THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by Lewis, C. S.; (Baynes, Pauline Illus.) - 1962

London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in blue covers with silver stamping to the spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling, and wear/chipping to the edges, with loss. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends, with damp-staining to the bottom edge/corners, which is visible on the pages at the front and the rear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean with illustrations, but also with the damp-staining. This book is signed by the illustrator, Pauline Baynes, on the title-page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .