Not price clipped ($4.50 intact), not remaindered, not ex-library in archival protection and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.įirst edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 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. 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. 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. 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'. Stated First American Edition A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. Still a very attractive copy of one of Lewis's great works of fiction based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Now nicely preserved in an archival jacket sleeve. 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.

The jacket is sunfaded at the extremities and partially on the rear panel with some soiling. In the complete dust jacket with the original price of $4.50 intact. Otherwise a Near Fine unmarked copy in beautiful sound condition. 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. Light red cloth boards with silver gilt titles on the spine with decorative design of Psyche beneath.

Edition, so stated on the copyright page.

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