{"product_id":"1958-1sted-4th-printing-narnia-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-cs-lewis","title":"1958 1stED 4th printing - Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, CS Lewis","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"1216\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"11\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.\u003cbr data-end=\"58\" data-start=\"55\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"68\" data-start=\"58\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. A Story for Children.\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"131\" data-start=\"128\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"145\" data-start=\"131\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958. Fourth Impression of the First Edition.\u003cbr data-end=\"217\" data-start=\"214\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"230\" data-start=\"217\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English. \u003cbr data-end=\"250\" data-start=\"247\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"259\" data-start=\"250\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 x 5.5 inches.\u003cbr data-end=\"278\" data-start=\"275\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"288\" data-start=\"278\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 173 pages.\u003cbr data-end=\"302\" data-start=\"299\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"314\" data-start=\"302\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good original publisher’s light blue cloth binding, with gilt titles to the spine. Some toning, spotting, and light mottling to the cloth, especially to the spine and boards, as shown.\u003cbr data-end=\"515\" data-start=\"512\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"531\" data-start=\"515\"\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good original illustrated dust jacket, price unclipped at 10s 6d net. The jacket shows toning, spotting, edgewear, small chips, and closed tears, including wear to the spine ends and corners, as shown. Rear panel with small ink check marks beside listed Narnia titles. Preserved in a protective removable mylar cover.\u003cbr data-end=\"865\" data-start=\"862\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"877\" data-start=\"865\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good content. Gift note of a previous owner on the first endpaper, dated 14 February 1961. Light foxing to endpapers, preliminaries, and page edges; otherwise the text block remains clean and sound.\u003cbr data-end=\"1092\" data-start=\"1089\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1110\" data-start=\"1092\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with Pauline Baynes’s colour frontispiece and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1738\" data-start=\"1218\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1231\" data-start=\"1218\"\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e A very attractive fourth impression of the first edition of \u003cem data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"1292\"\u003eThe Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e, the beloved opening volume of C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. First published in 1950, this early Geoffrey Bles printing preserves the classic original format, with Pauline Baynes’s enchanting illustrations and the celebrated dust jacket design. The story of Lucy, Peter, Susan, Edmund, Aslan, and the world beyond the wardrobe remains one of the defining works of twentieth-century children’s fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2126\" data-start=\"1740\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1755\" data-start=\"1740\"\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) was an Irish-born scholar, novelist, and Christian apologist, best known for \u003cem data-end=\"1883\" data-start=\"1857\"\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as works such as \u003cem data-end=\"1933\" data-start=\"1910\"\u003eThe Screwtape Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"1954\" data-start=\"1935\"\u003eMere Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-end=\"1979\" data-start=\"1960\"\u003eThe Space Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e. His Narnia books have become enduring classics of children’s literature, admired for their imaginative power, moral depth, and mythic atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2381\" data-start=\"2128\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2148\" data-start=\"2128\"\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pauline Baynes (1922–2008) was a British illustrator whose delicate line work became inseparably associated with Narnia. Her illustrations for C. S. Lewis’s series helped define the visual world of Narnia for generations of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48708277633273,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260724narnia_01.jpg?v=1784904686","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1958-1sted-4th-printing-narnia-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-cs-lewis","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}