The Fall of Gondolin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.

First edition, signed by the illustrator on the title page. Alan Lee's illustrations of Tolkien's world were a key inspiration for Peter Jackson, who recruited Lee as a lead concept artist for the films. This work was Tolkien's "first real story of this imaginary world", Middle-earth (Letters, p. 215). It was collected within The Silmarillion (1977) prior to its first separate publication here. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, 1981. Octavo. With 8 colour plates by Lee, red and black folding map of Beleriand by Christopher Tolkien at rear, chapter-title vignettes by Lee. Original black boards, spine lettered in bronze, grey endpapers. With dust jacket, "signed" sticker on front panel. A fine copy.