55 “In All Times And Under Every Circumstance, The Myths Of Man Have Flourished…” 79CAMPBELL, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. New York, 1949. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $4200 First edition of Campbell’s first, influential study of world mythology and religion—his penetrating analysis of “the monomyth,” the “basic, magic ring of myth” from which countless human stories, arts and endeavors spring. “In this influential and extraordinarily popular work, Campbell traced the theme of the hero’s journey (which he called the ‘monomyth’) through the world’s mythologies. Bringing to bear the insights of Freud and Jung, he also compared the patterns of myth to those of dreams… His approach to the study of myth influenced a number of writers, artists and filmmakers,” including Robert Bly, Richard Adams and George Lucas (ANB). Book in about-fine condition with light rubbing to lower edges; in the scarce, good original dust jacket with chips and splits, some small tape repairs to reverse, front cover still bright. “C.S. Lewis Had No Peer” 80LEWIS, C.S. Mere Christianity. London, 1952. Octavo, modern full navy morocco gilt. $5000 First edition of C.S. Lewis’ revised and expanded WWII BBC radio talks together in one volume— Broadcast Talks, Christian Behaviour and Beyond Personality—handsomely bound in navy morocco gilt. Lewis, perhaps most famed for his Chronicles of Narnia (1950-56), “was an academic who sought delight in myth, a skeptic who found joy in faith… in his ability to nurture the faithful, as well as seduce the skeptic, C.S. Lewis had no peer.” Lewis, who moved away from Christianity at 14, returned to his faith 16 years later and “began writing witty lucid books in defense of Christian orthodoxy… A British philosopher declared that Lewis had ‘the rare gift of being able to make righteous readable’” (New York Times). “Among those influenced by them was the young Margaret Roberts [Thatcher], in whose memoirs Lewis features as the most formative influence on her religious outlook” (ODNB). A fine, beautiful copy.
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