Joan Of Arc. Her Life As Told By Winston Churchill In A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples. Pictures By Lauren Ford. Churchill, Winston S.

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.