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Illustrated by Michael Hague. Pp. viii+184(last colophon), illustrated in colour throughout; small cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, edges slightly creased and split; occasional slight soiling; Macmillan, New York, 1981. First edition thus. *This copy with a signed ink sketch of Aslan by Michael Hague on the half-title page.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). Among all the author's books, it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was written as well as published first in the series, it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced by the stories' chronology (the events of The Magician's Nephew take precedence).