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Published by Mariner, 1980
ISBN 10: 0156904365ISBN 13: 9780156904360
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. Fritz Eichenberg (illustrator). First Edition. I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer . . . Why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?Haunted by the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C.S. Lewis wrote this, his last, extraordinary novel, to retell their story through the gaze of Psyches sister, Orual. Disfigured and embittered, Orual loves her younger sister to a fault and suffers deeply when she is sent away to Cupid, the God of the Mountain. Psyche is forbidden to look upon the gods face, but is persuaded by her sister to do so; she is banished for her betrayal. Orual is left alone to grow in power but never in love, to wonder at the silence of the gods. Only at the end of her life, in visions of her lost beloved sister, will she hear an answer."Till We Have Faces succeeds in presenting with imaginative directness what its author has described elsewhere as the divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic reality in which we all live . . . [It] deepens for adults that sense of wonder and strange truth which delights children in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and other legends of Narnia." -New York Times"The most significant and triumphant work that Lewis has . . . produced." -New York Herald Tribune.
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Published by Harcourt Brace and Co., 1957
Seller: Falling Waters Booksellers, Morganton, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. First US edition. Ex-Library. A solid, square, good+ copy with moderate wear, a library stamp on the title page, pocket residue on the rear flyleaf, and some tape stains on the front flyleaf. The dust jacket has wear around the edges, a small closed tear on the front flap and some fading to the spine.
Published by Harper Collins Religious GB, 2020
ISBN 10: 0008391440ISBN 13: 9780008391447
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. Published by Harper Collins Religious GB in 2020. Paperback ISBN:9780008391447. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, 1956
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced to endpapers and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible sunning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. White marks and scratches overall with faint water marks. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957
Seller: The Book Files, Broken Arrow, OK, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library book with very minor library marks. Dust jacket has a little edge and corner wear. First American Edition. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Very Good/Very Good Condition. Dust jacket has an illustration printed on it, has some minor wear, has been price clipped and some toning along the edges and is in a protective Brodart Cover. Red boards with a silver gilt title on the spine along with an illustration in burgundy. Top edged is stained brown/burgundy as issued. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscription. First US Edition. Very Nice Copy! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages.
Published by Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1957
Seller: Foley & Sons Fine Editions, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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.
Published by New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1957]., 1957
Seller: Free Play Books, NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st American edition. 8vo, 313 pp, publisher's 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.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Pulp Fiction Murwillumbah, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. The dust jacket ha some chipping and edgewear but is generally in good condition. There is some foxing and darkening of the textblock but it is minimal.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Blue Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. 1956. First printing 320pp. Why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces? Haunted by the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C.S. Lewis wrote this, his last, extraordinary novel, to retell their story through the gaze of Psyche s sister, Orual. Disfigured and embittered, Orual loves her younger sister to a fault and suffers deeply when she is sent away to Cupid, the God of the Mountain. Psyche is forbidden to look upon the god s face, but is persuaded by her sister to do so; she is banished for her betrayal. Orual is left alone to grow in power but never in love, to wonder at the silence of the gods. Only at the end of her life, in visions of her lost beloved sister, will she hear an answer. Till We Have Faces succeeds in presenting with imaginative directness what its author has described elsewhere as the divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic reality in which we all live. Slight sunning to top and bottom of the spine. Top edge slightly dusty. Offsetting to endpapers. Neat signature and date to top of ffep. Small bookseller's sticker to bottom of front pastedown. The unclipped dust jacket (design by 'Biggs') shows some wear and tear with a little loss at the ends of the folds. There is also light-moderate soiling and a little foxing to the jacket.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: No. 5 Rare Books, Caistor, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing; in a very good DJ. Neat previous owners name and address otherwise no internal marks. A very good copy.
Published by Harcourt Brace and Company, New York`, 1957
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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.
Published by Harcourt Brace, NY, 1957
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 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.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London., 1956
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Octavo. A 320-page novel based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche.Free endpapers partially tanned. Head and tail of spine slightly faded. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked and creased at the edges and with a slight stain at tail of spine.
Published by Harcourt Brace and Co., 1957
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 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.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. 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).
Published by Geoffrey Bles
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (15s price intact). Published by Geoffrey Bles, 1956. Octavo. Light blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Jacket states "Second Impression", but the book is a first printing with no statements of later printings. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Binding tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spine straight. Has some light offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is like new with only some very light shelf wear. Classic jacket art by Biggs. An uncommonly fine of this classic C.S. Lewis re-telling and analysis of the tale of Cupid and Psyche. 320 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, [1956], 1956
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very slightly faded at extreme head and tail, fore-edge faintly spotted else very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned on (predominantly white ) rear panel. Lewis reworks the legend of Cupid and Psyche. SCARCE. Hooper 31.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1957
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
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).
Published by GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON, 1956
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
HARDCOVER NAVY BLUE. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: NEAR FINE. FIRST ED. 1st edition unclipped DJ near fine, DJ second impression, previous owner name signed in blue pen on inside of front board, gold gilt lettering on spine, slightly age toned pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: FIRST ED 320.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of C. S. Lewis's final novel retelling the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche. First edition in a second impression dust wrapper. Said to have haunted Lewis all of his life, this is a retelling of the classical myth Cupid and Psyche, based on the telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Set in a fictional kingdom of Glome, the first part is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual as an accusation against the gods. In the second part, the narrator undergoes a conversion from her initial accusation, instead believing that the gods are lovingly present in all human lives. Written by Clive Staples Lewis, a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia series. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First 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. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Biggs. 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).
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with fading to cloth at edges, heavy foxing to textblock edge, offsetting to front and rear free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine and edges, and foxing to the white portions. A lovely copy.
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1956
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of Lewis' final novel retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. 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).