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Books, Maps & Manuscripts (1637) June 20, 2019 EDT Lot 163

Estimate: $1000 - $1500 (plus Buyer's Premium) [Children's & Illustrated] Lewis, C.S (7 vols.) The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe London: Geoffrey Bles, (1950). First edition. 8vo. 173 pp. Publisher's blue-green cloth; lacking dust-jacket. Spine and rear sunned; ownership signature in pencil on front paste-down and front free endpaper, text very lightly toned. Prince Caspian, the Return to Narnia London: Geoffrey Bles, (1951). First edition. 8vo. 195 pp. Publisher's blue cloth; in blue pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket moderately worn, edges and corners chipped, closed tears along the edges, rear flap separated but present, small loss to dust-jacket at head of spine; closed tear to the bottom of p. 13, otherwise clean and bright. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader London: Geoffrey Bles, (1952). First edition. 8vo. 223 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth; lacking dust- jacket. Covers lightly soiled, spine sunned, corners slightly bumped; p. 23/24 torn completely, but present, text occasionally very lightly foxed. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1953). First edition. 8vo. 217 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth; lacking dust-jacket. Light soiling to covers; very light toning to text. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1954). First edition. 8vo. 199 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth; in red pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket worn, edges and corners chipped, small closed tears to same, small loss to dust-jacket at head of spine; text lightly toned. The Magician's Nephew London: The Bodley Head, 1955. First edition. 8vo. 183 pp. Publisher's green cloth; in green pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket worn, repaired with tape along spine and flaps, tears and chips along top and bottom edges, spotting, light foxing to edges; text lightly toned. The Last Battle London: The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. 8vo. 184 pp. Publisher's blue cloth; in blue pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket lightly worn; text very lightly toned.