonetheless - particularly the dust jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped with the $3.50 price intact. It is also entirely complete with no chips, tears, or losses. No ex-library markings of any kind. The dust jacket is marred only by some scuff marks to the lower half of the spine and a few tiny scuffs to the front face near the edges. The white cloth boards are marred only by light soiling at the edges and some tape residue where the old, library dust jacket protector was evidently taped to the boards. As with the dust jacket, there are no external ex-library markings on the book itself. Internal ex-library markings are confined to a card pocket glued to the ffep, a "Pinellas County Board of Public Instruction" ink stamp on the half title, and a blacked out ink stamp on the final free endpaper. Despite the ex-library status, this is a respectable copy notable for the superior dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in a removable, archival quality clear cover.Reference: Cohen A279, Woods/ICS A138(j), Langworth p.334.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Winston S. Churchill. Joan of Arc. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1969.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Description: This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition.This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws and indelible. This copy is not ex-library, and unusually clean and bright, near fine in a very good dust jacket. The book is tight and square with sharp corners, bright gilt, and no appreciable soiling to the white cloth binding. The contents are clean with no spotting and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket is bright, with an unfaded spine, and complete, apart from a neatly price-clipped upper front flap. We note moderate wear to the flap folds and hinges, most evident at the spine ends and corners. The dust jacket is protected with a removable, clear, archival cover.Reference: Cohen A279, Woods/ICS A138(j), Langworth p.334.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$386.48 + shipping
Description: First separate edition, first printing, extracting from Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples the narrative of one of his heroines: "the noblest patriot of France, the most splendid of her heroes, the most beloved of her saints". "This work enjoyed a very limited run and is the scarcest of all extracts from Churchill's History. In 15 years of bookselling I have encountered three copies" (Langworth, p. 334). Provenance: the collection of Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A279. Richard M. Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Duodecimo. Original white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fleur-de-lys in gilt on front cover. With dust jacket. With 17 colour illustrations by Ford. A fine copy in fine, unclipped jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a very good copy of the First (and only) American Edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that has a few faint spots of discoloration on the front face, else fine. Contents fine, with a roughened area on the front pastedown where a bookplate has been removed. First American Edition (Cohen A278) (Woods A138[h]). 8vo (48 pages, illustrated with full-color paintings)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Winston S. Churchill. Joan of Arc. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1969.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition.This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or writing on the spine. This is a collector-worthy copy. It is not ex-library, but instead near-fine plus in a very good plus dust jacket. The white cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to soiling and signs of use. Here the binding is unusually clean - square and tight with sharp corners, bright gilt, and virtually no wear. A trivial hint of soiling is confined to the top edge of the front cover. The contents are superior - crisp and bright with no previous ownership markings or spotting. The text block edges are likewise bright and clean.The dust jacket is unusually clean and complete, with no losses or tears. Moreover, it is unclipped, still bearing the original $3.50 price on the front flap. Trivial wear at the spine ends, front hinge, and corners and light soiling are the only dust jacket flaws noted. The dust jacket is protected in a removable, archival quality clear cover.Reference: Cohen A279, Woods/ICS A138(j), Langworth p.334.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Winston S. Churchill. Joan of Arc. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1969.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing about Joan of Arc. I think she is the winner in the whole of French history. The leading women of these days were more forceful and remarkable than the men." Profusely illustrated, this slim volume contains 17 illustrations by the distinguished artist Lauren Ford. Though 16 of these illustrations had previously been published as black and white drawings, this is their first appearance in color. The illustration on the dust jacket front cover and frontispiece is original to this edition.This little-known edition is scarce and thus missing from many collections. Many of the copies that do come on the market are ex-library with attendant flaws, very often including library stickers or writing on the spine. This is a collector-worthy copy. It is not ex-library, but rather fine in a very good plus dust jacket. The white cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to soiling and signs of use. Here the binding is immaculate - square and tight with sharp corners, bright gilt, and no soiling or wear. The contents are likewise pristine - crisp and bright with no previous ownership markings or spotting. The book feels unread. Even the text block edges are bright and clean. The dust jacket is unusually clean and complete, with no losses or tears. Moreover, it is unclipped, still bearing the original $3.50 price on the front flap. The only thing keeping this dust jacket from being truly fine is light wear to the spine, primarily at the ends, and fractional wear at the corners. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.Reference: Cohen A279, Woods/ICS A138(j), Langworth p.334.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.