LEWIS, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, including color frontispiece. 8vo, publisher's cloth, spine with areas of fading on spine extremities from jacket chips; unclipped dust jacket, corresponding chips to spine panel ends, 4 inch tear with narrow crease along spine panel, chipping to bottom of front panel, few other nicks and short tears though lettering intact; child's pencil inscription on front free endpaper. first edition of the first volume of the narnia series. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1950)