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she-elfwarrior19
08-26-2005, 05:26 PM
I have a few sets actually...lol i have the colored CON, the all in one with the big aslan head on the cover, and a newer version to me,what version do you have?I will try to add each version i have, with a pic of it so you know what i mean.
inkspot
08-26-2005, 05:32 PM
I have a box set, the third picture you posted. And I have a real old set from when I was a kid, but I don't see it among your photos. It is missing LWW from that set, and it is numbered so LWW was #1, so I can't really add a replacement from a new edition. Oh well. I wonder if in heaven it will be restored, or if we won't even want to read about Narnia there because we will be living it?
legolas
08-26-2005, 05:39 PM
I don't have all of them... only the magiceans nephew. but i have the tapes (cassets) and cd's.
she-elfwarrior19
08-26-2005, 07:34 PM
hey inkspot, my sister has a realy old version, i will put a pic of one of them to see if it is familiar, like the others :confused:
the first one looks old, i will add the other one the one my sister has,alright,
Tarkheena_Finduilas22
08-26-2005, 08:34 PM
I have the first of the ones you just posted.
inkspot
08-26-2005, 08:43 PM
No, mine must be from the 70's -- they had kinda psychadelic line drawings ... Those are all cool, though.
Tarkheena_Finduilas22
08-26-2005, 08:54 PM
those sound neat. I want to get the books with the new covers cus I constantly have to steal my older sis's books. She's the only one that has em.
holyboy
08-26-2005, 09:12 PM
I have a different version then you guys. Its a box set, where the numbering is in chronological order. I don't know when they were published.

I scanned LWW and MN for you to look at.

LWW (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/holyboy666/lastscan.jpg)

MN (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/holyboy666/lastscanMN.jpg)
borntofly
08-26-2005, 09:21 PM
ooh! i liek those! WHo did the cover art?

I have a hard cover box set! I don't thinkthe pic is here though...
Checkmate
08-26-2005, 10:10 PM
I have the one with Aslan's head on the cover... that's the one with all of the original artwork...
waterhogboy
08-27-2005, 08:37 AM
I have the Last Battle in Holyboy style, but all my others are Lions versions. My VDT actually has a picture from the BBC film version on the front.
she-elfwarrior19
08-27-2005, 09:11 AM
HOLYBOY!!!!!you have the LWW version i want, lol, do you live in Canada right? where did you get those lol?
legolas
08-27-2005, 10:13 AM
lol...

10
she-elfwarrior19
08-27-2005, 12:27 PM
legolas, whats the 10 for? just a question
legolas
08-27-2005, 12:37 PM
legolas, whats the 10 for? just a question

instead of putting "10 thingy" i just put 10
The Magician's Nephew
08-28-2005, 06:13 PM
I have a new boxset, hardcover listed chronologically. But I also have another boxset from the 70's. Unfortunatly thoug, the Dawn treader and prince caspian were missing some pages and were falling apart so I had to get the new ones.
Gibby
08-28-2005, 10:37 PM
I have the condensed volume; with all the editions in one bound book.
holyboy
08-28-2005, 11:09 PM
HOLYBOY!!!!!you have the LWW version i want, lol, do you live in Canada right? where did you get those lol?

Sorry I did not answer you earlier, but I was working this weekend :(

My parents got this set about 10 years ago for my sister. I am not sure where you can pick one up, but I would suggest going to Indigo or Chapters and asking them for an old box set. If they have some lying around, they would be more then happy to sell them

If worse comes to worse, you can look on Amazon for it.
Neevil
09-23-2005, 01:38 PM
When I was a young girl, I lost my books when I made the move from Britain to Canada. I made a point of buying it recently. I bought the unabridged volume with the beautiful artwork of Aslan on the front.
Cassie
09-25-2005, 06:38 AM
Oh mine haven't been mentioned yet... it's a box set in chronological order, with a huge border and just a small picture. I love them, I've had them since I was 7. They're the ones I read Narnia on first. Most of them are dog-eared and one of them got caught in a flood, but I wouldn't change em!
she-elfwarrior19
09-25-2005, 07:26 AM
neevil, the one you bought which aslan one is it?
waterhogboy
09-25-2005, 05:12 PM
Hey Cassie. I might have the same as you. Does the border have lots of symbols/pictures representing things in the story?
unleavened
09-25-2005, 07:32 PM
Mine have really cool stiple pictures on them.
Esmeralda
12-18-2009, 11:33 PM
I have the all-in-one book.
With Aslan's head on the cover.
<3
Copperfox
12-19-2009, 12:22 AM
The standard old paperbacks that my first wife and I bought. My first wife is now in Aslan's Country.
The Spanish Inquisition
12-19-2009, 12:35 AM
I've got this set:

http://workbench.cadenhead.org/media/collier-chronicles-of-narnia-box.jpg
Mrs Gil-Galad Took
12-19-2009, 03:58 AM
I already have the CoN books in dutch but when I went home after my trip to California I got a gift from BK (thanks again for this wonderful gift Mike) The big CoN book with all books in one. I immidiatly started to read when I got into the plane. And somehow the books are more fascinating in english than in dutch even though the translation is the same ;)
Sven-El
12-19-2009, 03:35 PM
I have two versions. One is an early American edition of all seven ( complete with Maugrim being refered to as Fenris Ulf, and a different ending to the Dark Island sequence in VODT). Those are in the original publication order.

The second edition is a more recent 50th anniversery of LWW editions, in chronological order, British versions.

Don't ask me why there are differences between the early American editions and the British versions. It's kind of like how the first Harry Potter book is called "Philosophers STone" in the UK, and "Sorcerers Stone" in the US. Persumably, the editors feel American audiences won't understand them. Proabably true considering how many American's ask who Bacchus is in Prince Caspian, the point or the ROmp, find Puddleglum depressing in Silver Chair, and wonder why Santa Claus is called Father Christmas in LWW.
Animus Wyrmis
12-19-2009, 05:55 PM
Don't ask me why there are differences between the early American editions and the British versions. It's kind of like how the first Harry Potter book is called "Philosophers STone" in the UK, and "Sorcerers Stone" in the US. Persumably, the editors feel American audiences won't understand them. Proabably true considering how many American's ask who Bacchus is in Prince Caspian, the point or the ROmp, find Puddleglum depressing in Silver Chair, and wonder why Santa Claus is called Father Christmas in LWW.

I believe Lewis edited the books prior to publication in America. I think he was worried about the ending of the Nightmare Island sequence; possibly he had other things he wanted to change too.

ETA: Wikipedia has more! LWW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe#Differences_b etween_the_British_and_American_editions), VDT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader#Differences_between _British_and_American_editions). It seems like he wanted to change things, although probably not because he was worried about Americans' ability to understand things. :P I've no idea why HarperCollins used the original versions (with the island being destroyed and Feris Ulf) instead of the edits but decided to go with the chronological order instead of publication (or no order at all).
MrBob
12-19-2009, 10:45 PM
"Don't ask me why there are differences between the early American editions and the British versions."

Sven, sometimes, there are slight changes due to slightly different terms or how audiences reacting differently to something based on culture.

The former is important as some terms may seem nonsensical if left in. The latter not so much, but if the author decides to make the changes, that is his business.

MrBob