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Lewis, C.S.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.
Publisher: Geoffrey Bles, London;
Date of Publication: 1956
Stock Code: 14925
First edition, second impression, printed in the same month as the first. Octavo, pp., Publisher’s original pictorial dust-jacket designed by John R. Biggs. Publisher’s maroon cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Small ownership inscription in blue ink to front free end-paper. Jacket price-clipped; remnants of small sticker (approx 20mm) to upper flap; very slight toning to head of inner flaps. Cloth bright and fresh. Contents clean, bright and fresh. A near-fine copy in like jacket. An excellent copy of the first edition of Lewis’ last work of fiction, based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Lewis called it ‘far and away my best book’ (Hooper (ed.), 1148). £150.00