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book_iconsAfter more than 30 years, one of my most treasured sets of books is still Collier's boxed paperback edition of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Even beyond the stories themselves, I've always loved the Roger Hane cover illustrations. While I've seen others refer to them as "psychedelic", that never seemed accurate to me (except, perhaps, for the stylized vegetation); the paintings have a lovely spare quality to them, their uncluttered but simultaneously fantastical elements highlighted within Art Deco framings.
I hope you'll forgive the occasional image flaw in these; while I did some post-processing to fix the obvious creases and scuffs, scanning three decade-old paperbacks doesn't yield quite the same quality as a recent illustration. ;-)
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1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2. The Horse and His Boy
3.-4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5. The Silver Chair
6.-8. Prince Caspian
9.-14. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
15. The Horse and His Boy
16.-20. The Magician's Nephew
21.-22. The Last Battle
(Feel free to snurch, fold, spindle, modify, etc. for LJ and other non-commercial Fair Use; credit as you deem appropriate.)
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thinkum.
I hope you'll forgive the occasional image flaw in these; while I did some post-processing to fix the obvious creases and scuffs, scanning three decade-old paperbacks doesn't yield quite the same quality as a recent illustration. ;-)
Teasers: 1.
2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2. The Horse and His Boy
3.-4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5. The Silver Chair
6.-8. Prince Caspian
9.-14. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
15. The Horse and His Boy
16.-20. The Magician's Nephew
21.-22. The Last Battle
(Feel free to snurch, fold, spindle, modify, etc. for LJ and other non-commercial Fair Use; credit as you deem appropriate.)
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Date: 2004-11-05 07:03 pm (UTC)These have always been THE Narnia illustrations for me. Thank you. Thank you.
Taking 'em.
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Date: 2004-11-05 07:11 pm (UTC)Happy memories attached to that strange vegetation!
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Date: 2004-11-05 07:19 pm (UTC)Narnia
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Date: 2004-11-06 06:16 am (UTC)Yay!
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Date: 2004-11-10 05:59 am (UTC)Lots and lots of wonderful childhood memories connected to these images...
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Date: 2004-12-17 05:17 pm (UTC)Hope this helps. ;-)
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Date: 2005-03-27 06:02 am (UTC)i have had many sets of these books over the last 30 years ... these covers will always be my faves!