Description
First edition of The Last Battle: A Story for Children by C.S. Lewis, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, 184pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated “First Published 1956” on copyright page. Foxing to leafends and endpapers, solid text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, “9s 6d net” retail price on front flap, foxing to jacket, toning to illustration on back panel, solid hinges.
The Last Battle is the seventh and final book of the Narnia Chronicles. Illustrations and jacket design by Pauline Baynes.