STATED FIRST PRINTING (Dustjacket is tattered; book itself is like-new). Collected by Tolkien's son, these tales further explore the legendary Middle-earth, including its languages, legends, politics, and kings, and ranging temporally from the Elder Days of The Silmarillion through the War of the Rings. Simultaneous.
Stated First American Edition (first printing). Square spine, clean crisp pages, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Foldout map bound into back of book is clean, crisp and unused. Covers are clean and unworn. Dust jacket is brittle with age and has numerous chips and rips along the edges. Not a remainder. Not a book club printing.
Light green cloth binding with silver print on spine and front cover. Also square green and silver design on binding. One on cover and two smaller ones on spine.Orange headedge tint. Silver print faded din some areas. Plain endpapers. Ex-Library with bookplate, circulation material and numerical identifications.Wear at corner tiips and spine ends. Small darker area near top of front cover where inventory label removed. Text block is very sound and otherwise unmarked. 472 pages including Index but not folded map in rear endpapers. No dust jacket. Stated Firs Edition & #1 on number line.
Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing with paperloss. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light smudging and scuffing. Page edges have moderate age-toning and foxing with scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing with paperloss. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light smudging and scuffing. Page edges have moderate age-toning and foxing with scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing with paperloss. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light smudging and scuffing. Page edges have moderate age-toning and foxing with scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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