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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story … by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children' by C. S. Lewis et al. in Very Good condition in a Good condition pictorial dust jacket published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children [Chronicles of Narnia Number Two (chronologically or One as published)] by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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  • The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children [Chronicles of Narnia Number Two (chronologically or One as published)] by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket
  • The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children [Chronicles of Narnia Number Two (chronologically or One as published)] by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket
  • The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children [Chronicles of Narnia Number Two (chronologically or One as published)] by C. S. Lewis and Pauline Baynes, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/Good) A sound book with clean boards and pages, in a generally tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has unevenly faded, ghosting on the spine, light foxing on endpapers, light stain to the head of the frontispiece and previous owner's bookplate on the free front endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket has sunned on the spine and light spotting. Dust jacket conservation: Two large chips at the head and foot of the front panel have been in-filled with the joint in-painted, similarly one 10 mm deep strip at the head of the rear panel and one repaired closed tear

Full Details

Book Number B0014172
Title The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children
Author(s) Author: Lewis, C. S. Illustrator: Pauline Baynes
Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: No later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information and colour frontispiece featuring Aslan with Lucy and Susan. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced 8s. 6d. with APT/$573 on the rear flap and no later impressions stated at the head of the front flap

Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 173 printed pages in publisher's original green cloth with silver lettering on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes
Publisher(s) Geoffrey Bles, London, 1950
Series Chronicles of Narnia Number Two (chronologically or One 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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The classic story of the four Pevensie children, who discover a wardrobe that leads to the magical land of Narnia.

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