Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

I was recently asked to name the most exciting item I have sold during the past six decades as a bookseller. There is no easy or simple answer to the question . . .

Voltaire's epic and scandalous satirical poem concerning the life of Joan of Arc ("the Maid of Orleans") was outlawed, burned and banned throughout a great portion of Europe during the 18th and the 19th centuries. Sans Souci edition, 1901, limited to 25 numbered copies; this set specially bound.