Shelley and Son Books

Here is our latest catalog. Click on the image.

CS Lewis, Tolkien & Inklings Catalog #17

We have set up a book table at a CS Lewis conference and ran into Jan Karon - very kind and talented author.

This week we have the book table at the huge CS Lewis conference in Montreat NC. Its going to be a lot of fun. Lewis' stepson will be there along with many of the top Lewis scholars in the world.

We are pleased to present our latest catalog of books related to C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings. Click below.

https://mailchi.mp/4a55e00d5928/cs-lewis-tolkien-inklings-catalog-13

After Labor Day we will be launching over 600 Big Little Books on eBay auctions spread over three weeks. Stay tuned and will post a link here when the auctions start.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/382436182464

Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Vol 3 Bruce Cervon Limited 433 of 500 Copies | eBay

LEWIS, C. S. An Experiment in Criticism. First edition.

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1961. First edition. Brown 75. Hooper 37.

Blue cloth boards with plain covers and copperish text on a black background on the spine. 143 pp. Red, black and white dust wrapper. The price of this British first is at the bottom of the front flap. The top is clipped. The same wrapper was used for the American first with the American price at the top and the bottom corner clipped by the publisher.

A beautiful copy. The book is very near fine with just the faintest of wear at extremities. No writing. The dust wrapper is likewise very near fine.

$40

This is a Carte-de-viste or CDV. 4" x 2.5". CDVs were popular for portraits in the mid Victorian period. We date this circa 1860s for two reasons. CDVs became unpopular in the early 1870s and were replaced by cabinet sized photos. This image of MacDonald is very similar to one seen on the internet dated mid 1860s. This would make him about forty years old in this image.

Photo by Elliott & Fry of 55 Baker St. They were a prominent London photography firm of the time. It is signed "Geo. MacDonald" at the bottom.

The condition is nice with all four corners square. A twentieth century photo service company had the photo at one time and stamped "Culver Service" and their address on the back.

Item has sold

LEWIS, C. S. The Great Divorce. Signed first edition.

by

CS Lewis, Tolkien and Inklings Catalog #9

Beautiful bindings