Sauron Defeated by J R R Tolkien (54 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Dust jacket is worn. Item has personal ex-libris marking. Hardcover. The History of Middle Earth Volume IX.

Paperback. Some minor traces of use, remainder mark on lower edge, still a (very) good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Full number line down to and incuding 1. In black cloth with gilt to spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding - appears unread. Jacket is price-clipped with light wear/nick to head of spine. 1st Printing.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper,not price clipped,free from inscriptions,yellow silk bookmark still in place,page edges are just a little marked in places.Great copy for the Tolkien Collector.Thick and Heavy 8vo weighing 1.5 KG First Thus [2002].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Pages are slightly yellowed. Otherwise in fine condition. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Volume IX of The History of Middle-Earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket.; 482 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete set of first edition, first impressions. The first five volumes were published by George Allen & Unwin, the next three by Unwin Hyman, and the last four by Harpercollins. These were published from 1983 to 1996. Generally lovely condition, there is some sun fading to the jacket spines, most noticeably on volume 9, volume 2 has some marks to the inside of the jacket, some jackets with a little wear to spine ends or extremities, overall very tidy. Clean and bright books, square, firm bindings, generally sharp corners, clean pages, some light age toning to pages, more noticeable to the last two volumes, volume one has some very minor spots to the edge of the page block. No inscriptions. Very good condition, a consistent set with equal wear. Vol 1,3,5,6,7,8,10 are priced to the jacket flap, vol 2,4,11,12 with no price, vol 9 is price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. MIXED UK EDITIONS. Vol. 1: The Book of Tales part I, Guild Publishing, second impression, 1986; Vol. 2: The Book of Tales part II, Guild Publishing, second impression, 1986; Vol. 3: The Lays of Beleriand, Unwin Hyman, fourth impression, 1988; Vol. 4: The Shaping of Middle-Earth, Guild Publishing, third impression, 1987; Vol. 5: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Unwin Hyman, reprinted 1988; Vol. 6: The Return of the Shadow, Unwin Hyman, reprinted 1988; Vol. 7: The Treason of Isengard, Unwin Hyman, first edition, 1989; Vol. 8: The War of the Ring, Harper Collins, second impression, 1993; Vol. 9: Sauron Defeated, Harper Collins, first edition, 1992; Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, Harper Collins, first edition, 1993; Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Harper Collins, first edition, 1994; Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle Earth, Harper Collins, first edition, 1996. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Octavos (23 x 14.5 cm). English text, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Bound in publisher's original covers and supplied with the original and complete dust jackets. Condition: NEAR FINE. Contents complete. Bindings tight, secure and square. Cover very well-preserved, vol. 2 with a small abrasion to upper board. Contents fresh and clean, without previous ownership markings. Some volumes with trivial spots to page edges. Dust jackets excellent. A handsome complete set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. All are in protective plastic sleeves,all unclipped,different coloured top page edges,other edges bright,all appear unread,first 8 published by George Allen & Unwin, Vol.9 by HarperCollins.Details of each volume as follows : The Book of Lost Tales 1 (0048232386),third Impression 1984,297pp; The Book of Lost Tales Part II (0048232653),Second Impression 1984,385pp ; The Lays of Beleriand (0048232777),First Edition 1985,393pp ; The Shaping of Middle-Earth (0048232793),First Edition 1986,380pp ; The Lost Road and other writings (0048233498),First published 1987,455pp ; The Return of the Shadow -the history of The Lord of The Rings Part One (0044401620),First Edition 1988,497pp ; The Treason of Isangard - The history of The Lord of The Rings Part Two (0044403968),First Edition 1989,504pp ; The War of the Ring - the history of The Lord of the Rings ,Part Three (0044406851),First Edition 1990,476pp ; Sauron Defeated - The End of The Third Age (the history of The Lord of the Rings Part Four) / The Notion Club Papers / The Drowning of Anadune (0261102400) ,First Edition 1992,482pp.

Boards in d.j. 1st US Edition. 1st US ed., original black cloth boards with gilt lettering spine, dustjacket, colour frontis plate, b&w plates, pp xi, 482. Near-fine condition in near-fine d.j. In the first part of Sauron Defeated, Christopher Tolkien completes his account of the writing of The Lord of The Rings. The second part introduces 'The Notion Club Papers', published here for the first time. The book also includes a new version of the Numenorean legend, 'The Drowning of Anadune', and concludes with an elaborate account of the structure of the Adunaic language.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8vo (large). New Edition. Black cloth, [8] 455; vii, 482; vi, 482pp. Illustrated, with two engraved colour frontispieces in volume two and three. Light bruising on spine ends, else near fine in a fine, unclipped d/w in publisher slipcase. A masterful work of literary archeology undertaken by Christopher Tolkien, editing his father's manuscripts. These three volumes are comprised of the final three parts of the histories of Middle-earth.

Paperback. Condition: New. 12 volume complete set. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

first edition. Fine book, Fine jacket,

HarperCollins. London. 1992. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated in black and white. Head and tail of spine crumpled with rear boards corner bumped. Pages lightly browned with minor foxing to page edges otherwise a lovely clean copy in a wrapper with a small closed tear to top of upper cover near to spine and corners slightly worn.

8vo. 12 volumes, set. Volumes 4 & 8-12 are first impressions. Volume 6 is a second impression in the year of publication (1988). The other volumes are first impressions under the HarperCollins imprint, first issued by George Allen & Unwin or Unwin Hyman (as it became) between 1983 and 1989. Original hardcovers, gilt. Frontispiece illustration to each volume. Contents clean. Unclipped d/ws with just a hint of rubbing in places. Near fine in near fine d/ws.

FIRST EDITIONS, nine volumes with frontispieces (all but one of which colour-printed), further illustrations, paperstock to eleventh volume faintly toned, 8vo, original boards of different colours, backstrips lettered in gilt, the first four volumes with matching colours to top edges, one volume with a couple of very faint spots to fore-edge, dustjackets, one with publisher's re-pricing sticker to front flap, none clipped, a hint of fading to the backstrip panel of volume 9, volume 11 with tiny nick at head of backstrip panel, near fine. A superb set of this monumental expansion of the author's imaginative world, drawing on material - prose, poetry, and pictures - from throughout his career.