the narnia chronicles (17 resultados)

Seven Volumes, all first edition, first printings in original first issue dust wrappers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. The set comprises of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, and The Last Battle. A set of first edition, first printings published by Bles and The Bodley Head between 1950 and 1956. A very good set. Some light restoration to the tips of the spine and extremities of volume one, three and four. Volumes two, three, six and seven are neatly price clipped. Some wear to the spine tips and corners. Wear to the inside fold of the front endflap of 'Dawn Treader'. A very good set overall. Please do contact us for further detailed descriptions and photos. First published in the 1950s, this seven-book series blends fantasy, adventure, and Christian allegory, captivating readers of all ages. Its timeless themes of courage, friendship, and the battle between good and evil resonate globally. The series' enduring popularity has led to numerous adaptations, including films and stage productions. Beyond entertainment, "The Chronicles of Narnia" has sparked discussions on faith, morality, and the power of imagination. Its rich narrative and memorable characters have inspired generations, fostering a love for reading and encouraging contemplation on profound philosophical and ethical questions. Lewis's masterpiece remains a literary treasure, weaving a tapestry of wonder that continues to shape the literary landscape and influence generations of readers.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. British First Edition. BRITISH FIRST EDITION. 7 VOLUME COMPLETE SET IN DUST WRAPPERS. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.  According to a list on Wikipedia, the first Narnia book, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, is the seventh best selling book in history. All books in this set are first editions and first printings. The books and dust wrappers are at least very good. Please see details below.The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. Light discoloration on boards and spine. An owner's printed book plate inside the front cover. No other writing in the book. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and has just a modest amount of edge wear along the top. Very nice copy.Prince Caspian. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951.  The book is near fine with a touch of foxing on one end sheet but virtually no wear. No writing or ownership marks in the book. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and in VG condition with some edge wear.The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952.  Book and dust wrapper are VG. The second blank leaf of the book has a large high school price label adhered to the page. The label has writing but there is no other writing. The unclipped dust wrapper has light soiling on the back and some edge wear at the spine and back. Quite a nice wrapper.The Silver Chair. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953.  Because this is often the toughest Narnia book to find, it is frequently in lesser condition when found in sets. But this copy is marvelous. The book is near fine with very little wear and a tight binding.  The first front end paper has a bit of browning from acidic paper. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and has a slightly faded spine.The Horse and His Boy. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. The half title page has a gift inscription.  First front end paper has some browning from acidic paper. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. Its condition is very nice with just some edge wear at the top.The Magician's Nephew. London: The Bodley Head, 1955. The book is in marvelous condition but there is a gift inscription on the first front end paper. The dust wrapper is price clipped and has browning on the spine and back. A closed tear of 3/4" on the top.The Last Battle. London: The Bodley Head, 1956.  The book is nearly fine with just a faint smudge on the fore edge. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and has almost no wear. The back of the wrapper is lightly soiled. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe are the only two first edition books which possess frontispieces in color. They were printed separately and inserted and therefore they are usually on paper which is whiter than the paper of the text. One would be hard pressed to find a nicer set of these classic children's stories from C. S. Lewis. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings. Full refund if not satisfied.

Full Goatskin. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Baynes, Pauline Ilustrador. First Edition. Seven volumes complete, published between 1950-1956, comprising, 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe', (1950), [4], 5-172pp, [2]; 'Prince Caspian', (1951), [4], 5-194pp, [2]; 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', (1952), [8], 9-223pp, [1]; 'The Silver Chair', (1953), [10], 11-217pp, [1]; 'The Horse and His Boy', (1954), [8], 9-199pp, [1] with four full page illustrations outside of pagination; 'The Magician's Nephew', (1955), [6], 7-183pp, [1] and 'The Last Battle', (1956), [6], 7-184pp. Rebound by Temple Bookbinders in full blue morocco, raised bands, spines in six panels, title label to second panel, author label to fourth, remaining panels with central gilt device, date to foot, covers with single line border, gilt roll to inner edges, a.e.g. Externally very good indeed, internally a few spots of soiling and one or two spots of foxing generally to margins, but quite bright and clean. Housed in a silk covered and velvet lined slipcase. Hooper A20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 29 respectively Size: 8vo.

First editions of each book in the author's classic Chronicles of Narnia series, which has sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Octavo, 7 volumes, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to each front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. The set comprises of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, and The Last Battle. Each are in fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set. The Chronicles of Narnia is "unforgettable not only for the excitement and suspense of the adventures but also for the strong emotions they describe so well [and they are] further enriched by Lewis' skillful use of language" (Silvey, 406). "Each book has something new and different to offer and there is no weakening of either inspiration or interest" (Eyre, 132). It is interesting that Lewis' inspiration came from a dream: "At first I had very little idea how the story would go. But then suddenly Aslan came bounding into it. I think I had been having a good many dreams of lions about that time. [O]nce he was there, he pulled the whole story together, and soon he pulled the six other Narnian stories in after him (On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature, 1980). Lewis was "concerned to do for children what he had done for an adult readership in his science fiction to re-imagine the story in an exciting narrative context. [The Narnia books are] intoxicating to all but the most relentlessly unimaginative of readers, and must be judged the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 370). â Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, and scarceâ (Connolly, 186).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Chronicles Of Narnia , first editions, first printings, published by Geoffrey Bles (first 5 volumes) and Bodley Head (last 2 volumes). Recently rebound by Temple Bookbinders of Oxford in dark blue goat skin leather with contrasting light blue leather labels to spine. Five raised bands to spine with gilt tooling and gilt title, author and date to spine. Gilt page edges. Condition: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe: No marks or inscriptions, a very faint ripple to frontispiece. Near fine condition; Prince Caspian: a couple of small spots of foxing to the reverse of the frontispiece at the top of the page. Otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine condition; The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader: Previous owners inscription to half title page dated July 1957. A couple of tiny blemishes to early pages, a brown smudge to edge of pages 51 to 55, otherwise clean throughout, Very Good + condition; The Silver Chair: neat previous owners inscription to half title page, some extremely light browning to half title page, otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine condition; The Horse And His Boy: A couple of light finger smudges to page 91, otherwise clean throughout. Near fine condition; The Magician s Nephew: Very light foxing to half title page extending to title page, thereafter very clean throughout until the final two pages which have very light foxing to the bottom of the pages. Near fine condition; The Last Battle: Clean throughout with no marks or inscriptions. Fine condition. A stunning leather bound set from bookbinders holding a Royal Warrant of Appointment. Housed in custom made blue linen slipcase. First editions, first impressions, seven volumes, 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Pauline Baynes Ilustrador. 1st Edition. The Chronicles of Narnia - 7 Volumes A complete and fine set of the first British editions, First printings; 1950 to 1956 Handsomely bound by Royal Warrant Holders Blissetts of London in quarter morocco with author, title and year in gilt to spines. Housed in a custom slipcase with ribbon pull. Images and further details available upon request.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. First Edition. First Editions, First Printings. Complete Set of Seven Volumes. Published by Geoffrey Bles & Bodley Head, 1950-1956. Octavos. Bound in three-quarter dark blue morocco over light blue boards with gilt topstains, 5 raised spine bands stamped in gold with marbled endpapers. Books are in fine condition; clean with no ownership markings, names or writing. The first two volumes have full-color frontispiece illustrations, volumes 3-5 have black and white frontispieces and the last two have none (as issued). All books featuring the wonderful original illustrations of Pauline Baynes. Books 2-5 have the full map endpapers bound in at the rear of each volume. A wonder complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis's acclaimed Chronicles of Narnia which consists of The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe (1950), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), The Silver Chair (1953), The Horse and His Boy (1954), The Magician's Nephew (1955), & The Last Battle (1956). 1,372 total pages. Set measures 6" across on the shelf. Each book measures approximately 7.75"x5.5"x0.75". 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.

Mixed early editions. Illustrated throughout by Pauline Baynes. 8vo., 7 vols. Original cloth with dust wrappers designed by Pauline Baynes. Some wrappers price-clipped, a few occasional chips to wrappers, a little residual glue staining to oine wrapper and associated endpaper, a couple of ink names and a presentation label, but generall a very good bright set with only a little dunning to spines of wrappers. A handsome set of early editions of this enduring classic of children's fiction.

First paperback editions, first printings. Published by Puffin in London, 1959-65. This is a near fine set. Each title is in markedly similar condition, with only slight points to note amongst them. Each cover is slightly worn at the extremities, with some light foxing to the prelims, text blocks and covers. The first title, 'The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe' has one neat previous owners inscription on the front fly leaf in orange ink. The second title, 'Prince Caspian' has a medium previous owners name in blue ink to the copyright page. 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' is free from inscriptions and 'The Silver Chair' is also free. The fifth title 'The Horse and His Boy' is the brightest copy in the collection, also free from inscriptions. 'The Magician's Nephew' is internally clean and though 'The Last Battle' has a light crease to the front panel, it is also internally clean. Collectively, the spines are free from foxing though the third title has some spotting throughout it. The covers are bright and the spines, though with very slight creasing, feel tight and intact. Overall, this is a near fine set of some increasingly rare paperbacks. To our knowledge, this is the first first edition paperback set to appear in its entirety. Housed in a custom made box with marbled internals. A seminal work of children's literary fiction in seven volumes. Originally published between 1950 and 1956 by The Bodley Head and Geoffrey Bles. Peppered with allegory, this chronicle was adapted to the screen first in 1967, and most famously, in 2005 by Walt Disney Pictures. C. S. Lewis famously stated: "They'd be no good on TV. Humanised beasts can't be presented to the eye without at once becoming either hideous or ridiculous. I wish the idiots who run the film world [would] realize that there are stories which are for the ear alone.".

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First edition third impression from 1956 in near fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean. binding firm, The jacket is remarkably clean with some very slight wear. Now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. ALL HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDINGS, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, NO DUST JACKETS. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. COUPLE OF BOOKS SLIGHTLY FADED TO CLOTH SPINES, FEW MINOR MARKS OR BUMPS TO MOST BOARDS, THE LION WITCH & WARDROBE HAS SOME OLD TAPE MARKS TO ENDPAPERS, VOYAGE OF DAWN TREADER HAS FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGES, SILVER CHAIR HAS A CHILDS NAME WRITTEN TO FRONT ENDPAPER, PUBLICATION LIST & A FEW LETTERS IN PEN TO REAR OF DEDICATION PAGE, HORSE & HIS BOY HAS A TEAR TO MARGIN OF PAGE 9, MAGICIANS NEPHEW HAS LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, OCCASIONAL WRINKLES TO PAGES & AN INSCRIPTION FROM 1958 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, LAST BATTLE HAS AN INSCRIPTION DATED 1976 TO FRONT ENDPAPER. OVERALL THE BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE CONDITION WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.

7 Volumes. 8vo. 5 frontis. (2 colour) & numerous b/w illus. by Pauline Baynes. bds. dw. (short tears in some dws., dws. price-clipped, ownership entries, else very good). Later printings.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Uk edition third impression from 1960 in near fine condition, there is a previous owner inscription and a sticker to front half title page, no other markings, pages clean, binding firm. the jacket has a small mark to the bottom rear and some minor shelfwear to extremities. Now in removable protective sleeve.Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published between 2009-2011 and assembled in a 7 volume slip cased set, here are the hardback facsimile printing of C.S.Lewis' THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Magician's Nephew; The Last Battle; The Horse and His Boy and The Silver Chair illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume 1: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (first reprinted facsimile 2009), 173 pages, green cloth binding, gilt lettering, glossy colour frontispiece plate and other illustrations by Pauline Baynes, the book is in very good condition with a black ink dedication written at the top of the front free end paper and some light browning to the top [page edges. Book 2: Prince Caspian (Return to Narnia)3rd hardback facsimile published 2009, 195 pages, blue cloth binding, silver lettering, colour frontispiece, map end papers and other illustrations throughout by Pauline Baynes, the book is in very good condition with an ink dedication to a previous owner written at the top of the front free end paper and some browning to the top page edges. Book 3: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1st facsimile hardback printing, published 2010), blue cloth binding, silver lettering, 223 pages, illustrations throughout by Pauline Baynes, end paper maps, the book is in very good condition with an ink dedication to a previous at the top of the front free end paper plus some browning to the top page edges. The dust jacket is very good. Book 4: The Magician's Nephew (published 2010 and a 1st facsimile hardback printing), green cloth binding, silver lettering, 183 pages and illustrations by Pauline Baynes throughout, the book is in very good condition with a black ink dedication to a previous owner at the top of the front free end paper and some top page edge browning. The dust jacket is very good. Book 5: The Last Battle (published 2011 and a 1st facsimile hardback printing), 184 pages, blue cloth binding, silver lettering, illustrations, the book is in very good condition with an ink dedication to a previous owner at the top of the front free end paper and some browning to the top page edges. The dust jacket is very good. Book 6: The Horse and His Boy (published 2010 and a 1st facsimile hardback printing), 199 pages, grey cloth binding, silver lettering, illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a black ink biro dedication to a previous owner written at the top of the front free end paper and some browning to the page edges. The dust jacket is very good. Book 7: The Silver Chair (published 2011 ans a 1st facsimile hardback printing), blue cloth binding, silver lettering, 217 pages, end paper maps, illustrations throughout, ther book is in very good condition with an ink dedication written at the top of the front free end paper and some browning to the page edges. The dust jacket is very good. The red and gilt paper covered and decorative slipcase is also in very good condition. Photographs available if serious purchaser on request.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Seventh impression from 1969 in VG condition, there is a crack to the mapped endpapers on the front endpages, no other internal markings, pages clean, binding firm, The jacket has some staining and general wear, no loss. Now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. Any questions please get in touch.

Hard Cover. Condición: VG-. No Jacket. Pauline Baynes Ilustrador. Third Impression. 8vo. original grey boards (pet bite marks to two fore-corners, a few spots to outer leaves, else clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 200 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy of the fifth book in the series in the original published format.

Hard Cover. Condición: G. No Jacket. Pauline Baynes Ilustrador. Sixth Impression. 8vo. original pale blue boards (ex-school library with two rsms. upper hinge cracked, some rubbing & sunning to edges, with wear to spine ends; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 224, with illustrations. A good copy of the third book of the series in the original published format.