{"product_id":"c-s-lewis-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-finely-bound-in-full-green-morocco","title":"C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Finely Bound in Full Green Morocco","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEWIS, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, first impression of C. S. Lewis’s \u003cem\u003eThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of the seven \u003cem\u003eChronicles of Narnia\u003c\/em\u003e to be published and one of the defining works of twentieth-century children’s literature. The British edition appeared in 1950 and preceded the American edition. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout by Pauline Baynes, with the celebrated colour frontispiece and numerous black-and-white illustrations within the text. Baynes’s drawings became inseparable from Lewis’s vision of Narnia and accompanied the series from its first appearance. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy has been exceptionally presented in a handsome full dark green morocco binding. The boards are framed with double gilt fillets and decorative gilt corner tools, while the spine is formed with five raised bands and richly decorated compartments incorporating elaborate gilt floral and snowflake-style motifs. The title and author are lettered in gilt, with the publication date, 1950, tooled at the foot. Finished with finely marbled endpapers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEWIS, C. S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53348616470795,"sku":null,"price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/7848\/9355\/files\/20260908_114626866_iOS.jpg?v=1788880172","url":"https:\/\/www.archbooks.co.uk\/products\/c-s-lewis-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-finely-bound-in-full-green-morocco","provider":"Arch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}