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TOLKIEN**, J. R. R - Edited by Christopher Tolkien**: : THE SILMARILLION.**

LONDON.GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN (Publishers) LTD.,1977.

ISBN 0048231398.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.[First published 1977 - the true 1st edn believed to be a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj unpriced export edn with 'William Clowes & Sons,Limited' attribution on it's copyright page.1st edn,2nd imp was priced (£4.95).The book wentthrough several impressions in the same published year - this example being the fourth impression of the same year,and printed in Great Britain at the University Press,Cambridge.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£4.95) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by J.R.R. Tolkien,illustrated front+rear dw/dj panels,with white and red lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges dark blue tint,fore-edges generally bright and clean - merest hint of minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear barely read (though a tasselled,dark green leather with bright,crisp gilt designed bookmark between pp36/7,leaving some light,faint,minimal ageing shadows to those pages' top+bottom edges,is present) - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and similar bright,crisp, blocked gilt circular emblem - the Luthien Tinuviel (design repeated from front panel of dw/dj) and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp,7-365pp [paginated] includes Christopher Tolkien's foreword,a contents list/table,4 short stories and Quenta Silmarillion comprising XXIV(24) chapters,a b/w map with black+red titles between pp128/9 (in the first state,it is between pp121/2),Tables: I-V genealogies,The Sundering of the Elves, notes on pronunciation,an index of names, an appendix,and tipped in; an immaculate folding b/w map with red titles of "Beleriand and the Land's to the North" with no nicks or tears present.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks with a tipped in fold-out map,half-title+title pages. The issue points/typographical errors of the 1st edn are present in this example (e.g p330,p352 etc),and these were then subsequently rectified in the following issues. Tolkien's first book and also his last.In origin though,it precedes even 'The Hobbit',and is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's Middle Earth.Tolkien worked on it,changed it,and enlarged it throughout his entire life.It was finally edited and published posthumously 4 years after his father's death,by his son Christopher Tolkien.Contains the stories: 'Quenta Silmarillion', 'Ainulindale', 'Valaquenta' and 'Akallabeth' and 'Of The Rings of Power and the Third Age'. A truly exceptional example in a really good and unusually high grade/condition. Want more J. R. R. Tolkien titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.
Not SIGNED.

TOLKIEN**, J. R. R - Edited by Christopher Tolkien**: : THE SILMARILLION.**

LONDON.GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN (Publishers) LTD.,1977.

ISBN 0048231398.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.[First published 1977 - the true 1st edn believed to be a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj unpriced export edn with 'William Clowes & Sons,Limited' attribution on it's copyright page.1st edn,2nd imp was priced (£4.95).The book went through several impressions in the same published year - this example being the fourth impression of the same year,and printed in Great Britain at the University Press,Cambridge.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£4.95) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by J.R.R. Tolkien,illustrated front+rear dw/dj panels,with white and red lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges dark blue tint,fore-edges generally bright and clean - merest hint of minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear barely read (though a tasselled,dark green leather with bright,crisp gilt designed bookmark between pp36/7,leaving some light,faint,minimal ageing shadows to those pages' top+bottom edges,is present) - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and similar bright,crisp, blocked gilt circular emblem - the Luthien Tinuviel (design repeated from front panel of dw/dj) and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp,7-365pp [paginated] includes Christopher Tolkien's foreword,a contents list/table,4 short stories and Quenta Silmarillion comprising XXIV(24) chapters,a b/w map with black+red titles between pp128/9 (in the first state,it is between pp121/2),Tables: I-V genealogies,The Sundering of the Elves, notes on pronunciation,an index of names,an appendix,and tipped in; an immaculate folding b/w map with red titles of "Beleriand and the Land's to the North" with no nicks or tears present.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks with a tipped in fold-out map,half-title+title pages. The issue points/typographical errors of the 1st edn are present in this example (e.g p330,p352 etc),and these were then subsequently rectified in the following issues. Tolkien's first book and also his last.In origin though,it precedes even 'The Hobbit',and is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's Middle Earth.Tolkien worked on it,changed it,and enlarged it throughout his entire life.It was finally edited and published posthumously 4 years after his father's death,by his son Christopher Tolkien.Contains the stories: 'Quenta Silmarillion', 'Ainulindale', 'Valaquenta' and 'Akallabeth' and 'Of The Rings of Power and the Third Age'. A truly exceptional example in a really good and unusually high grade/condition. Want more J. R. R. TOLKIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.
Not SIGNED.

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