The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

LEWIS, C[live] S[taples]. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Illustrated by Michael Hague. NY: Macmillan [1983]. 8vo, viii 184pp. Red cloth stamped in gold foil. Orange endpapers; one double-page and 12 full-page color illustrations. Slightly rubbed at top and bottom edge, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some light rubbing as always with this jacket whose finish rubs off at the lightest touch). Signed by the artist, Michael Hague, with a 5” drawing of Aslan on the half-title.

First Hague-illustrated edition. C.S. Lewis’ first adventure into the world of Narnia is brought to wonderful new life in this splendid, richly imagined illustrated edition. Hague’s lush watercolor illustrations capture the magic, power, and tension of this beloved classic.