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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew; The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Last Battle. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
by LEWIS, C.S. (1898-1963), & [BAYNES, Pauline, illustrator]
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles [and] The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.. COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, one volume SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Seven volumes. 8vo. (21 x 15 x 19cm). With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. The Magician's Nephew is SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to the title page. Recently rebound in green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. The maps from Prince Caspian, The Horse and His Boy, The Silver Chair, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader are bound into the preliminaries of those books. Presented in a matching fleece-lined cloth slipcase with ribbon-pull. A little spotting to The Magician's Nephew, otherwise crisp, clean copies presented in attractive, uniform modern leather bindings.
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- Robert Frew Ltd
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- Title
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew; The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Last Battle. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
- Author
- LEWIS, C.S. (1898-1963), & [BAYNES, Pauline, illustrator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Geoffrey Bles [and] The Bodley Head, 1950-1956.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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