NMLP P-036499 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis · Geoffrey Bles (London) · 1950

The UK Geoffrey Bles edition of 16 October 1950 is the true first edition worldwide. The Macmillan (New York) first American edition also appeared in 1950 but was reset from new type (with textual changes in chapters 1, 6 and 13 and fewer illustrations), so it does not precede the Bles first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036499 for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036499, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).