THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER | By C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (VDT)
SETTINGS 1-2 — All Volumes
SETTING 1
GB
Geoffrey Bles (1952)
Printing: Butler & Tanner Ltd London
Light blue hardback with silver title/author on spine
Jacket: White title on red field over Bayne picture of Dawn Treader in sea life border over black author, image of Reepicheep in coracle on spine
223 pages
Printing History:
1. 1952 for 10s.6d.
2. 1957
3. 1960
4. 1962
5. 1964 for 12s.6d.
6. 1965 for 12s.6d.
7. 1969
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CO1a
Collins and Sons (1968)
Printing: Butler and Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
The Evergreen Library Series
Hardback: Evergreen cloth bound with gold author/title on spine
Jacket by Philip Gough: Black author over yellow title over color image of children falling into picture with Dawn Treader
223 pages
Note: Series includes only LWW, PC, VDT, SC, and HB. Comparable MN and LB volumes were produced by Longman (MN1-LM and LB1-LM)
Printing History:
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CO1b
William Collins Sons (1974)
Printing: Glasgow
Mint green hardback with gold author/title on spine
Jacket: White title on green cover over circular color Baynes color image of Caspian and children on Dragon Island over white author
ISBN: 0-00-183144-5
223 page
Printing History:
1. 1974
2. 1976
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SETTING 2
M1a
Macmillan (1952)
Printing: USA
Light blue hardback with blue Dawn Treader prow on cover, blue author/title on spine
Jacket: GB cover, but on steel blue background and red ink used on Dawn Treader and details, Reepicheep image on back
210 pages
Printing History:
1. 1952 for $2.75
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M1b
Macmillan (cir. 1962)
Printing: USA
Light Blue or Red hardcover with black Dawn Treader prow on cover (from M1a), black author/title on spine
Jacket by The Strimbans: White author, black title on grey cover over Baynes picture of Reepiceep holding cup in yellow and pink boxes
ISBN: None
Dimensions: 5.5″ x 8.25″
210 pages
Printing History:
3. 1962 for $2.95 (Light Blue Cover)
5. 1964 (Light Blue Cover)
8. 1967 (Red Cover)
9. 1970 (Red Cover)
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M1d1-4
Macmillan (1973)
Printing: USA
Exists in several colored hardbacks, most feature black outline of Dawn Treader prow from M1a
Jacket by Roger Hane: White author/title over full color picture of Dawn Treader sail by islands and sea serpent on orange cover (duplicate of VDT4-M2a)
ISBN: 0-02-758800-9
210 pages
Printing History:
8. (M1d1) Book Club Edition – Red hardback with black outline of Dawn Treader prow from M1a with black author/title on spine
9. (M1d1) Book Club Edition – Red hardback with black outline of Dawn Treader prow from M1a with black author/title on spine
16. (M1d2) – Orange hardback with full color image Hane’s image from Jacket
17. (M1d3) Sold for $10.95 – Orange hard cover with dark orange overleaf, NO shadow image on cover, black author/title on spine
19. (M1d3) Sold for $11.95
20. (M1d3) Sold for $11.95
NOTE: M1d4 is unseen (but see LB2-M1d4 for companion edition)
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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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