Books

154 pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First US edition. Some very slight browning to the front free endpaper; slight wear to the top of the spine (not affecting any lettering); corners a little bumped; else a bright, fresh copy. The uncommon jacket is chipped at the top of the backstrip and the top and bottom of the front panel, affecting some lettering. Still, a presentable copy of an uncommon book in dust jacket.

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).