Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
London: Geoffrey Bles & The Bodley Head, 1950-1956. Pauline Baynes. First Edition; first printing. Hardcover. LEWIS, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia. First British edition with facsimile dust wrappers.All books are first editions, first printings. The books are in bad condition so we have used facsimile dust wrappers and a......
Item #077803
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. Pauline Baynes. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1954. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. This first edition copy is beautifully rebound in half leather and marbleized boards. Part of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Brown 53. Rich half green leather.....
Item #070223
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Many polls at the end of the twentieth century found this to be the most influential Christian book of the 1900s. It started with Lewis giving four series of talks on BBC during World War II. These series were published as three small.....
Item #077818
New York: Macmillan, 1943. First American Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition has two states. The earlier, and preferred state, has Macmillan at the bottom of the spine (of the book, not the wrapper) and below Macmillan is a single dot. The second state has Macmillan at the bottom and.....
Item #078931
1942: Geoffrey Bles, London. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with a label on the spine which has black text. 160 pp. Dust wrapper is tan with black text some inside two red borders and some inside a third red border. CONDITION: The book is VG+ with no writing in.....
Item #080322
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. Pauline Baynes. First Edition. Hardcover. Wikipedia has a list of the best selling individual books of all time but this title is not included because it is a part of a series. The Chronicles of Narnia has sold 120 million copies so if one uses that.....
Item #078604
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1928. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. A Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Purple cloth boards with green text on the spine. 345 pp. The dust wrapper has a purple background with gruesome art and text in green.....
Item #068395
New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1930. This is the only mystery that Sayers wrote which does not feature Lord Peter Wimsey. Robert Eustace is a pen name for Eustace Robert Barton. Barton was a doctor and scientist. For this book, he supplied.....
Item #071284
Minneapolis: Privately Printed for Edmund D. Brooks and Alvin Langdon Coburn & their friends, 1914. Alvin Langdon Coburn (Photographs). First Edition. Inscribed by the. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. Sullivan 34. Privately printed for Edmund D. Brooks and Alvin Langdon Coburn and their friends. This copy inscribed to.....
Item #064817
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. Arthur Hughes. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. This is MacDonald's first long fairy story published in book form. Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. London: Strahan & Co, 1871. Rebound in green cloth with gold text on the spine. 378 pp. with 13 pages of advertisements in.....
Item #063684
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1882. THREE VOLUME SET. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best know for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of.....
Item #071277
London: Strahan, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1867. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award for his lasting.....
Item #071278
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1883. THREE VOLUME SET. First edition. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient.....
Item #071279
Macmillan, [1868]. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the first page of the preface: "To the Liberal in Russell Gurney, the Conservative in George MacDonald offers his acknowledgement, with undying sense of obligation and undiminished freedom. January 1, 1869." Books signed or inscribed by MacDonald are uncommon. There is a penciled.....
Item #072483
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1858. Phantastes by George MacDonald. This book had a huge influence on C. S. Lewis. He first read it when he picked up a copy at a train station when he was about 17. He was an atheist at the time.....
Item #070285
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1968. First Edition in Three Volumes. Hardcover. Rebound in half leather, green leather on green cloth. Marbleized end sheets. Shaberman 36. Attractive half leather rebinding. Spine has five hubs and text in gilt. 326 pp., 303 pp. A nice set in very good condition. Some wear-through.....
Item #073952
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872 [1871]. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1872 [1871]. THREE VOLUME SET. This set comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the.....
Item #071283
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. GEORGE MACDONALD'S FIRST BOOK. This first published book of George MacDonald's is a poetic play and is dedicated to his wife. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Shaberman 6.Brown cloth boards. 183 pp. with ads in the back. Binding.....
Item #061109
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of MacDonald's first book. Brown cloth textured boards with gilt text on the spine. 183 pp., followed by 26 pages of ads. Cracked hinge at fourth page following title page. Thus it grades as in good condition. Shelley and Son.....
Item #075465
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First American edition, first st. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST STATE, 1938. The first state of the first American edition has a bowing hobbit (facing to the left) on the title page. In the second state this device is replaced with a worn publisher.....
Item #071256
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. This book has been beautifully rebound in blue leather with a gilt frame on the covers, hubbed spine, two red "label" sections on the spine with gilt text. The red top stain is original as is the red and.....
Item #080351