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by LEWIS, C.S

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William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan., 1967. First edition. Precedes the U.K. edition by two years. Octavo. 121 pages. Facsimile of one of the letters on the endpapers. Between 1950 and his death C.S. Lewis wrote more than 100 letters to this ''American lady''. Her name, not divulged in the book, was Mary Willis Washburne. She donated the letters to Wheaton College.'...they are not ''literary'' letters, there is little urbanity, wit or sentiment; there is little that reflects the author's interest in fantasy, almost nothing about his academic and scholarly interests...' (from the blurb).Fine in fine dustwrapper.

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Title
Letters to an American Lady.
Author
LEWIS, C.S
Book Condition
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Publisher
William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Date Published
1967

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