Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1964
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 20.76
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Clive Tunnicliffe (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON FFEP 'To Elsa, With love Louise'. Some edge wear, creasing and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, folds rubbed, some time staining to back jacket. not price clipped (30s), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 270pp. A retelling of the life and travels of the extraordinary Norfolk born mystic Margery Kempe (1373-1438), who left her family to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Kempe is chiefly known for writing through dictation 'The Book of Margery Kempe', a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. Her book chronicles her domestic tribulations, her extensive pilgrimages to holy sites in Europe and the Holy Land, as well as her mystical conversations with God. Very scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).