[Juvenile] [Children's Literature] The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [Chronicles Of Narnia] by LEWIS, C. S. (Clive Staples, 1898-1963) - 1960

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. Third Impression ("Reprinted 1960" on final page) of the third title in the Narnia series. Crown 8vo (196 x 130mm): 223,[1]pp, with full- and partial-page illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine titled in silver, illustrated end papers; correct third-impression pictorial dust jacket priced 10s/6d. Near Fine (spine lightened but lettering crisp, spotting to top and fore-edges); about Fine jacket (flap folds lightly foxed). Third installment of this landmark series, first published in 1952, in which Edmund and Lucy return to Narnia to sail with Prince Caspian to the end of the world in search of the seven lords who were exiled from Narnia by Tirian. While the third published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956), it is volume five in recent editions, which are sequenced according to the novels' internal chronology. Since the mid-1970s, some voices have urged that the novels be read in the order in which events occur in the stories. But most scholars advocate reading the series in order of publication. "To read one of the other books before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe sacrifices narrative strategies Lewis consciously or unconsciously built into it as the first book about Narnia, strategies he used to introduce readers gradually to the world of Narnia and to the mysterious character Aslan. Likewise, the fullest imaginative experiencing of The Magician's Nephew comes through reading it as a flashback, for that is the way Lewis thought of it as he wrote the book." (Literary Encyclopedia) Adapted and filmed as four episodes of a BBC television series in 1989 and as a feature film in 2010. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).