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8vo. original navy blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed, some occ. spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A very good copy of the first UK trade edition printed by Billing & Sons Ltd, with both errors corrected. Third issue thus.

F-/VG+. 8vo. original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A near fine copy. From the collection of Geoffrey Farmer, with his bookplate.

(337pp). Folding map at rear. Clean unused Size: Tall Octavo

365 S. Good. - Gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 636 Gr.-8°. Hardcover with dustjacket. / Schwarzer Original-Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag.

VG/VG. 8vo. original navy blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked, some scattered spotting, prev. ownership details in pencil to FFE) dustwrapper priced £4.95 net in UK only (a trifle rubbed & nicked, sunning to spine); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A relevant newspaper clipping is tipped to RFE. A very good copy of the first UK trade edition printed by Billing & Sons Ltd, but with both errors uncorrected.

First edition, 8vo, 365, (1) pp. Folding map. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, both the lower cover and the lower wrapper with a damp stain, only noticeable to the latter on the reverse. Printed by Billings and Sons, with the publisher's price to the upper flap.

Royal octavo (17 x 25cm). Cloth. In dust jacket. (367pp). With coloured endpaper maps and 18 full-page colour plates. Fine condition Size: Royal Octavo

Hardback, approx 9 x 6 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine a little sunned, NOT Price clipped). Cover clean and bright, No penned inscriptions. Else generally clean and tight copy. 365pp. With large fold out map at back. Tolkien?s the Silmarillion, the history of The First Age in Tolkien?s world.

First Printing. A Very Fine copy in black paper covered boards, in a Very Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 296pp. With Illustrations by Alan Lee. Map of Middle Earth at end. Q19026

First American edition. Fold out map at back. 365. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in very good unclipped dust jacket Fold out map at back. 365. 1 vols. 8vo

FIRST EDITION, full-page map printed in black and red, folding map tipped in at rear, pp. 365, 8vo, original dark blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge blue and a little dusty, very faint foxing to textblock edges, a couple of faint spots to flyleaf, dustjacket with a touch of fading to the backstrip panel tiny crease at foot of front panel, very good. (Hammond & Anderson A15b)

First US edition, first printing. This story collection contains the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between the First World War and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them in this work. It was published in the UK earlier the same year. Hammond & Anderson A15c. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in silver and with gilt rule linking two heraldic devices of Fingolfin after a drawing by Tolkien, front cover with the device in gilt as centrepiece, top edge red. With dust jacket. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at end, both printed in red and black. Unclipped, slightly creased jacket with a couple of small tears: a fine copy in very good jacket.

VG/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & sunned, scattered spotting) in unpriced dustwrapper (a little rubbed & nicked, splits to lower foldopver (tape repaired on reverse), a few marks); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A very good copy. Allegedly the true first edition, printed by William Clowes & Sons as an export edition for international distribution before the first UK issue, with attendant uncorrected errors.

8vo., First Edition Domestic, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp copy of the first impression (printed by Billing) of the first domestic edition (with price on dustwrapper fold-in). Hammond, p.221.

First edition, first impression. This story collection contains the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between the First World War and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them here. This copy is from the domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons with a dust jacket priced £4.95. An export issue, printed by William Clowes with an unpriced jacket, was published simultaneously. Hammond & Anderson A15b. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered and stamped with heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel after a drawing by Tolkien, top edge blue. With supplied dust jacket, illustrated with further devices after Tolkien. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at end, both printed in red and black. Spine head lightly bumped and sunned, spots to fore edge, contents clean; unclipped jacket spine sunned, panels bright, foxing to flaps, splash marks and blue dye transfer on verso: a very good copy in like jacket.

8vo., First Edition Export, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of the [Clowes] Export edition (preceding domestic edition) with no price on front fold-in and all typographical points (see Hammond, pp. 214-221). Hammond A15a.

London: Folio Society, 2001-2003, Folio Society Numbered Limited Edition. Full Wassa goatskin leather binding with hand woven pure Indian silk covered boards created exclusively for Folio Society Members, limited to 1750 individually numbered copies, in full leather slipcases blocked in gold, this set numbered 2-6 to all 3 works. The extended set comprises 'The Hobbit' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Two Towers' (sixth printing thus, 2001); 'The Return of the King' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Silmarillion' (fourth printing thus, 2003). ' The Silmarillion' is edited by Christopher Tolkien. 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy is illustrated by Ingahild Grathmer drawn by Eric Fraser, 'The Hobbit' by Eric Fraser and 'The Silmarillion' by Francis Mosley. Calligraphy for all volumes is by John Andrew and the bindings are by Smith Settle of Otley. Provenance: original letter from the Folio Society owner included. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and decoration. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition quarter leather, silk cloth boards, very minor marks. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others clean. Slipcases very good condition minor marks. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). End papers very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). Title very good condition unread. Pages very good condition unread. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2001-3 Binding: Hardback