Search Results: C. S. Lewis and the Inklings from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Vancouver, Canada: Regent College Publishing, 2002 / 1939. 1st edition. Soft cover. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy, not a remainder. 8vo, x+248pp, printed wrappers. A photo-offset reprint of the 1939 first edition of a classic work of Christian history by Charles Williams. Treats of metaphysical subjects with unusual insight.

London : Faber & Faber Ltd, 1949; 1937. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG+ in Good+ dw. 8vo, 224pp, red cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A clean copy of the 1949 Faber & Faber edition of a classic metaphysical novel by Charles Williams, originally published in 1937. Treats of occult subjects with unusual insight. A 1951 presentation inscription is written on front flyleaf (no other markings), light shadowing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and has some chipping and wear.

London: Encounter Ltd, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Includes a transcript of a discussion of science fiction between C. S. Lewis, Brian W. Aldiss and Kingsley Amis, an assessment of the recently deceased T. S. Eliot by John Wain, fiction by Solzhenitsyn, a letter from Mark Lane on early investigation of the JFK assassination, and work by other important contributors. A few items circled on cover (else unmarked), light reading wear and soil.

London: Encounter Ltd, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Includes an essay on C. S. Lewis, written shortly after his death, by John Wain, a piece by Philip Rieff on Jung, and work by other important contributors. Unmarked copy, light reading wear and soil.

New York: Gnomon Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. The first issue of this fine literary magazine edited by Jonathan Greene. Includes notes on Taliessen Through Logres prepared by Charles Williams for C. S. Lewis. Front cover has circular stain; no interior markings.

New York: The Readers' Subscription, Inc, 1956. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 12pp, stapled wrappers. Rare 1956 book club newletter, containing a review essay on C. S. Lewis's English Literature in the Sixteenth Century by W. H. Auden. Unmarked copy (aside from mailing address on back cover), minor wear.

New York: The Hudson Review, Inc, 1955. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. An impressive mid-1950s issue of this classic review, includes a 15-page essay on The Cosmic Trilogy of C. S. Lewis by Wayne Shumaker, plus two Pound Cantos, fiction by Thomas Mann, other prime contenty. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

London: Oxford University Press, 1970 / 1958. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG dw. 8vo, lxxii+200pp, royal blue cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A nicely produced 1970 Oxford photo-offset reprint of the 1958 first edition of this classic collection of essays on religious and literary subjects by Charles Williams. Includes a lengthy introduction by Anne Ridler. Clean unmarked copy, not a remainder, dustwrapper is unclipped with vintage OUP price update label and some rubbing to extremities.

Manhattan, KS: Kansas Quarterly / Kansas State University, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 136pp, printed wrappers. Special Fantasy in Literature issue, with essays on J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Tarzan, The Wizard of Oz, etc. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1947. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG (lacks dw). 8vo, 272pp, red cloth with spine stamped in gold. A clean copy of the first printing of this 1947 edition of a classic metaphysical novel by Charles Williams, originally published in 1931. Treats of occult subjects with unusual insight. Owner name to front flyleaf (no other markings), spine a bit dulled, minor wear.

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. 1st edition. Soft cover. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy. 8vo, 272pp, printed wrappers. A clean, unread new copy of this trade paper edition of a classic metaphysical novel by Charles Williams, originally published in 1931. Treats of occult subjects with unusual insight. Not a remainder.

London: Peter Russell, 1949. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes a 30-page essay on the novels of Charles Williams by Antony Borrow, plus Ezra Pound (and Eustace Mullins on Pound) and work from other prominent contributors. Publisher's leaflets laid in, Unmarked copy, some tattering to acidic wrappers at spine.

London: Oxford University Press, 1969 [1944; 1950]. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ (pencil markings) in VG+ dw. 8vo, viii+62pp, royal blue cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A photo-offset reprint of the 1950 second edition of a classic work of metaphysical Arthurian poetry by Charles Williams. Interesting pencil marginalia throughout by an unknown hand, dustwrapper has minor wear.

Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an article on The Hero in C. S. Lewis' Space Novels by Colman O'Hare, Gayle Whittier on James Agee, and Patricia Lee Yongue on Willa Cather. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

La Crosse, WI: Catholic Renascence Society, Inc, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an article on Art and the Artist in the Fiction of Charles Williams by Robert C. Holder. Unmarked copy, minor wear and toning.

La Crosse, WI: Catholic Renascence Society, Inc, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an article on Existential Exchange in the Novels of Charles Williams by J. J. Boies. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

London: Oxford University Press, 1969 [1938]. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ (pencil markings) in VG dw. 8vo, viii+96pp, royal blue cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A photo-offset reprint of the 1938 first edition of a classic work of metaphysical Arthurian poetry by Charles Williams. Interesting pencil marginalia throughout by an unknown hand, dustwrapper has some scuffing and wear to author name.

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. A clean copy of this trade paper edition of Charles Williams's classic first novel, originally published in 1930. Treats of occult subjects with unusual insight. Unmarked copy, minor reading wear.

Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphile Press, 2005 / 1941. 1st edition. Soft cover. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy, not a remainder. 8vo, 318pp, printed wrappers. A photo-offset reprint of the 1941 first edition of a classic work of occult history by Charles Williams. Treats of its subjects with unusual insight.