Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
The Inklings
New York: Newsweek, 2017. Paperback. A marvelous special edition of Newsweek full of color images from film and illustrators. Introduction by Alan Lee.The front cover of this magazine has many images surrounding a photo of Tolkien lighting a pipe. Unpaginated.Very slight curl at the corners. Near fine. Shelley and Son.....
Item #079454
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2006. Paperback. This is the Tolkien section of the Silesian Fantasy Club Journal. Includes articles by John Garth and Wayne Hammond & Christina Scull. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied. Full refund if not satisfied. 8.5" x 5.5".....
Item #075689
New York: Jann S. Wenner, 2013. Paperback. Full refund if not satisfied.Beautifully illustrated with two large fold-outs.The soft cover has a photo of Bilbo Baggins plus smaller photos of Gandolf, Thorin, and Galadriel. 74 pp. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund.....
Item #079453
Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2015. Illustrated with photographs. First Edition. Hardcover. Subtitled: "Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis."Quarter blue paper on tan paper. 413 pp. Indexed. Dust wrapper has a gray background, a photo of Joy Davidman, and text in black and white. The book.....
Item #078229
Norlolk, VA: THS Press, no date. First Edition. Paperback. This uncommon booklet is inscribed by Mackey to Jim Strawn, rare book dealer. Inscription dated June '07. Photo of Strawn and Mackey is laid in.Mackey was a founding member of the Chesterton Society and a leading Chesterton scholar. Only three people.....
Item #078952
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2022. Second Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Ian McKellan. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied. Full refund if not satisfied. 10" x 7.5"
Item #075734
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2022. Second edition. Hardcover. Preface by Ian McKellan. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied. Full refund if not satisfied. 10" x 7.5"
Item #075736
Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2013. Hardcover. A fine biography. The dust wrapper calls Lewis and eccentric genius and reluctant prophet. Brown cloth boards with text on the spine in a metallic bronze. 431 pp. End papers are a Narnia map. Indexed. The dust wrapper has a photo of Lewis and text in white.....
Item #080006
Tyndale House, 2013. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading. This is one of the better biographies of Lewis. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #076755
Nebraska: iUniverse, 2005. paperback. An Authors Guild Backinprint.com Edition. Paperback. Yellow and brown pictorial glossy cover with red and black text. Dr. Edwin W. Brown owned one of the finest collections in the world of C.S. Lewis and Inklings-related books, and the entire original "Brown Collection" remains at Taylor University.....
Item #072790
Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1992. Paperback. Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as the creator of the Lord Peter Wimsey detective stories; she also wrote successful religious plays for British radio. CONDITION: Glossy paperback, title on cover against burgundy background, title on spine. Very mild wear. Ex library, label.....
Item #072652
Chicago, IL: Loyola University Press, 1985. G. K. Chesterton. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover. Brown quarter cloth cover with beige paper. Oblong. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 114pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Copy is new. Full refund if not satisfied. FROM THE DUST JACKET: "G.K. Chesterton first came to notice as a flamboyant, swordstick-toting journalist in.....
Item #061724
Eerdmans, 1974. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #076721
London: Arcturus Books, 2019. Hardcover. This book is not directly related to the Inklings but both Lewis and Tolkien were fascinated by Norse Mythology and thus we include it in the catalog. A hardcover book in a slipcase. The book is rust colored. 384 pp. The slip case is nicely illustrated on both.....
Item #080013
InterVarsity Press, 2005. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #076753
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997. First paperback edition. Paperback. Dorothy L. Sayers was a brilliant writer, dramatist and thinker. She was a close friend of C. S. Lewis but she was not hesitant to take him to task when she felt he needed it. Author Barbara Reynolds was a......
Item #072374
Clearwater, FL: World Union of Deists, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. This book is highly critical of Lewis. It "...helps the reader realize not only the absurdity of Lewis' arguments...". First edition. Softcover. 154 pp. Not indexed. This book would be graded fine but for the library spoor, which makes it VG. Shelley.....
Item #072677
Revell, 1985. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #076759
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. This book is heavily illustrated with drawings and photos. Official Movie Guide. Soft Cover. Pictorial cover. 168 pp. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #080012
Harper & Row, 1990. First American Edition. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #076758
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. A very pleasing set of two volumes in one slip case. One volume is an 80 page book with text and illustrations. The second volume contains four large, loose, folding maps of Middle-Earth. Each of the two volumes is 10" x......
Item #079962
Kendal: Titus Wilson & Son, 1966. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, 1966. Stephens was an Inkling and a colleague of Lewis' at Magdalen College. In 1946 Lewis made a bet with Stephens, which was recorded in the college "Betting Book." Lewis bet that a certain Greek word did not appear in.....
Item #071853
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1991. Softcover. EX-LIBRARY. This is NOT a collectible copy. Binding is tight and wonderful for reading.
Item #076693
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 378 pp. Indexed. VG. A name on first front end paper. Inside front cover a name roughly erased leaving only the word Boston. No other writing. Binding is solid. Lacking dust wrapper. Shelley and Son Books specializes.....
Item #074403
London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. During World War II C. S. Lewis gave many talks on BBC radio. These were published in three books, this being the second of the three. The three books were eventually combined into one and edited and published as Mere Christianity. Orange.....
Item #079988