1929 Rare Book - Joan of Arc, The Warrior Maid illustrated by Frank E Schoonover

Author: Lucy Foster Madison. Title: Joan of Arc: The Warrior Maid. Language: Text in English. Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1929. Size: 9.5" x 7.5". Pages: 381 pages. Binding: Very good and attractive original dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and rules to the front board and spine. Front cover with a large mounted colour illustration of Joan of Arc on horseback after Frank E. Schoonover. Only minor wear to extremities, as shown. Hinges fine and binding firm. Protected in a removable mylar cover. Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, with only light age toning and occasional minor spotting, as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the 8 full-page colour illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover, including the frontispiece The Warrior Maid. The book: A beautifully produced illustrated life of Joan of Arc, written for younger readers by Lucy Foster Madison and tracing her story from childhood at Domrémy through her visions, military campaigns, victories, capture, trial, martyrdom, and eventual rehabilitation. The handsome production is greatly enhanced by Frank E. Schoonover's dramatic colour plates and decorative black-and-white artwork. This 1929 Penn Publishing edition is particularly appealing in its original pictorial blue cloth, with Schoonover's striking image of Joan mounted on horseback forming the centrepiece of the front cover. A wonderful illustrated edition of the story of one of the most celebrated figures of medieval France. The illustrator: Frank E. Schoonover (1877–1972) was an important American illustrator associated with the Brandywine school and a student of Howard Pyle. Over a career spanning several decades, he illustrated numerous books and magazines, becoming especially admired for his historical and adventure subjects. His paintings are distinguished by their strong narrative quality, expressive figures, rich atmosphere, and careful attention to period detail. His illustrations for Joan of Arc are particularly well suited to the romance, pageantry, and drama of Madison's narrative.