THE LAST BATTLE | By C. S. Lewis

BH1a

The Bodley Head (1956)
Printing: The Pitman Press, Bath

Royal blue hardback with silver title/author on spine
Jacket: black title on grey-blue cover over Bayne picture of Lucy and Tumnus looking over wall over white author, image of Jewel the Unicorn on spine
184 pages

Note: BH published only MN and LB. Comparable companion volumes will be GB editions.

Printing History:
1. 1956 for 9s.6d.
2. 1958
3. 1961
4. 1964 for 12s6d [Jacket spine indicates Carnegie Medal award]

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BH1b

Bodley Head (1966)
Printing: Pitman Press, Bath

Blue hardback with gold title/author on spine
Jacket: Black title over black Baynes picture of Lucy and Tumnus looking over wall over black author on red cover, image of Jewel the Unicorn on spine
184 pages

Printing History:
[Continued from BH1a]
5. 1966 for 12s6d

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BH1c

Bodley Head (1968)
Printing: Unwin Brothers Ltd, Woking and London

Grey hardback with gold title/author on spine
Jacket: Black title over black Baynes picture of Lucy and Tumnus looking over wall over black author on blue cover, image of Jewel the Unicorn on spine
184 pages

Printing History:
[Continued from BH1b]
6. 1968 for 13s6d

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LG1

Longmans Green and Co Ltd for Bodley Head (1973)
Printing: Unseen

The Pleasure in Reading Series
Brown hardback with white title over Baynes picture of Tirian standing before Tash holding Calormen captian with blue author inset
184 pages

Note: Series includes only MN and LB. Comparable LWW, PC, VDT, SC, and HB volumes were produced by Collins (CO1a) as part of the Evergreen Library Series

Printing History:
Unseen

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BH1d

Bodley Head (1975)
Printing: Unseen

Hardback: Unseen
Jacket: White title over circular color Bayne’s picture of last battle (with bear in center) over white author on teal cover
ISBN: 0-370-00933-9
172 pages

Note: Although published by Bodley Head, BH1d-MN and BH1d-LB were designed to be companion to CO1b volumes.

Printing History:
Unseen

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M1a

Macmillan (1956)
Printing: New York

Mint green hardback with black Tirian, Jewel, and Eustace marching on cover, black author/title on spine
Jacket: GB cover, but with subtitle in black, Jewel the Unicorn image on back
174 pages

Printing History:
1. 1956 for $2.75

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M1b

Macmillan (cir. 1964)
Printing: USA

Hardback: Teal blue hardback with black image of Tirian, Jewel, and Edmond marching on cover and black author/title on spine
Jacket by The Strimbans: White author over white title on aquamarine cover over Baynes picture of Tash carrying Calormen captain in yellow and pink boxes with castle spire in lower right corner
174 pages

Printing History:
3. 1962
8. Sold for $4.95

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M1d1-4

Macmillan (1973)
Printing: USA, some later printings by Quality Printing and Binding, Berryville, VA

Exists in several colored hardbacks, most feature shadow of Tirian, Jewel, and Eustace marching on cover.
Jacket by Roger Hane: Black author/title over full color picture of four children and Aslan looking the door into dying Narnia all on teal cover (duplicate of LB-M2a)
ISBN: 0-02-757890-9
Dimensions: 5.75″ x 8.5″
174 pages

Printing History:
6. (M1d1) Book Club Edition – Teal hardback featuring black shadow of Tirian, Jewel, and Eustace marching on cover, black author/title on spine
8. (M1d1) Book Club Edition – Teal hardback featuring black shadow of Tirian, Jewel, and Eustace marching on cover, black author/title on spine
14. (M1d2) Sold for $10.95 – Teal blue hardback with full color image Hane’s image from Jacket, white
15. (M1d3) Sold for $10.95 – Aquamarine hard cover with teal overleaf, NO shadow image on cover, black author/title on spine
15. (M1d4) Black hardback with navy blue spine wrap with gold shadow of Tirian, Jewel, and Eustace marching on cover on cover, gold author/title on spine. Printed by Quality.
Note: Repetition of printing numbers possibly from Quality Printing failing to change the copyright page.

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RBC

Religious Book Club of The Iversen-Norman Associates (1973)
Printing: USA

2 Volume collection of entire Narniad, using paginations from LWW-M1
Volume 1: LWW, PC, VDT, SC
Volume 2: HB, MN, LB, The Lion of Judah in Never-Never Land by Lindskoog
Royal blue puffed hardback with could series title over gold author over gold ramping lion shadow on v1 (castle on v2) over silver titles, with gold series title on spine
154 pages

Printing History:

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