Sauron Defeated by Tolkien Christopher, First Edition (9 results)

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.

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: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red coverboards with gilt lettering on spine in excellent condition. Light foxing on top edge. Pages clean, binding tight. Dustjacket has light edgewear, a sunfaded spine and is price clipped. Photo's on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sunned spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is in fine condition with 482pp. Dust jacket in very good condition with sun fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine/VGC. HarperCollins, 1992. First UK edition-first impression. Red hardback (two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine, gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj (two small creases, nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover, the spine of the Dj cover is faded, slight damage at the back of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Nice and clean pages with two very small marks on the outer edges. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 488pp including index. A collectable first edition. Heavy book.

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.

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.