Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
Tolkien, J. R. R.; Christopher Tolkien, editor
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Date published: 1980
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9780395299173
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1980. First (1st) Printing (full number line to "1") of "First American Edition" (stated). Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with orange topstain and no markings of any kind, and with foldout "Map of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" at rear of book. The Binding is full light green cloth, color uniform throughout, and with bright dark green and silver ornamentation to front cover, bright dark green design and bright silver title, etc. to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and almost fully intact with the original price ($15.00) intact on front fold, but with a small chip at the bottom of the rear panel at the spine, and wear showing at the head and heel of the spine andt at the corners of the folds. See the photos. 472 pages. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Winner of the 1981 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award from the Mythopoeic Society. These stories expand on some of the tales in the Silmarillion, especially the story of the Children of Hurin, and include stories of Numenor from the Second Age, as well as some from the Third Age of Middle-earth. Edited with Introduction, Commentary, Index and Maps by Christopher Tolkien. NOTE: This is a somewhat heavy book, weighing 825 grams / 29.1 ounces, and may when packaged require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0395299179 / ISBN 13: 9780395299173
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