NMLP P-003646 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Magician's Nephew

C. S. Lewis (illustrated by Pauline Baynes) · The Bodley Head (London) · 1955

The UK Bodley Head edition is the true first, preceding the US Macmillan edition issued the same year (1955). The shift from Bles to Bodley Head for the last two books is a common point of confusion.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003646 for "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis (illustrated by Pauline Baynes) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003646, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).