Lewis, C. S.
Rare books by C. S. Lewis, including first editions and signed and finely bound copies of the Narnia books.
LEWIS, C. S.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
£18,000
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Housed in a blue quarter morocco solander case. Illustrations throughout. Ownership... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Horse and His Boy. With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. 1954
£18,000
First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page and with the ownership inscription of Lewis's biographer Walter Hooper on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original grey boards, spine lettered in silver, map front endpapers. With the two-colour printed dust jacket. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander... Read more
[LEWIS, C. S., as] "Clive Hamilton".
Dymer. 1926
£12,500
First edition, first impression. Lewis's second book and a noted rarity in dust jacket. Only a tiny handful of examples are known. Dymer is a narrative poem deliberately mediaevalist...
Octavo. Original streaky blue cloth, decoration to upper board in black and titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Housed in a terracotta quarter morocco solander... Read more
(LEWIS, C. S.) JAMES, Henry.
The Other House. 1947
£5,250
Originally published in 1896, this copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper with sixteen lines of notes by C. S. Lewis, who signs his name at the top of the page and then writes,...
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the supplied dust jacket. Spine faded, gilt titles dulled, white and black spots to upper board, faint spotting... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Screwtape Letters. 1942
£3,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original black cloth, printed paper label to spine. With the dust jacket. Very slightly rubbed at ends of spine, contents toned. An excellent copy in the... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. 1950
£3,250
First edition, first impression. The first of the famous Narnia series.
Octavo. Original pale blue-green cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the pictorial dust jacket. Coloured frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations by... Read more
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LEWIS, C. S.
[The Space Trilogy, comprising:] 1938–43–45
£3,025
All First Editions, First Impressions, of Lewis's Space Trilogy, Cosmic Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy, the three books having a number of interesting parallels with Tolkien's Lord of the...
3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy coated endpapers, all edges... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Dante's Statius. [1956]
£3,000
Offprint. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the upper wrapper, "Reg Davies from Jack Lewis". Reginald Thorne Davies was the Reader in English at the University of...
Octavo, 8 pp. Original plain blue wrappers, sewn. Housed in a quarter black morocco slipcase. Horizontal crease from folding, contents somewhat browned and tender at... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Two letters signed, one autograph, one typed, to Reginald Thorne Davies ("Dear Davies"). 1947
£2,750
Both letters date from R. T. Davies's time at Oxford where he studied under Lewis and both relate to classwork done by Davies.
Two letters, each single page on white paper. The autograph letter is folded for posting and a little nicked at the edges, the typed is rather tanned and torn at the... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Abolition of Man. 1946
£2,750
Second edition. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the half title page, "Helen Statham from C. S. Lewis with his grateful compliments. July 1st 1946". Lewis...
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in red. Housed in a red cloth folding box. Wrappers lightly tanned but an excellent copy. Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Screwtape Letters. 1942
£1,980
First edition, first impression. This epistolary work consists of one side of a correspondence between the fiendish mentor Screwtape and his underling Wormwood. In the course of the...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles to spine gilt, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Last Battle. 1956
£1,800
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original blue boards, with titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. A fine copy in excellent dust jacket, with a trace... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Silver Chair. 1953
£1,750
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full grey morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt,... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Screwtape Letters. 1942
£1,750
First Edition, First Impression. One of the author's toughest books to find in dust jacket.
Octavo. Original black cloth, white paper title label to spine printed in black. With the dust jacket. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. 1951
£1,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in silver, map endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour frontispiece, illustrations throughout. Gift inscription to... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. 1952
£1,375
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in pale blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, roll to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. 1951
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression. The second book in the Narnia series.
Octavo. Original navy blue boards, titles to spine in silver, map to front endpapers. With the dust jacket. With full-page illustrations and illustrations in text by... Read more
LEWIS, C. S., & E. M. W. Tillyard.
The Personal Heresy; A Controversy. 1939
£675
First edition, first impression. A jointly written study in which each of these titans in the field of 15th- and 16th-century life and literature write alternate chapters, enacting...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Foxing to fore edge, lighter spotting early and late, but a nice tight copy in the... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Perelandra. A Novel. 1943
£650
First edition, first impression, in the first issue binding of blue cloth with gilt lettering.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Spine and lower half of upper board faded, light spotting to boards and contents. A very good... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. 1951
£600
First edition, first impression. The second book in the Narnia series.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in silver, map to front endpapers. With the dust jacket. With full-page illustrations and illustrations in text by... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Magician's Nephew. 1955
£500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket Spine rolled, light spotting to endpapers and occasionally to contents. A very good... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Last Battle. A Story for Children. 1956
£450
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrations throughout. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper. Spine... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
Hamlet The Prince or The Poem? 1942
£175
First edition, first impression.
18 page pamphlet printed in black. Lightly tanned and rubbed, horizontal crease from folding. A very good copy. Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Literary Impact of the Authorised Version. 1950
£125
First Edition, First Impression. Scarce.
Octavo, pp 26. Single quire sewn, original slate wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in red. Some very minor toning to the wrappers but an excellent copy. Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama. 1954
£125
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original dark blue boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Light partial tanning and some spotting to endpapers. An excellent copy in the lightly... Read more
