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Lewis, C. S.. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First american edition, as printed on copyright page. No dust jacket, green boards with thistle designs in a darker green. Cover has wear around corners and along the ede of the spine. Former library book, so contains some former library accessories and markings. Unmarked pages with the exception of the library markings with foxing on edges and yellowing from age.
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Lewis, C. S.. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First America edition, 1957. Unmarked hardcover in a clipped dust jacket. Pages are slightly yellowed, very light foxing and soiling on edges. There is separation between the spine and binding, hinges still attatched but loose. Jacket has some missing pieces and tape repaires. Some discoloration to the spine of the jacket.
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
C. S. Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex-library book with very minor library marks. Dust jacket has a little edge and corner wear. First American Edition. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***
Seller: The Book Files, Broken Arrow, OK, U.S.A.
C. S. Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has a couple of spots faded on the spine and a small stain on back. Dust jacket has some fading, some areas missing on spine and edges. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***
Seller: The Book Files, Broken Arrow, OK, U.S.A.
C S Lewis. TILL WE HAVE FACES [1st/1st US Edition]. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1957.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The 1st U.S. Edition, so stated on the copyright page. Light red cloth boards with silver gilt titles on the spine with decorative design of Psyche beneath. Top edge stained brown, as issued. Slight sun fading at the top of the spine, a handful of spots of foxing on the endpapers, the shadow of a previous owner name that had been written in pencil on fep. Otherwise a Near Fine unmarked copy in beautiful sound condition. In the complete dust jacket with the original price of $4.50 intact. The jacket is sunfaded at the extremities and partially on the rear panel with some soiling. The spine is lightly faded, heavily chipped at head of spine with partial loss of the letter "C" in the author's name; with a jagged tear extending an inch and a half from the top down the rear hinge of the spine; moderately chipped at foot. Overall Good to Very Good. Now nicely preserved in an archival jacket sleeve. Still a very attractive copy of one of Lewis's great works of fiction based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche.
Seller: Foley & Sons Fine Editions, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st American edition. 8vo, 313 pp, publishers red cloth lettered in silver at spine with black illustration at spine (light soiling and staining to front boards, no internal markings, some offsetting to endpapers, very good), illustrated dust jacket (mild toning to spine, small stain to front panel, light rubbing and creasing along edges, small chips to spine ends, good to very good), in mylar jacket. Drawings by Fritz Eichenberg.
Seller: Free Play Books, NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, C. S.. Till We Have Faces. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1957.
Price: US$499.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's silver-titled red cloth, dark red/brown topstain. Stated first American edition. Hint of toning/soil to block edge. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is nicked/rubbed, faintly soiled, a bit insected to flap edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, C. S.. Till We Have Faces. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York`, 1957.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first American edition ( stated ), published by Harcourt Brace and Company in 1957. Bound in publisher's brick colored cloth, lettered in silver, with illustrative figurine in red. A fine example of the book. Top edge stain vibrant. Dust jacket very good with light chipping to head and heel of spine. There is a one half inch triangular chip to top of front panel, and shallow chips to top of rear panel.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
C.S. Lewis. Till We Have Faces. Harcourt Brace and Co., 1957.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First American Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this novel by Lewis, perhaps the greatest apologetic writer of all time; a "book with the stature of a religious classic, the intensity and eloquence of a powerful novel". This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding, a bright maroon top stain, and vibrant silver lettering with a black design over red boards; the book shows a very small tear to the front pastedown and a little ink overrun to the rear free paper and pastedown from the top stain, else fine. Housed in a clean and crisp near fine dust jacket that shows only some mild rubbing to the spine head and corners and one very small closed tear to the bottom of the front panel near the flap fold, else fine. A handsome and presentable example; although the first US edition followed the first UK, it appears the first US in near fine or better condition is much less common in today's market. Not price clipped ($4.50 intact), not remaindered, not ex-library; in archival protection and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1957.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First American 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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fritz Eichenberg. Photograph of Lewis by John S. Murray. 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.