Tolkien Christopher Introduction (13 results)

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: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 300 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. J. R. R. Tolkien (illustrator). First American Edition. Blue-green cloth hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with foxing to verso, original price intact ($11.95). A reproduction of a manuscript that Tolkien had created for the delight of his children including illustrations and handwritten text. The text is also reproduced in typeset for easier reading. Quite a lot of fun. Size: Oblong 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint ("reprinted twice" 1980). Lovely Bright copy. Near Fine. Maroon cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Dark maroon-brown pictorial dust jacket. The d/j is near fine/fine with sharp colours, and is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks FINE. The d/j is not clipped, but doesn't have a price printed on it. The page fore-edges are generally clean and with a paler maroon coloured top edge. INTERNALLY FINE - NO INSCRIPTIONS or MARKS. (8) + 472 pp + 1 blank at the end, followed by a Fold-out Map entitied 'The West of Middle-Earth at the End of the Third Age'. Th map in black and red, and tipped onto the rear pastedown. The Contents comprise mainly of 4 parts: - The First Ice Age; The Second Ice Age; The Third Ice Age. Part Four = 1. The Druedain, Notes. 2. The Istari, Notes. 3. The Palantiri, Notes. Plus index. "Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth". See Images. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 472 pages, 8vo. Includes Easton Press bookplate laid-in. Bound in full dark green leather boards with gilt lettering and design along spine and covers. Silk moire endpapers and inside covers. Bound silk ribbon bookmark. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition.

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: Near Fine. Maps by Christipher Tolkien (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, third impression, published later the same year. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, burgundy cloth with gilt titles, top of page block dyed burgundy as issued, in scarce 'blue' variant jacket, which means that although background is deep burgundy the titles and illustration are picked out in blue. Not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, foldout map at end as called for, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks hardly read. 472pp, illustrated. An extraordinary discovery is waiting for you on these pages. Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth. Quite scarce in this unfaded variant jacket and early impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2 Volume Set. Includes Easton Press bookplate laid-in to both volumes. Bound in full dark green leather boards with gilt lettering and design along spine and covers. Silk moire endpapers and inside covers. Bound silk ribbon bookmark. Minor shelfwear. Set is in Near Fine-minus condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.