Lewis, C S. The Last Battle. London The Bodley Head 1956, 1956.

Price: US$954.02 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by The Bodley Head in 1956. A very good book with one neat name to the head of the front endpaper and a small rough patch below. A thin piece of off-setting to the top of the front board. Some small stains to the top edge of the text block. In a very good clipped wrapper with some heavy spotting to the rear panel. Some rubbing and light chipping to the corners and to the spine tips. A Chronicle of Narnia.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

LEWIS, C.S. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, 1956.

Price: US$995.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1956 Chronicles of Narnia 1st ed The Last Battle CS Lewis Fantasy Novel +DJ C.S. Lewis is one of the most notable and recognized 20th-century British writers known for his books of high fantasy – ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. The final installment of the famed series is ‘The Last Battle’, a novel set in Narnia and tells the story of Aslan destroying the world after the final battle between good and evil. A rare and desirable first edition printing of Lewis’s ‘Last Battle’ complete with the Pauline Baynes illustrations. Item number: #24764 Price: $995 LEWIS, C.S. The Last Battle London: The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. Details: • Collation: Complete with all pages o 184 o Heavily illustrated throughout • Language: English • Binding: Hardcover; secure o Blue cloth o Original dust jacket NOT price clipped! (9s 6d.net) • Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20.5cm x 14cm) • Very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $2500 Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24764 Photos available upon request.

Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

Lewis, C. S. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 7). The Bodley Head, 1956.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples) : The Last Battle. London : The Bodley Head, 1956. First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 7.75"/20cm. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over boards, bright silver lettering imprinted on spine. DJ in light green w/black and white lettering (front) or white with black lettering (back); front also features a Pauline Baynes illustration in blue and brown of Lucy conferring with faun Tumnus. Blank endpapers/flyleaves; 184 numbered pp. Many Baynes illustrations in b&w (none in color)scattered through text.Condition notes: A highly collectible copy of this Narnia classic, seventh and last in the series (in Lewis' original, published, order). This is the rare 1956 British First edition/First Impression by The Bodley Head. Included is the original dustjacket -- not a reproduction, not price-clipped. Binding is slightly cocked off square,solid. DJ shows tanning and foxing from age both interior and exterior(see photos), a few chips and small tears, noticeably at corners and spine ends. The DJ also contains the only writing observed anywhere in this copy, discreetly in two places: in the upper right corner of the front inside flap of the DJ, where '1.70' has been written 1/8"/3mm tall, quite unobtrusive; second, a neat numeral '7' has been written in blue pen (1/4"/6mm tall) on the dj spine above author's name. Both endpapers show slight tanning and foxing. Textblock edges are lightly tanned and with a trace of foxing. P. 95/96 has a slight imperfection top of page at binding, wrinkling. The boards are nice, unfaded, corners bumped. Spine top and tail slightly rolled. We seal, wrap, box, and insure your package to protect your investment. And we personally inspect every book we offer.

Seller: Furrowed Brow Books, IOBA, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

LEWIS, C. S.; illustrated by BAYNES, Pauline. THE LAST BATTLE. London: The Bodley Head., 1956.

Price: US$1590.03 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by Pauline Baynes. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, lightly spotted to the closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that whilst without loss or tears is spotted to the rear panel and flap edges. Not price-clipped (9s 6d net to the front flap). The final published novel in the Narnia Chronicles. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

Lewis, C. S.. The Last Battle. Bodley Head, London, 1956.

Price: US$1590.03 + shipping

Description: (London: The Bodley Head, 1956). First UK Edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by Pauline Baynes. A near fine copy (spine tips a trifle pushed; the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh). No inscriptions. No foxing to the page block edges. Clean and fresh interior. In the first issue dustwrapper priced 9s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The lightly rubbed VG+ dustwrapper is complete with a tiny amount of loss/creasing at the head of the spine. The rear panel and flaps have none of the usual heavy foxing (so often encountered with this title) and the back panel merely has a few, indiscriminate, very minor marks. The white portion to the middle of the spine (so often browned) is creamy white which is good to see. A nice copy of the final published novel in the Narnia Chronicles. Winner of the 1956 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom