The Chronicles of Narnia. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. THE FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION. SEVEN VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE. by LEWIS, C. S - The Folio Society. London. 2012

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Folio Society,, 1996 [1998]. 7 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations throughout; dark green buckram, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and silver, a very good, bright, clean set in publisher's illustrated gold board slip-case with maps mounted on two sides, the case split at top and bottom edges (but joints wholly sound). The series comprises The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and his Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.

London: Geoffrey Bles [and] The Bodley Head, 1950-1956. [Children's fantasy series] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Seven volumes. Octavo (21 x 15 x 19cm). With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Finely bound in recent navy full morocco, with gilt titles to spines, raised bands, 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. Housed in a matching cloth slipcase with ribbon-pull. A touch of light occasional spotting. Faint remains of a washed ink ownership to half-title of 'The Silver Chair'. A small hole to map in 'Prince Caspian.' Otherwise crisp, clean copies in an attractive new leather binding.

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.