Broadcast Talks : Reprinted with some alterations from two series of Broadcast Talks; (Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe and What Christians Believe) given in 1941 and 1942. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1942. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by C.S. LEWIS (29 November 1898 - 22 November 1963)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Average
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles., 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Average. 8vo. ** SALE ** FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1942. Hardback. Cream cloth; cover lettered in red. Buff cloth, spine un-lettered as issued and published without the usual free end-papers and on 'War Economy Paper' (without the usual slight browning). In cream jacket printed in red (not price-clipped (2s.6d.). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or markings internally; clean tight text. Jacket now in a clear protective sleeve. Jacket is worn with neat repairs to head and foot of spine (and old tape mark and a few minor marks). Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. Average jacket now in a clear protective sleeve. 62pp. Published 13 July 1942. Hooper 11. 8vo. Scarce first printing in rare thin-paper jacket; the first of three volumes, that eventually made-up Mere Christianity in 1952. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History.]
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055708
- Title
- Broadcast Talks : Reprinted with some alterations from two series of Broadcast Talks; (Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe and What Christians Believe) given in 1941 and 1942. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1942. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- C.S. LEWIS (29 November 1898 - 22 November 1963)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Average
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rosley Books
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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