Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Agatha Christie 1–178 [179–182]: [11] leaves of

1–178 [179–182]: [11] leaves of ‘plates’

embossed and hand-numbered to title page

[1–3] 4–308 [309–310]: [1] colour plate (facing p

a little nibbling to spine tips and a little wear to front flap

The illustrations have been printed from the original woodblocks and colour stencilled by The Curwen Press: all under the case of Francis Meynell

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Agatha Christie 1–178 [179–182]: [11] leaves ofLEWIS, C. S. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1955. First edition, first printing. Publisher's gray cloth, yellow label with title to spine, top edge yellow; with unclipped (15s. net) dust jacket. A good copy, binding with a very tiny lean but firm, with bumping to spine tips and a little grubby to extremities, with slight wear to the label on the spine, a little foxing and a couple of ink marks to the closed text