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AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM
Written by C.S. Lewis.
Stock no. 1831202
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

In which Professor Lewis proposes that the quality of books should be measured not by how they are written, but by hProw often they are re-read. Small format. Red cardwraps. 142 pages. ISBN: 0521093503. Reprint. Spine and rear cover lightly browned. Small publisher price label to front cover. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

SURPRISED BY JOY: THE SHAPE OF MY EARLY LIFE
Written by C.S. Lewis.
Stock no. 1831198
Published by Geoffrey Bles Ltd.. 1st 1955. Good condition.

Lewis recounts and remembers his early years with a measure of amusement sometimes mixed with pain. However, while he does describe his life, the principal theme of the book is Joy as he defined it for his own purpose. Lewis ultimately discovers the true nature and purpose of Joy and its place in his own life. Grey cloth boards, title to spine. 224 pages. Boards a little grubby and scuffed. Title to spine has completely faded, no longer readable. Spine has a slight lean. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and date in ink to rear endpaper. Some foxing throughout. A decent reading copy.

PRINCE CASPIAN
Written by C.S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1330575
Published by Ted Smart. 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book four of The Chronicles of Narnia. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing and light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Written by C.S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1330558
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2 Volume set - comprising of TWO of the Narnia stories; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician's Nephew. Colour pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0007658397. Books are fine. Wrappers are slightly edge rubbed. Contained in pictorial slipcase which is slightly sunned to spine.