Lockdales - The Fine Sale, Auction 166 - 12th & 13th June 2019

131 1223 Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898-1963). An original double-sided letter signed by C. S. Lewis, dated '20th March [19]63', addressed to a Mrs Paddow, who wrote to Lewis to ask him questions in order to write her dissertation, tape residue to left margin, comes with accomp. hand -written dissertation. The letter reads 'Dear Mrs Paddow I think the chief influence was H. G. Well’s First Men in the Moon not as a socialist? but as a... of ‘science fiction’. There was also a negative influence, a reaction against an essay (I’ve forgotten the title) by J.B.S. Haldane’s Possible Worlds where he seriously takes Weston’s view that the... of the human species (by colonisation of other planets) is an object... to all humanity. There was also a desire to show that science fiction could work in Christian, no less than... materialistic pre-supposition. Except in that... I shall say there is hardly anything about ‘...’ in my trilogy. Perilandra is almost entirely theological - the garden of Eden over again but this time the Fall counted. That the primary thing for me was always the story just as a story ? the things pictured. Perilanda from a... of the floating islands. I certainly did not.. my stories as a vehicle for... philosophy . My philosophy (... traditional Christianity) came in as a filling for the part of story, wanted to... the ‘work’ being imaginative, not.... I’m a... of Gulliver but I don’t think it was an influence. Thanks for the kind things you say. Yours sincerely C.S. Lewis. £400 - £600 1224 Lydekker (Richard). The Royal Natural History, 6 volumes, 1893-94, numerous colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, original gilt decorated pictorial cloth, 4to. Bright examples. £40 - £60 1225 Malo (Charles). La Corbeille, published Paris, circa 1822, hand-coloured vignette title, eleven hand-coloured plates, all edges gilt, later gilt decorated cloth, contained in matching slipcase, 16mo £80 - £120 1226 Maps. A collection of eight engraved maps,, including Creta Seu Candiae, Insula et Regnum cum Diverersis Aliis Archipelagi Insulis, by Nicolaum Visscher; Insula Candia, by F. de Wit; Citta, e Fortezza di Candia; Napoli di Romania, by S. Marco, etc., all framed, some glazed, together with a quantity of unframed maps (buyer collects) £70 - £100 1227 Maurice Chevalier interest. Two large leather bound albums filled with Maurice Chevalier related ephemera, including photographs, newspaper clippings, etc., £30 - £50 1228 Menzies (William). The History of Windsor Great Park and Windsor Forest, 1864, twenty albumen prints by the Earl of Caithness and Mr. Bembridge of Windsor & two folding hand- coloured maps (complete), spotting, ink stain to extreme upper margin of some leaves, top edge gilt, 20th Century green half morocco gilt, folio £400 - £600 1229 Miniature Bible. The Bible in miniature or a concise history of the old & new testaments, printed for E. Newbery, 1780, contemporary annotations to front & rear, contemporary cloth, 45mm x 32mm approx. £50 - £80 1230 Morris (Rev. F. O.). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 1st Edition, 1851-57, numerous hand-coloured plates throughout, contemporary green half calf, with red morcco labels to spines, some wear to spines, 4to £120 - £180 1231 Morris (Rev. F. O.). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, 1870, numerous hand- coloured plates throughout, original gilt decorated cloth, some wear to spines, 4to £70 - £100 1232 Naval certificate book, circa 1877-1916, relating to 'Stanley Edward Elliott', containing numerous certificates listing the ships which he served upon, including H.M.S. Adelaide, Research, Hibernia, Hecla, Vivid, Pembroke, Minerva, Euryalus, Victory (Division 1), President, etc., 16cm x 20cm approx. £40 - £60