SAINT JOAN OF ARC (Limited edition signed by the author)

Born January 6^th 1412

Burned as a heretic May 30^th 1431

Canonised as a saint May 16^th 1920

First edition: xiii, frontispiece,436 pages, folded map at the back on tissue paper, 7 black and white plates, 4 maps – 1 folding, genealogical table, cream buckram boards, titled gilt on the spine, top edge gilt , others uncut, a very good copy.

Limitation on the verso of the title page reads: This edition is limited to 120 copies, of which 100, numbered 1 to 100, and signed by the author are for sale. This is No.22.

Loosely inserted is a typed letter in an envelope addressed to the Lord Berwick, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, S A L O P which reads: Dear Lord Berwick, It was very nice to hear from you again after so many years and especially to receive so charming a letter as you wrote me about my book. I am so glad that you fell I have made Joan seem a human person and not a sort of waxwork. Yours sincerely Vita Nicolson ( in green ink.)