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Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia' by C. S. Lewis et al. in Very Good+ condition in a Very Good+ condition dust jacket published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia [Chronicles of Narnia Number Four (chronologically or Two as published)] by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good+/Very Good+) A tidy copy, in a tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has slightly faded at the edges, lightly marked and scuffed, light foxing on the prelims and previous owner's name on the reverse of free front endpaper. Dust jacket has some wear on the head of the spine up to 5 mm deep, minor wear on the outer corners and upper fore-edge, one 10 mm long tear on the tail of the lower panel and very lightly sunned on the spine. Dust jacket conservation: Chips have been stabilised with Japanese paper, using Methyl Cellulose conservation adhesive [fully reversible]

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Book Number B0015816
Title Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
Author(s) Author: Lewis, C. S. [Clive Staples] Illustrator: Pauline [Diana] Baynes

C. S. [Clive Staples] Lewis (1898 to 1963)—Irish-born, British novelist, academic medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, probably best known for his fiction, especially The Chronicles of Narnia, and to a lesser degree The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy and Pauline [Diana] Baynes (1922 to 2008)—An English book illustrator born in Hove, probably best known for illustrations in the major works of C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major, Tree and Leaf and Bilbo's Last Song) and J. R. R. Tolkien (some editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit)

Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First published 1951' on the colophon, colour frontispiece of the dance scene in chapter 11 and map of Naria on the front endpaper. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced blurb and pricedon the front flap '£10s. 6d. [line break] net' on the front flap, LWW review on the rear panel and APTV/10 on the rear flap

Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 196 printed pages in blue cloth with silver 'Prince Caspian', 'C. S. Lewis' and 'Geoffrey Bles' on the spine, in dust jacket. Contains colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes and black and white front map endpapers
Publisher(s) Geoffrey Bles, London, 1951

Geoffrey Bles—[Zempel and Verkler page 54] .

Series Chronicles of Narnia Number Four (chronologically or Two as published)

Chronicles Of Narnia—A series of children's novels for children about the adventures of children in the fictional world of Narnia, with talking animals, magic and of course Aslan. The series has sold over 120 million copies in 41 languages, and adapted for radio, television, stage, and cinema numerous times. The series contains 7 books. The first book was originally published in 1950 and the last book was originally published in 1956

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Narnia now is ruled by the usurper, King Miraz and the Pevensie children try to help restore the rightful ruler, a child named Caspian.

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