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Prince Caspian First UK edition, first impression cover

Prince Caspian

C. S. Lewis · Geoffrey Bles, 1951 · First UK edition, first impression

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$3,105

Valued from 4 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsigned
Fine$3,564
Near fine$3,105
Very good$2,700
Good$2,700
Fair$2,316

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Prince Caspian.

✓ Copyright page: “First published 1951”, printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome, for Geoffrey Bles, with no impression line below it

✓ Title page: London · Geoffrey Bles, illustrations by Pauline Baynes

✓ Dust jacket: dark blue, Pauline Baynes roundel of dancing figures, reviews of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on the rear panel

✓ Price: 10s. 6d. net (10 shillings 6 pence) at the foot of the front flap (unclipped); later impressions kept this price, so it alone doesn't prove a first

✓ Binding: dark blue cloth, spine lettered in silver; colour frontispiece and map front endpaper

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