Limbo Tower.

First edition of one of Gresham's most significant works. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For C.S. Lewis - This is a book of confusions but I think the general direction is right. Two forces set me on the right path - the first was P.D. Ouspensky and his fourth-dimensional speculation. Then came Ransom and the eldila. Gratefully, Bill Gresham July 7, 1949." The recipient, C.S. Lewis, remains best known for his timeless works of fiction, particularly The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as his influential Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, which have left a lasting impact on both literature and theology. Lewis and Gresham were both married to American writer and poet Joy Davidman, each during very different phases of her life. Gresham, who struggled with alcoholism and personal instability, was married to Joy from 1942 until their divorce in 1954. Following their separation, Joy moved to England with her two sons and began corresponding with C.S. Lewis, who had become a significant influence on her spiritual journey. Initially an atheist, Joy converted to Christianity, in part because of her reading of Lewis’s works. Her relationship with Lewis deepened over time, and they married in 1956. Despite their relatively short marriage, which was interrupted by Joy's battle with cancer, she had a profound impact on Lewis’s life and work. At the time of the present inscription, Joy was still married to Gresham and was yet to meet Lewis. Gresham, however, had clearly read Lewis's Space Trilogy (published between 1938 and 1945) as his inscription directly references Ransom and the eldila, the central theological figures in the second book in the trilogy, Perelandra (1943), and gratefully acknowledges Lewis’s cosmology as a spiritual and intellectual influence. Provenance: From the library of C.S. Lewis, and subsequently from the collection of Lewis's biographer and literary advisor Walter McGehee Hooper with a transmittal envelope addressed to him laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Haemer. A very unique association.