Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Ward, Michael - 2008

Hardback. Acceptable.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Oxford University Press, 2008-01-15. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0195313879 The index states "A photo gallery follows page 126" there is no photo gallery included in this volume. Dust jacket complete in a clear protective sleeve. Original grey cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. xii (3) 347 pages clean and tight. For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides… Read More

Oxford University Press, 2008-01-15. hardcover. Good. 9x1x6. Clean but has some writings front cover page. Ships promptly.

OUP, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First edition, fifth printing. A very clean, bright copy. Light bump to lower corners of boards and jacket.Clean unmarked pages, unclipped jacket. Michael Ward has written a book whose 'donegality' is the medieval scholarship, the poetic craftsmanship, the philosophical acumen and the imaginative genius of the self-consciously Jovial Lewis himself. Tom Wright, Times Literary Supplement. 364 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9780195313871. Inventory No: dscf9418. . 9780195313871

Oxford University Press, 2007. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition fifth printing hardback, 2007, with unclipped jacket. In fine condition in a near-fine dust jacket with a tiny nick to front cover lower rh corner tip. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In immaculate condition. Later ex POD copy of 1st edition hardback with grey boards and gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. With bibliography and notes but without photographs. Printed by Lightning Source to rear end papers "The Chronicles of Narnia. Readily accessible to the average reader, Wards book reads so much like a detective story that it's difficult to put down.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.. Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets = Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus and Saturn...Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality..." Pp.xvi/347, 23 black & white plates. Black cloth, dustwrapper with minor edge wear. VG/VG.