Books

Clive Staples Lewis (1942) The Screwtape Letters , UK first edition, first printing, published by Geoffrey Bles. Condition: a near fine copy with minimal shelf wear. The paper label on the spine is nice and not torn as often seen. Boards are square and clean. Triffle rubbing to spine tips. There is a contemporary previous owner s name in black in on ffep dated 20th April 1942. The gift inscription below date 2008 in in light pencil and can be erased. The original dust jacket is NOT present and would add a four figure sum to the price. The Screwtape Letters, a Christian apologetic novel, is one of Lewis s best loved books apart form the Narniad and the Space Trilogy (aka Ranson Trilogy). It is dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien cementing the two Oxonians frienship (Lewis and Tolkien also started a joint project called Language and Human Nature which, however, was never finished). First and Fine.