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First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1950" printed on the copyright page with NO indication of later printings. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tear with some repair. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 8s. 6d. net printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy.

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).