Seven CS Lewis copies to treasure

Now handsomely bound in full red morocco and contained in slipcases, a set of first-edition copies of what are collectively known as ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ of CS Lewis led a Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) sale of October 7 with a bid of £3400 from a buyer on thesaleroom.com.

All illustrated by Pauline Baynes, the seven books had been launched in 1950 with The Lion, The Wi…

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