Description
The first edition of Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis.
Octavo, 224pp. Gray cloth, title in silver over yellow on spine. Stated “First Published in 1955” on copyright page. Solid text block, with bumped corners. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, 15s. net retail price on front flap, with some shelf wear. A few chips and a short closed tear along top edge.
A bright copy of an early autobiography by C.S. Lewis.
Surprised by Joy is a partial autobiography of the life of C.S. Lewis, detailing life from his birth in 1898 until his conversion to Christianity in 1931.
