The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis.
A 1950 Hardback edition, most notable (to me) for including a
picture of Screwtape on the back cover drawn by Lewis himself. John had this
for years (a Yesterday’s Warehouse find that he beat me to) and then he gave me
it later. The book that Lewis dedicated to Tolkien. The frail paper cover is a
little beat up, but what do you expect from a 70-year-old book? A unique
example among my several copies of ‘Screwtape’.
Ranking: Essential.
File Code: Apologetics. Satire. Hardback.
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics (Eerdman’s;
Edited by Walter Hooper); On Stories and Other Essays on Literature (Harcourt
Brace; Edited by Walter Hooper); Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (Harcourt
Brace; Edited with a Preface, by Walter Hooper); Present Concerns (Harcourt
Brace; Edited by Walter Hooper), by C. S. Lewis.
Lewis was a prolific contributor of many essays, articles,
and prefaces to various newspapers, magazines, and books. After his death,
Walter Hooper, who for a short while acted as his secretary and was appointed
as his literary executor, went around and meticulously gathered these short
works up and published them in book form.
Ranking: Essential.
File Code: Essays. Anthology. Softcovers.
Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics; Poems; and Narrative
Poems, by C. S. Lewis.
All are published by Harcourt Brace, and all are Edited by
Walter Hooper. ‘Spirits’ was written before his conversion, his only book
published for a long time, and gives an insight into his thoughts and feelings
before his recovered faith. ‘Poems’ are shorter verse, and ‘Narrative Poems’
longer story-telling poetry. Notable in ‘Poems’ is ‘Narnian Suite’, a marching song
in two sections, set for dwarfs and giants.
Ranking: Essential.
File Code: Poetry. Anthology. Softcovers.
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