• Letters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis is a collection of over 100 letters that the prolific author and lay theologian wrote to an American woman from 1950 until his death in 1963
  • Letters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis is a collection of over 100 letters that the prolific author and lay theologian wrote to an American woman from 1950 until his death in 1963
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LEWIS, C.S.

Letters to an American Lady.

Letters to an American Lady.

Stock Code 122396

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1969.

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A compilation of more than 100 letters between C.S. Lewis and a woman he had never met, offering spiritual encouragement and guidance, laden with Lewis' characteristic theological insights.

First edition; 8vo (15 x 23 cm); ownership inscription in pen to half-title; publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original clipped typographic dustjacket with discolouration on spine, small closed tears on front and back of the dustjacket, lightly worn corners; very good; 121pp.

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