Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.

LEWIS, C.S.

$2,800.00

Item Number: 143020

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951.

First edition of the second book in Lewis’ beloved Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership inscription to the inside jacket flap.

Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia “must be judged the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author” (Carpenter & Prichard, 370). The second published of seven novels in the series, Prince Caspian follows the four Pevensie children as they return to Narnia a year following their initial visit to help Narnia’s rightful ruler reclaim his throne. The Narnia tales rank “among the great classics of the [twentieth] century. Adored by children and academics alike, these books are extremely collectable, sought-after, scarce” (Connolly, 186).