Tolkien, J R R 1892 1973 , Tolkien, Christopher, Editor (4 results)

American first edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statements and number line upon copyright page). 365 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, soiled, and lightly toned; stain at rear panel's upper right; light bumping/creasing and a few nicks at edges; 3cm tear at spine head; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Green cloth; vibrant gilt stamping to front board; vibrant silver and gilt stamping to spine. Stain to text block's purple top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Foldout map tipped-in between page 365 verso and rear free endpaper recto. A good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. ISBN 0395257301.

[Fantasy] FIRST THUS. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.365 [1]. With 18 colour plates by Nasmith, a map to rear, and colour-illustrated maps to endpapers. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Nasmith, priced at £19.99, or £24.99 after January 1999. A crisp, fine copy. 'The Silmarillion' is the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which Middle Earth characters from 'The Lord of the Rings' look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. This new illustrated edition follows the first of 1977.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, domestic issue printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365; [3]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge stained blue. Dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95. Large folding map to rear. Internally clean, some toning to edges, small mark to tail bottom edge. Spine ends pushed. Dust-jacket bruised and chipped to top edge, red text to spine unfaded, some white marks to same. An attractive copy. Very good.

[Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, export issue, printed by Clowes, variant WITHOUT BLUE TOPSTAIN. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [1]. Folding map to rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, With the dust-jacket illustrated with drawings by Tolkien, unpriced. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy. A variant of the export copy, noted in the bibliography p.215, lines 24-5. 'The Silmarillion' is the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which Middle Earth characters from 'The Lord of the Rings' look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. Hammond & Anderson A15a.