Lewis, C.S.

i) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Bles, 1950, coloured frontispiece, minor fading to edges of cloth in places, entirely unrestored dust-jacket with some slight spotting to spine; ii) Prince Caspian. Bles, 1951, coloured frontispiece, illustrated endpapers at front, ownership inscription on half-title, lower cover very slightly bowed, head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; iii) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Bles, 1952, frontispiece, illustrated endpapers at front; iv) The Silver Chair. Bles, 1953, frontispiece, illustrated endpapers at front, browning to front free endpaper, minor fading to spine, minor spotting to edges; v) The Horse and His Boy. Bles, 1954, frontispiece and other plates, illustrated endpapers at front, browning to free endpapers, minor spotting to edges, some fading to spine; vi) The Last Battle. Bodley Head, 1956, ownership signature on half-title, head of spine very slightly bumped; vii) The Magician's Nephew. Bodley Head, 1955, slight spotting to edges, some browning to dust-jacket; all 8vo, FIRST EDITIONS, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original cloth, UNRESTORED DUST-JACKETS, occasional light soiling to dust-jackets (7)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. In addition to these, the binding to The Horse and the Boy is faded, but the dust-jacket shows no such damage. The dust-jacket may, therefore, have been supplied from another copy.
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A superb set of C.S. Lewis's sequence of seven volumes for children.