NARRATIVE POEMS | By C. S. Lewis
Narrative Poems (NP)
Narrative Poems is a collection of the four narrative poems Lewis is known to have written. Edited and with a preface by Walter Hooper. Two settings of the work currently exist.
SETTING 1
GB
Geoffrey Bles (October 27, 1969)
Printing: Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading
Walter Hooper, ed.
Contains preface by Walter Hooper
Black hardback with gold title/author in baby blue field on spine
Jacket by Michael Harvey: Black author over teal blue title on white cover
175 pages
Printing History:
Sold for 25s
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HB1a
Harcout Brace Jovanovich, Inc. (February 23, 1972)
Printing: USA
Walter Hooper, ed.
Contains preface by Walter Hooper
Royal blue hardcover with gold author/title on spine
Jacket by Miriam Woods: White author over white title on dark blue cover feature crescent moon and stars
ISBN: 0-15-164234-6
175 pages
Printing History:
1. Sold for $5.95
2. Sold for $5.95
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HB1b
Harvest/HBJ Book of Harcout Brace Jovanovich (1979) [1]
Printing: USA
Walter Hooper, ed.
Contains preface by Walter Hooper
Paperback by John Alcorn: Black author/title over kneeling angel with swored and helm on white field with yellow and orange border
ISBN: 0-15-665327-3
175 pages
[1] Hooper lists release on February 6, 1978, which conflicts with publication data in book
Printing History:
1. 1979 for $3.95
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HB1c
Harvest/HBJ Book of Harcout Brace Jovanovich (1979)
Printing: USA
Walter Hooper, ed.
Contains preface by Walter Hooper
Paperback by Tyler A. Blik: Purple author over white flourish in pink box over purple title with first letters in pink boxes all on pink/white pinstripe cover
ISBN: 0-15-665327-3
175 pages
Printing History: [Probably continued from HC1b]
2. Sold for $4.95
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HB1d
A Harvest Book of Harcourt Brace & Company (Unknown)
Printing: USA
Paperback by David Kahl: White Title on black bar, Black author on vertical gold bar in up left, on painting of knight on horseback and boy in red shirt
ISBN: 0-15-672248-8
178 pages
Printing History:
4. Sold for $10.00
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HB1e
A Harvest Book of Harcourt, Inc. (Unknown)
Printing: USA
Walter Hooper, ed.
Contains preface by Walter Hooper
Paperback by Liz Demeter: White author in gold field over white title in burgundy field over image of Dicksee’s La Belle Donne sans Merci
ISBN: 0-15-602798-4
175 pages
Printing History:
Sold for $12.00
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SETTING 2
F
Fount Paperbacks of HarperCollins (1994)
Printing: HarperCollins Manufacturing, Glasgow
Edited and Preface by Walter Hooper
Paperback with white title over silver shining author on color image of knight’s gauntlet holding lance with attached banner with castle in background.
ISBN: 0-00-627837-X
177 pages
Printing History:
Sold for £6.99
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SETTING 3
HC
HarperOne of HarperCollins (February 14, 2017)
Printing: USA
ISBN-10: 0062643681
ISBN-13: 978-0062643681
Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 8 inches
272 pages
Deckle edged
Printing History:
Sold for $14.99
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