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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.

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

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.

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 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

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.

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. A domestic and export issue were published simultaneously. This copy, from the domestic issue printed by Billing & Sons, was inadvertently issued by the publisher in an unpriced dust jacket from the export issue. Hammond & Anderson A15(a/b). Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered and stamped with heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel after a drawing by Tolkien, top edge blue. With dust jacket, illustrated with further devices after Tolkien. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar facing p. 120 and large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at end, both printed in red and black. Endpapers faintly browned, else clean; jacket spine sunned, rubbing to edges, issued without printed price: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.

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