Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963). Group of presentation copies to Cecil Harwood, 1942-62, comprising: 1) A Preface to Paradise Lost, 1st edition, 1942, 2) Christian Behaviour, 1st edition, 1943, 3) Arthurian Torso, 1st edition, 1948, 4) The Four Loves, 1st edition, 1960, 5) They Asked for a Paper, 1st edition, 1962, each with the ownership inscription of Cecil Harwood ('A. C. Harwood') and his note recording the book's presentation to him by Lewis (variously 'Ex dono auctoris', 'Ex dono auctoris CSL', or 'from CSL'), the inscriptions in items 1-2 and 5 also dated, original cloth or boards, They Asked for a Paper with dust jacket, together with: 4 books not by Lewis but similarly inscribed by Cecil Harwood (T. H. Scott & W. J. Stokoe, Wild Flowers of the Wayside and Woodland, 1936, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from Mr Lewis, Christmas 1936'; Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1935, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from his God father, Christmas 1937'; Owen Barfield, Saving the Appearances, 1957, inscribed 'A C Harwood, Ex libris', with an arrow pointing to the pencilled ownership inscription 'C. S. Lewis', apparently in Lewis's own hand; Hans Tietze, Masterpieces of European Painting in America, 1939, inscribed 'Laurence Harwood, from C. S. Lewis, Christmas 1940'), and Turgenev, First Love and Rudin. With an Introduction by Lord David Cecil, 1950, inscribed 'To Laurence, with love from his godfather, Christmas 1950' on a slip tipped to front free endpaper, possibly in Lewis's hand (qty: 10) (Albert) Cecil Harwood (1898-1975) met Lewis at Oxford in Hilary term of 1919. The two became lifelong friends, and while Cecil is not typically reckoned among the usual roll-call of Inklings members, he remained very much part of Lewis's circle, and is perhaps best remembered as a leading advocate of anthroposophy and the Steiner-Waldorf teaching method. Provenance: Laurence Harwood OBE (1933-2020), regional director, National Trust, son of Cecil Harwood, and godson of C. S. Lewis, noted as 'one of the few remaining people who really knew C. S. Lewis' (Deborah Higgens, 'A Personal Tribute to Laurence Harwood, OBE', C. S. Lewis Foundation official blog, 14 December 2020, accessed 24 May 2021). Further reading: Laurence Harwood, C. S. Lewis, My Godfather: Letters, Photos, and Recollections (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2007). Also sold with the lot is Laurence Harwood's George V silver christening-mug, according to family repute presented to him by C. S. Lewis (by William Neale and Son, Birmingham, 1930, slightly tapering cylindrical and with scroll handle, engraved 'Laurence Hardy Harwood, Oct 21 1933', 8.5cm high, 5oz 19dwt, 186gr), together with a similar mug in pewter.