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Show Orlean Receives Joan of Arc Book Collection A unique collection of 500 rare or little known books on Joan of Arc which an-American jurist and statesman, Judge Bingham, of Kentucky, spent a lifetime assembling, as-sembling, has been donated to the City Library in Orleans (France) by Judge Bingham's son, Barry Bingham, American statesman and publisher of the Louisville "Courier-Journal." The books were handed over by James Dunn, United Uni-ted States Ambassador to France, during the recent celebrations of the 523rd anniversary of Orleans' liberation by Joan of Arc. The col-' lection which includes books in English, French and Latin, covers every aspect of the life of the Maid of Orleans. |