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One of the most beloved of all children's books:
C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
first Edition in fine morocco binding

"And may I ask, oh, Lucy Daughter of Eve," said Mr. Tumnus, "how you have come into Narnia?"

"Narnia? What's that?" said Lucy.

"This is the land of Narnia," said the Faun, "where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the eastern sea. And you-- you have come from the wild woods of the west?"

"I-- I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room," said Lucy.

 

LEWIS, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1950). Octavo, full modern green morocco gilt. $3500.

First edition of the first book of Lewis' celebrated Narnia Chronicles. With colored frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Fine condition, handsomely bound. 

Colored frontispiece
 

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