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Lewis, C. S.. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in silver; lacking the dust jacket. Good with slight lean to binding, light edge wear, fading to spine and edges, soiling to cloth. Pages tanned, foxing to preliminary and terminal sheets.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S.. The Last Battle: A Story for Children. The Bodley Head, 1956.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and foxed, with a few small creases along the edges. Despite this, the jacket remains whole and intact. The boards are a bit edge worn but strong and sturdy. Internally, there is moderate foxing throughout, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the text remains neat and complete. Securely bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Lewis, C.S.. The Last Battle: A Story for Children. The Bodley Head, 1956.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The dust jacket is price-clipped, shelf rubbed, edge worn and slightly marked, but remains whole and intact. The boards are a touch discoloured along the top edge. Internally, there is a previous owner's signature under the front board and on the front end page. Previous retailer's sticker under the front board. Some very mild foxing to the early pages and scattered throughout but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the text is neat and complete. Securely bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Lewis, C.S.. the Last Battle, a Story For Children.. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cover, good but faded and possibly slightly soiled at the edges. Internally clean and very good but slightly yellowing with age. A bookplate from the original owner on the front flyleaf. The dust jacket has two inches of the spine area missing. There is a cup mark on the back cover the paper of the DJ is darkened and slightly chipped at all ,corners. and worn at edges. A clear plastic wrapper protects it.
Seller: Amolib Books, Oxford, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, 1956. Some very light foxing and fingering throughout. Publishers cloth lightly marked and rubbed around edges. Dustwrapper slightly hipped at the top and bottom of spine and corners. Rear panel heavily marked and fingered, dustwrapper generally darkened, still a good solid copy. 184 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Lewis, C. S.. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$639.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Binding clean, dustwrapper not price clipped, small chip to wrapper at top left corner. The final volume of the Narnia series. 184 pages. Numerous black and white drawings, some full-page.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Lewis, C. S.. The Last Battle. London: The Bodley Head, 1956.
Price: US$769.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression (The Bodley Head, 1956). Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Small area of sunning to spine head with an owner name and date to endpaper verso and some spotting to front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise contents clean throughout. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with some chipping to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Foxing to lower panel, flaps and verso. A very good example.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Lewis, C S. The Last Battle. London The Bodley Head 1956, 1956.
Price: US$961.49 + 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 Lewiss 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.
C S Lewis. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$1019.18 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A near fine or better book bound in the publishers blue cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine. There is minimal bumping to the spine tip. There is a hint of spotting to the end-papers but the inner text is very clean indeed, free of any foxing or finger marks. No previous owner names or inscriptions inset. The price clipped dust wrapper is in very good condition with light wear to the extremities. Small mark to the bottom right corner of the front panel. A few light marks to the rear panel and tiny graze to the front panel. No paper or print loss. An attractive copy of the seventh and final Narnia novel. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for children's literature.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
C.S Lewis. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$1410.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK - A very good or better book bound in the publishers blue cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine. There is very light bumping to the spine tip, but with sharp corners. There is some spotting to the top page block with a couple of foxing spots to the front end-paper. The inner text is very clean indeed, free of any foxing or finger marks. There is a small name and 1960 date present to the front end-paper, also a small book seller's label to the base of the front paste-down. The dust wrapper is also in very good or slightly better condition with light wear to the spine tip, also to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. There is toning to the white portion of the spine, with a faint mark to the rear panel.Light foxing to the extremities of the front and rear flap corners, else a clean example with virtually no loss, and with the publisher's printed price of 9s.6d.net present to the front flap. An attractive copy of the seventh and final Narnia novel. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for children's literature.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
LEWIS, C. S.; illustrated by BAYNES, Pauline. THE LAST BATTLE. London: The Bodley Head., 1956.
Price: US$1602.48 + 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$1602.48 + 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
Lewis, C S. The Last Battle. Bodley Head, 1956.
Price: US$1922.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1956 Bodley Head Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with very good+ unclipped dust jacket. Wonderful jacket design & illustrations by Pauline Baynes as shown. Dustjacket has had few minor repairs over its lifetime.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
C.S. LEWIS. THE LAST BATTLE. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$2495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The book is in beautiful condition with crisp blue cloth boards, with bright unfaded silver titles to spine. The boards are in crisp condition, with sharp corners and no edgewear. Slight toning to the cloth along the upper edge. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with No inscriptions, No owner names, and no bookplates but with slight faded foxing. The internal pages are bright, clean and flat, with No tears, No bent pages, No handling marks, No stains, and No writing, and with some very slight faint foxing to the first few pages. Beautiful crisp, highly collectible example of this title. Please see images. The scarce original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the spine ends and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with none of the otherwise common sunning to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, and no rubbing. Even the rear panel remains bright. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 9s 6d.net. Please see detailed images. A very handsome, clean example of this title, presenting well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE SCI FI/FANTASY TITLES.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, C.S.. The Last Battle. The Bodley Head, London, 1956.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First published 1956" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 9s 6d net printed price present on the front flap with NO chips or tears with minor repair. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, or marks in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.