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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
by C. S. Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Geoffrey Bles, 1955, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Edition. 224 pages. Grey dust jacket over grey cloth with silver lettering. Light tanning to pages with occasional foxing throughout. More pronounced towards the start and end of the book, and text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Top text block edge dyed yellow. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Minor rubbing to spine label. Unclipped dust jacket, priced 15s net. Panels have moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate foxing, tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels. Tape repairs to both panels.
Synopsis
A repackaged edition of the revered author’s spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and eventual conversion to Christianity. C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—takes readers on a spiritual journey through his early life and eventual embrace of the Christian faith. Lewis begins with his childhood in Belfast, surveys his boarding school years and his youthful atheism in England, reflects on his experience in World War I, and ends at Oxford, where he became "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England." As he recounts his lifelong search for joy, Lewis demonstrates its role in guiding him to find God. -C.S. Lewis Official Website.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1670233636ADA
- Title
- Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles, 1955
- Date Published
- 1955
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- Chipping
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- Spine Label
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