LEWIS, C.S.
The Abolition of Man or Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools.
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts": Rare first edition, presentation copy of The Abolition of Man; inscribed by C.S. Lewis
London: Oxford University Press, 1943.
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First edition of Lewis's powerful essay, original delivered as three speeches in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1943 in which he "defends the objectivity of values such as goodness and beauty over against the modern view that these qualities are in the mind of the beholder." Octavo, original publisher's printed wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "K. Young with compliments and greeting from C.S.L." With a portion of the original transmittal envelope in Lewis hand tipped in to the title page, addressed by Lewis, "From C.S. Lewis, Magdalen College, Oxford" and with a penciled notation in another hand "Posted Ja. 15. '44." In very good condition with some edgewear and small chips to the extremities of the wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box with a morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
The Abolition of Man or Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools.
$30,000.00
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