Lewis (C. S., 1898-1963). Hamlet. The Prince or the Poem. Annual Shakespeare Lecture of the British Academy, 1942, from the Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXVIII, London: Humphrey Milford, [1942], together with: The Abolition of Man, or Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools [series-title at head: University of Durham, Riddell Memorial Lectures, Fifteenth Series], London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1943. 2 works, 8vo, both in original printed wrappers (Hamlet with flattened longitudinal crease down centre, spine crudely tape-repaired, wrappers chipped and spotted; Abolition with loss to head and foot of spine and wax-staining to rear wrapper), 18 pp. and 52 pp. Abolition with a few pencilled marginalia (qty: 2) Presentation copies, inscribed by the author 'To Cecil & Daphne, with love, C. S. L., 1942' on the front wrapper of Hamlet, and 'To Cecil and Daphne Harwood, from C. S. Lewis, Jan 1944' on the title-page of The Abolition of Man. (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, to which he was introduced by Daphne. 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).