by Sven » May 10th, 2007, 11:21 pm
The cover illustrator is Roger Hane, an American artist and illustrator. Unfortunately, he was killed by a mugger in Central Park in 1974 at only the age of 36. Other than these Narnia books, he was best known for illustrating the book Bible Smuggler.
The ISBN of The Silver Chair you're looking for is 0-02-044250-5. You can find several copies for sale starting at $1.00 on ABE, The MacMillian Collier's are not particularly rare, the most valuable part of your set is actually the slipcase. Oh, they are the US edition, so they aren't exactly the same as the currently published versions of the Chronicles, which all follow the UK edition. Thus, in your copy, the White Witch's Wolf Captain is named Fenris Ulf instead of Maugrim, etc.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.