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Till We Have Faces. A Myth Retold
by LEWIS, C.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 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).
Synopsis
C.S. Lewis once described Till We Have Faces as his best work. It is a retelling of the Psyche myth with a subtle Christian bent. One of my professors, Dr. Jim Hand, once posed the question, "Is Psyche a case of spirit becoming flesh, or flesh becoming spirit?" It is a great novel with much depth.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126883
- Title
- Till We Have Faces. A Myth Retold
- Author
- LEWIS, C.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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