New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First Edition. 238pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD. Dust Wrapper: VERY GOOD. Pencil markings on free end paper; some foxing to front of text block, and modest fading to the boards. Wapper is price-clipped and has some chipping, primarily to the spine. A scarce title.

From the wrapper: 'With uncommon perception, urbanity and humor, Mr. Lewis tells us of his boyhood in Ireland...his early schooling, his life in the trenches during the First World War, and finally his undergraduate years at Oxford...Surprised By Joy is the story of a man who, having lost hos faith, by reason regained it.' A fascinating read.