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C S Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$365.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing; in a very good DJ. Neat previous owners name and address otherwise no internal marks. A very good copy.
Seller: No. 5 Rare Books, Caistor, United Kingdom
C.S. Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$378.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1956 hardcover with dust jacket. 2nd printing. The book is in very good to near fine condition, clean, square and tight. The dust jacket by John Biggs is also very good, clean and bright. see photos. postage covers Fedex delivery.
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africa
Lewis, C. S.. TILL WE HAVE FACES A Myth Retold. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$402.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 320 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Light foxing near the edges. Page edges are lightly darkened, smudged, and stained. Bound in blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Darkened around the edges, faded on the ends of the spine. Lightly bumped on the corners. Dustjacket in fair condition with significant wear around the edges and flaps and hinges with chips and tears. Darkened and stained on the back of the jacket. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. VG+/FAIR Size: 8vo: 5 x 8
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
LEWIS, C.S.. Till We Have Faces - A Myth Retold.. Geoffrey Bles, London., 1956.
Price: US$577.20 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. A 320-page novel based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche.Free endpapers partially tanned. Head and tail of spine slightly faded. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked and creased at the edges and with a slight stain at tail of spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
LEWIS, C.S.. Till We Have Faces. A Myth Retold. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$596.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Geoffrey Bles, 1956 (first edition). Octavo, 320 pages. Blue papered boards lettered in gilt on the spine; top and leading edges slightly marked; endpapers offset; front pastedown creased prior to the endpaper being inserted; contemporary date and ownership signature on the (slightly marked) front flyleaf; an excellent copy with the unclipped dustwrapper (designed by John R. Biggs) a little marked, with a few tiny tears (confined mainly to the rear panel). 'C.S. Lewis has based his novel . on the classical myth of Psyche and Cupid' (from the rear panel of the dustwrapper; the blurb contains a lengthy description by Lewis of the changes he made to the myth).
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Price: US$656.73 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very slightly faded at extreme head and tail, fore-edge faintly spotted else very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned on (predominantly white ) rear panel. Lewis reworks the legend of Cupid and Psyche. SCARCE. Hooper 31.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
C S Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Geoffrey Bles, 1956.
Price: US$673.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1956. Unclipped dust jacket, some wear to the edges and spine ends, some spots to the rear panel and jacket verso, jacket is in a tidy removable protective wrapper. Blue covers, generally tidy, a couple of tiny bumps to the edge, secure binding, partial offsetting to endpapers, pages otherwise clean and clear, perhaps a touch toned, free from inscriptions. Very good condition.
Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
Lewis, C. S.. Till We Have Faces a Myth Retold. GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON, 1956.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition unclipped DJ near fine, DJ second impression, previous owner name signed in blue pen on inside of front board, gold gilt lettering on spine, slightly age toned pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: FIRST ED 320
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
C. S. Lewis. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$763.19 + shipping
Description: A smart first edition of C. S. Lewis's final novel retelling the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche. First edition in a second impression dust wrapper. Said to have haunted Lewis all of his life, this is a retelling of the classical myth Cupid and Psyche, based on the telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Set in a fictional kingdom of Glome, the first part is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual as an accusation against the gods. In the second part, the narrator undergoes a conversion from her initial accusation, instead believing that the gods are lovingly present in all human lives. Written by Clive Staples Lewis, a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia series. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Lewis, C.S. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Biggs. An exceptional example. The first part of the book is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual, as an accusation against the gods. The story is set in the fictive kingdom of Glome, a primitive city-state whose people have occasional contact with civilized Hellenistic Greece. In the second part of the book, the narrator undergoes a change of mindset (Lewis would use the term conversion) and understands that her initial accusation was tainted by her own failings and shortcomings, and that the gods are lovingly present in humans' lives. Finally written in a "full flush of inspiration. it was certainly his most unexpected book, and his greatest tour de force; to many readers, and probably to himself, his best work of fiction (even if Perelandra remained his favourite)" (Green & Hooper, C. S. Lewis: A Biography, 1974).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S.. Till We Have Faces. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Near Fine with fading to cloth at edges, heavy foxing to textblock edge, offsetting to front and rear free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine and edges, and foxing to the white portions. A lovely copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. The first part of the book is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual, as an accusation against the gods. The story is set in the fictive kingdom of Glome, a primitive city-state whose people have occasional contact with civilized Hellenistic Greece. In the second part of the book, the narrator undergoes a change of mindset (Lewis would use the term conversion) and understands that her initial accusation was tainted by her own failings and shortcomings, and that the gods are lovingly present in humans' lives. Finally written in a "full flush of inspiration. it was certainly his most unexpected book, and his greatest tour de force; to many readers, and probably to himself, his best work of fiction (even if Perelandra remained his favourite)" (Green & Hooper, C. S. Lewis: A Biography, 1974).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.