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C.S. LEWIS. PRINCE CASPIAN. GEOFFREY BLES LONDON PUBLISHER, 1951.
Price: US$901.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: MINOR SCUFFING AT TOP OF BACK STRIP AND LOWER BOARD CORNERS. BUMPED CORNER UPPER FRONT BOARD, GIFT INSCRIPTION DATED 1953 ON FIRST FREE END PAPER. TIGHT AND SQUARE WITH ILLUSTRATED FRONT END PAPERS. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE 2ND BOOK OF THE NARNIA CHRONICLES. SADLY, WITHOUT DUST JACKET. MINOR FADING, SILVER SPINE TITLES, STILL BRIGHT. FRONTIS AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAULINE BAYNES. THE SEVEN BOOKS THAT CONSTITUTE THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT CHILDREN'S LITERATURE CREATED IN THE 20TH CENTURY. 195 PAGES
Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada
C S Lewis. Prince Caspian. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1951.
Price: US$1026.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco with gilt labels to spine. Maps bound in at the front. Marbled endpapers and gilt page edges. A very attractive copy.
Seller: No. 5 Rare Books, Caistor, United Kingdom
C.S. Lewis. Prince Caspian (FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR.). Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1951. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, PAULINE BAYNES. Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis. Signed by Bayne on the title page. In publishing order, this is the second book in the Narnia series. Half leather on marbleized paper. Hubbed spine with two sections blacked to accommodate gilt text. 195 pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Very nearly fine with an owner's name opposite the half title page and slight tape residue on the map. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & the Inklings.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
C S Lewis. Prince Caspian - UK 1st. Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
Price: US$2245.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition first impression from 1951 in VG+ condition. There is a small previous owner inscription to the front endpage, other pages clean, binding firm, The jacket has scuffing and some minor closed tears, please see pics, now in removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
C S Lewis. Prince Caspian - UK 1st. Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
Price: US$2374.04 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition first impression from 1951 in VG+ condition, no internal markings, pages clean binding firm, the jacket has some minor chipping to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve, please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
C.S. LEWIS. PRINCE CASPIAN. GEOFFREY BLES, 1951.
Price: US$2495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing Clean beautiful book with a near fine dust jacket. Prince Caspian is the second book in the Narnia fantasy series after The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. All first state dust jackets points present including “publisher’s ‘blurb’ and with reviews of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe to the rear panel, and ‘APTV/10’ printed to the rear turn-in.” The book is in beautiful condition with royal blue cloth boards, with bright unfaded silver titles to spine. The boards have clean cloth and sharp corners, one tip bump, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with but a few dots of foxing but No inscriptions, no owner names and No bookplates. The internal pages appear as crisp, clean and unread, with No tears, No bent pages, No handling marks, No stains, no foxing and No writing. Beautiful highly collectible example of this title. Please see images. The scarce original dust jacket has benefited from some restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, and no rubbing. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. 6d.net. Please see detailed images. A very handsome example of this scarce title in beautiful collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other C.S. Lewis titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1951.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the second book in Lewis' beloved Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership inscription to the inside jacket flap. Lewisâ beloved Chronicles of Narnia âmust be judged the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century authorâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 370). The second published of seven novels in the series, Prince Caspian follows the four Pevensie children as they return to Narnia a year following their initial visit to help Narniaâs rightful ruler reclaim his throne. The Narnia tales rank âamong the great classics of the [twentieth] century. Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, scarceâ (Connolly, 186).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
C.S. LEWIS. PRINCE CASPIAN. Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
Price: US$3495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing Clean fine condition book with a fine/near fine dust jacket, not price-clipped. Prince Caspian is the second book in the Narnia fantasy series after The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. All first state dust jackets points present including “publisher’s ‘blurb’ and price ’10s. 6d. (line break) net’ on the front turn-in, with reviews of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe to the rear panel, and ‘APTV/10’ printed to the rear turn-in.” The book is in beautiful fine condition with royal blue cloth boards, with bright unfaded silver titles to spine. The boards have clean cloth and sharp corners with one very tiny tip bump and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with No inscriptions, and No bookplates. The internal pages appear as crisp, clean and unread, with No tears, No bent pages, No handling marks, No stains, no foxing but a few dots to outer page block, and No writing. Beautiful highly collectible example of this title. Please see images. The scarce original dust jacket has benefited from very very slight restoration to the outer spine tips by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a fine/near near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, and no rubbing. Slight toning to the rear panel and the spine. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. 6d.net. Please see detailed images. A superb example of this scarce title in hard to locate collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S.. Prince Caspian. Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A superb copy. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is in wonderful condition and appears unread. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A magnificent copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1951.
Price: US$8200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the second book in Lewis' beloved Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. With an autograph note signed by C.S. Lewis to his PhD student at Cambridge, Anthony Spearing. On Lewis' Magdalene College, Cambridge letterhead, the note reads in full, "5th Nov. 57 Dear Mr. Spearing, I gather I have been inflicted as you as a "superior" so I suppose we out to meet. Wd. next Friday at 12 suit you? Don't bother replying if it would. Yours sincerely C. S. Lewis." The recipient of the letter, Anthony Spearing was assigned to report to Lewis as his PhD supervisor when he arrived as a student at Cambridge the same year Lewis arrived from Oxford as the first occupant of the new chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. He noted that "Lewis was extremely conscientious in commenting in detail on anything I submitted to him, and he most kindly went on doing that after I had ceased to be his superviseeâ¦â (Spearing, C.S. Lewis as a Research Supervisor). Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. The autograph note is in near fine condition. Lewisâ beloved Chronicles of Narnia âmust be judged the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century authorâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 370). The second published of seven novels in the series, Prince Caspian follows the four Pevensie children as they return to Narnia a year following their initial visit to help Narniaâs rightful ruler reclaim his throne. The Narnia tales rank âamong the great classics of the [twentieth] century. Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, scarceâ (Connolly, 186).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.