First UK edition first impression from 1950 in VG+ condition, the book is remarkably clean, the binding is firm, there are some very minor markings to the boards. The dustjacket is completely unrestored, aside from some internal professional strengthening to the inside of the spine. There is chipping and minor loss to the extremities. Please see pictures for reference.
About
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeis aportal fantasynovel for children byC. S. Lewis, published byGeoffrey Blesin 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels inThe Chronicles of Narnia(19501956). Among all the author’s books, it is also the most widely held in libraries.It was the first of The Chronicles of Narniato be written and published, but is marked as volume two in recent editions that are sequenced according the stories’ internal chronology. Like the otherChronicles, it was illustrated byPauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions.
