First American edition. Signed by the editor. Inscribed association copy. Publisher's original grey cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Miriam Woods designed dustwrapper. Top edge orange. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just a touch of bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contens are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little toned and creased at the edges. Not price-clipped ($5.75 to the upper front flap).
Inscribed by the editor in black ink on the title page "Lady Dunbar / with admiration and greetings / Clyde S. Kilby". The recipient is Maureen Blake (nee Moore), Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs, one of the most significant figures in C. S. Lewis' life, a friend and surrogate sister with whom he lived for over 20 years.
Stock code: 28086
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