The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia) by Lewis, C. S - 1971

London: Bodley Head, 1971. 5th or later Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pauline Baynes. First edition seventh printing Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges, bottom edge has a ciple of small biro marks. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Lightly bumped to head and foot of spine, near fine condition. Jacket has crimping and rubbing to edges and joints. Ribs to foreedge corners. Front panel has a thumb nail sized rub to foot of joint. The spine is sunned. The rear white panel is toned and generally grubby. A child has ticked three titles in blue ink on the series titles list. Overall a nice book in a good jacket For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A god jacket reader copy of this title, a seventh printing from 1971. With the original illustrations by Pauline Baynes.