Christopher Tolkien Introduction (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Tolkien, J R R (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Tolkien, J R R (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Tolkien, J R R (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. Tolkien, J R R (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition with complete number line to 1. A Fine unmarked book. Bright olive coloured cloth with silver stars inside a green diamond on the front board, with silver gilt titles on the spine and green stars inside green diamond and head/foot. The Map inside the rear endpaper, is absent. PLEASE see my other items for additional books by JRRT and C S Lewis and G K Chesterton and many others. Robust shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition with complete number line to 1. A Fine unmarked book. Bright olive coloured cloth with silver stars inside a green diamond on the front board, with silver gilt titles on the spine and green stars inside green diamond and head/foot. The dust jacket has the original price of $15.00 on the front flap and a couple of chips to head of spine, one closed tear to bottom of rear panel, smudge to front panel, else Very Good. ISBN to back panel jacket. Map inside the rear endpaper, as expected. PLEASE see my other items for additional books by JRRT and C S Lewis and G K Chesterton and many others. Robust shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing. A fine copy; in a near fine dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends, wrinkles to the front panel, and a short tear to the lower front edge. Front flap still bears the original $15.00 price. "A collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring. The tales were collated and edited by J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story."--Fantastic Fiction. Winner of the 1981 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This special deluxe edition is based on the reset edition, first published by HarperCollins in 1995. xxxiv, 300, [2]pp. Illustrated throughout with J R R Tolkien's illustrations of which 14 are in full colour, one folding map. Quarter bound in green cloth over pale purple paper-covered boards with red and gilt foil decoration, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Deep green silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated endpapers. Volume includes 16pp introduction on the history of the Hobbit by Christopher Tolkien, the illustration "The Three Trolls Are Turned To Stone" appearing in the Hobbit for the first time; a fold-out version of Thror's Map, with magic runes only visible when the map is held to the light; the Map of Wilderland appearing in blue and black, as the author intended, for the first time. 8vo. Volume in neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Housed in a deep green bespoke slipcase, with red and gilt foil decoration and thumb hole revealing rune from upper panel. The slipcase has a just a little shelf wear. A promotional flyer from HarperCollins regarding this edition loosely laid in. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Still stiff to open in clean black cloth with just the faintest haze to top and front edge; in bright clean dust jacket. 1 of 4000 in the first printing.; 4.5 X 0.5 X 7 inches; 101 pages.