Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis

Overview:

  • Title: Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis
  • Author: C. S. Lewis
  • Year: 1985
  • ISBN-10: 0151136300
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • Price: $13.95
  • Pages: 206
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis
  • Notes:
    • 1st US ed., 1st printing per title page letter line "ABCDE"
    • WorldCat list of Contents includes titles of 7 Animal-Land items and 3 Boxen items
    • Front jacket illustration and design match cover of 1986 tp format (whereas Amazon displays that of the UK ed. as of 2016-12-15)
    • Title page states "edited by Walter Hooper", does not credit brothers W.H. and C.S. Lewis except the latter in the title
    • Contents: -- Introduction, p7-19 (signed "Walter Hooper // Oxford // 23 May 1984") -- The Boxen Manuscripts, p21-22 (signed "W.H.") -- Animal-Land (seven listings, p23-57 including front material) -- Boxen (three, p59-194 including front material) -- Encyclopedia Boxoniana, p195-206 Pages [3-5] are the title, copyright, and contents pages. There are many illustrations including unnumbered pp. 2, 6, 20, 58 between the contents.
    • Publication date from contemporary review by Kirkus (posted 2011)