Lot 98
Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-6.
Hammer Price: £7,000
Description
Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, comprising The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ownership name in red crayon on front free endpaper, original cloth, strips of fading along all edges, spine damp-stained, jacket joints splitting but reinforced with tape verso on spine joints, portions of loss to upper edge, corners, and spine tail, rather sunned along edges to upper panel, 1950; Prince Caspian, bookseller's sticker on front free endpaper, cloth a little spotted, spine head faded, jacket with nicks and tears to edges, surface marking to panels, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, cloth re-backed with original spine expertly laid down, spine faded, light discolouration to covers, jacket repaired and restored with expert retouches, 1952; The Silver Chair, endpapers browned, cloth with patches of fading to extremities, jacket torn down upper panel and held together with paper verso, splitting down flap joints and reinforced with tape verso, other tears across spine, portions of loss to spine ends and upper edges, other nicks and tears to edges, foxing and browning, 1953; The Horse and His Boy, ownership name on slightly toned front free endpaper, some damp-staining to first and last few pages, cloth soiled, jacket repaired and restored with extensive but neat retouching, edges creased with the odd nick, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, 2" split up spine joint, spine ends and extremities a little rubbed but sharp overall, flaps spotted, 1955; The Last Battle, spotting, cloth spine ends a little faded, jacket spotted, spine head reinforced with tape verso, joints rubbed, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, occasional scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jackets, some toning to spines, 8vo.
⁂ A scarce complete set of C. S. Lewis' classic children series.
Description
Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, comprising The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ownership name in red crayon on front free endpaper, original cloth, strips of fading along all edges, spine damp-stained, jacket joints splitting but reinforced with tape verso on spine joints, portions of loss to upper edge, corners, and spine tail, rather sunned along edges to upper panel, 1950; Prince Caspian, bookseller's sticker on front free endpaper, cloth a little spotted, spine head faded, jacket with nicks and tears to edges, surface marking to panels, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, cloth re-backed with original spine expertly laid down, spine faded, light discolouration to covers, jacket repaired and restored with expert retouches, 1952; The Silver Chair, endpapers browned, cloth with patches of fading to extremities, jacket torn down upper panel and held together with paper verso, splitting down flap joints and reinforced with tape verso, other tears across spine, portions of loss to spine ends and upper edges, other nicks and tears to edges, foxing and browning, 1953; The Horse and His Boy, ownership name on slightly toned front free endpaper, some damp-staining to first and last few pages, cloth soiled, jacket repaired and restored with extensive but neat retouching, edges creased with the odd nick, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, 2" split up spine joint, spine ends and extremities a little rubbed but sharp overall, flaps spotted, 1955; The Last Battle, spotting, cloth spine ends a little faded, jacket spotted, spine head reinforced with tape verso, joints rubbed, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, occasional scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jackets, some toning to spines, 8vo.
⁂ A scarce complete set of C. S. Lewis' classic children series.