Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004
ISBN 10: 0618391118 ISBN 13: 9780618391110
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ted Nasmith (illustrator). Inscribed, signed & dated by illustrator on half-title page. First printing of this edition with number line commencing with 1. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ted Nasmith SIGNED (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1st state 1998. Signed by Ted Nasmith to the title page. The true 1st Edition with the new Ted Nasmith full coloured illustrations. Book and wrapper are near fine. Light running to wrapper top edge. More images can be taken upon request.Ref18162. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by William Morrow, 2004
ISBN 10: 0618391118 ISBN 13: 9780618391110
Seller: Tolkien Library, Keerbergen, Belgium
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. The Silmarillion, Houghton Mifflin, 2004, signed by Ted Nasmith. This new edition of The Silmarillion contains the revised and corrected second edition text and, by way of introduction, a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1951, which provides a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages. Signed by the artist Ted Nasmith. It also contains almost fifty full-color illustrations by the artist Ted Nasmith, many of which appear for the first time. The tales of The Silmarillion were the underlying inspiration and source of J.R.R. tolkien's imaginative writing; he worked on the book throughout his life but never brought it to a final form. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the RIngs look back and in which some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The title Silmarillion is shortened from Quenta Silmarillion, "The History of the Silmarils," the three great jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves, in which he imprisoned the light of the Two Trees that illumined Valinor, the land of the gods. When Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, destroyed the Trees, that light lived on only in the Silmarils; Morgoth seized them and set them in his crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his people against the gods, their exile in Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroisim of Elves and Men, against the great Enemy. The book includes several other, shorter works beside The Silmarillion proper. Preceding it are "Ainulindale," the myth of Creation, and "Valaquenta," in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is set forth. After The Silmarillion is "Akallabeth," the story of the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age; completing the volume is "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age," in which the events of The Lord of the Rings are treated in the manner of The Silmarillion. A very nice Tolkien collectable. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 386, map. Gilt lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket unclipped and not priced. Top edge blue. The export edition in first state first issue, see Hammond and Anderson A15.a. and A15.b. Head of spine lightly rubbed, two ink names and a bookseller's sticker to the front paste-down endpaper, map with a short 3 cm rip in the opening blank white space by the gutter, but overall an excellent copy, signed by Guy Kay, who is credited by Christopher Tolkien for assisting in the completion of this book.
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 386, map. Gilt lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. First British Domestic Issue, with jacket priced at 4.95. Clean and fresh copy, the map perfect, with only a couple little nicks in the rear endpaper edge. Top edge blue. In an excellent dust jacket, save for a little nick/tear in the front right at the fore-edge. Signed by Guy Kay, who is credited by Christopher Tolkien for assisting in the completion of this book.
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, England, 1977
ISBN 10: 0048231398 ISBN 13: 9780048231390
Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tolkien, Christopher (illustrator). 1st Edition. This listing includes a near fine/fine copy of the UK export edition. The export edition is the true first edition. Guy Gavriel Kay has signed the book at the end of the book's Forward where he is acknowledged by Christopher Tolkien for his contribution in completion of the book. The export edition was printed by William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. There is a hardly noticeable mark on the page block, otherwise fine. Scarce signed by Guy Kay and in this condition. Signed by Author(s).