Silmarillion Edited Christopher Tolkien by Tolkien J R R (18 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Ninth Printing. F-/VG+. 8vo. original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A near fine copy. From the collection of Geoffrey Farmer, with his bookplate.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition, Second Issue. VG/VG. 8vo. original navy blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked, some scattered spotting, prev. ownership details in pencil to FFE) dustwrapper priced £4.95 net in UK only (a trifle rubbed & nicked, sunning to spine); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A relevant newspaper clipping is tipped to RFE. A very good copy of the first UK trade edition printed by Billing & Sons Ltd, but with both errors uncorrected.

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. Fifth Impression. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, a trifle rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper priced £4.95 net in UK only (slightly rubbed); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A near fine copy. This edition was printed by Unwin Brothers Limited, with both errors corrected.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ted Nasmith (illustrator). Royal octavo (17 x 25cm). Cloth. In dust jacket. (367pp). With coloured endpaper maps and 18 full-page colour plates. Fine condition Size: Royal Octavo. Hardcover.

8vo. [6], 380 pp. Numerous plates, maps. Black cloth, gilt lettering (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. (very slight shelfwear), NF/NF copy. First edition, 1st printing of this uncommon Volume IV of the History of Middle Earth. This work includes the chronological and geographical structures of te legends of Middle-Earth and Valionor, as well as the only account ever given of the structure of the imagined universe.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition [Export Variant]. F/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. 366 (last blank) with 2 maps (one folding). A near fine copy. Allegedly the true first edition, printed by William Clowes & Sons as an export edition for international distribution before the first UK issue, with attendant uncorrected errors.

8vo. Seventh impression of this edition. First published in 1977. Original quarter bound in blue, stamped in gold foil on grey boards, and housed in a matching slipcase. Navy silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece showing Tolkien's painting of Hallas of Manwe (Taniquetil) appears for the first time. Folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North, printed in red and black, at rear. Bought in the original shrink-wrap which has been removed in order to catalogue the book. As new. This anniversary edition includes a fourteen page letter written by the author in 1951 containing his account of the mythology of Middle-earth.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Printing. A Very Fine copy in black paper covered boards, in a Very Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 296pp. With Illustrations by Alan Lee. Map of Middle Earth at end. Q19026.

First Edition (& 1st printing). First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt on spine panel, top page edges stained blue. 365 pp, map of The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar inserted facing page 121, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North tipped in at rear, both maps printed in red and black. The correct first printing of the first edition: "First published in 1977" on copyright page with no statement of reprinting. Printed by William Clowes & Sons, the dust jacket with no price (and not price clipped!) on the lower front flap. Technically, this is the UK edition, Export issue; these copies were printed first for export to Canada and precede the UK Domestic issue which was printed by Billing & Sons by offset lithography from this edition. The jacket is correct as well, the Export edition was issued with an unpriced jacket and the later UK Domestic issue has a price of £4.95 on the jacket flap. The issue points for THE SILMARILLION are actually very simple: The UK Export edition precedes all others, and is identified by the points mentioned above. There was a worldwide release date of September 15, 1977; copies of the Export issue were printed first in order to be available in Canada on the date of publication. There are several other so-called issue points: "missing full stop on page 330 line 4 after "Feanor"; "Lord of the Waters" and "King of the Sea" in italics on p 352 line 39"; but these errors are true of both the Export and the Domestic issue (the Domestic issue being reproduced by offset lithography from the export issue). The only real issue points that matter are the printer listed on the copyright page (it must be Clowes) and the unpriced jacket. CONDITION: Mild fading to top page edges, touch of fading to top edges of the cloth; ink inscription on front free endpaper (Christmas, 1977). Light rubbing and a few tiny marks to the jacket. A bright, very good or better copy; quite nice, map intact. Note: The red lettering on the spine panel is very prone to fading, heer it is unfaded, crisp and bright. The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay. The Silmarillion, along with J. R. R. Tolkien's other works, forms an extensive, though incomplete, narrative that describes the universe of Eä in which are found the lands of Valinor, Beleriand, Númenor, and Middle-earth within which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place. After the success of The Hobbit, and prior to the publication of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's publisher requested a sequel to The Hobbit, and Tolkien sent them an early draft of The Silmarillion. But through a misunderstanding, the publisher rejected the draft without fully reading it, with the result that Tolkien began work on "A Long Expected Party", the first chapter of what he described at the time as "a new story about Hobbits", which became The Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion comprises five parts. The first part, Ainulindalë, tells of the creation of Eä, the "world that is". Valaquenta, the second part, gives a description of the Valar and Maiar, the supernatural powers in Eä. The next section, Quenta Silmarillion, which forms the bulk of the collection, chronicles the history of the events before and during the First Age, including the wars over the Silmarils which gave the book its title. The fourth part, Akallabêth, relates the history of the Downfall of Númenor and its people, which takes place in the Second Age. The final part, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, is a brief account of the circumstances which led to and were presented in The Lord of the Rings. [Wiki].

First American edition, first printing. First American edition, first printing. Fold out map at back. 365. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in very good unclipped dust jacket Fold out map at back. 365. 1 vols. 8vo.

8vo., First Edition Domestic, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp copy of the first impression (printed by Billing) of the first domestic edition (with price on dustwrapper fold-in). Hammond, p.221.

8vo., First Edition Export, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of the [Clowes] Export edition (preceding domestic edition) with no price on front fold-in and all typographical points (see Hammond, pp. 214-221). Hammond A15a.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977, First Edition. This story collection contains the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between the First World War and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them here. This copy is from the domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons, with the price on the inner front flap of the dust jacket. An export issue, printed by William Clowes, was published simultaneously. [Hammond & Anderson A15b]. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar facing page 120, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at the rear of the volume, both printed in red and black. Page 330 line 4 has a missing full-stop after 'Feanor'. Original blue cloth, spine titles in gilt and stamped with heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel after a drawing by Tolkien, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Light browning to endpapers, short closed tear to map stub; unclipped jacket; a near-fine copy in like jacket. Pagination: 365pp with maps at page 120 and at the end. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 9 inches (23cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, minor marks and scratches. Joints very good condition sound, gently rubbed and worn. Corners very good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards very good condition red leather and cloth boards, minor marks and wear. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, other edges tanned. Binding very good condition attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition patterned paper. End papers very good condition patterned paper. Title very good condition gently tanned. Pages very good condition gently tanned with minor spotting throughout. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. London: Folio Society, 2001-2003, Folio Society Numbered Limited Edition. Full Wassa goatskin leather binding with hand woven pure Indian silk covered boards created exclusively for Folio Society Members, limited to 1750 individually numbered copies, in full leather slipcases blocked in gold, this set numbered 2-6 to all 3 works. The extended set comprises 'The Hobbit' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Two Towers' (sixth printing thus, 2001); 'The Return of the King' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Silmarillion' (fourth printing thus, 2003). ' The Silmarillion' is edited by Christopher Tolkien. 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy is illustrated by Ingahild Grathmer drawn by Eric Fraser, 'The Hobbit' by Eric Fraser and 'The Silmarillion' by Francis Mosley. Calligraphy for all volumes is by John Andrew and the bindings are by Smith Settle of Otley. Provenance: original letter from the Folio Society owner included. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and decoration. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition quarter leather, silk cloth boards, very minor marks. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others clean. Slipcases very good condition minor marks. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). End papers very good condition maps or plain (Silmarillion). Title very good condition unread. Pages very good condition unread. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2001-3 Binding: Hardback.

London, Book Club Associates, 1977, in-8, legatura editoriale in piena tela blu con sovraccoperta illustrata, pp. 365, [1]. Con due cartine f.t. impresse in rosso e nero, una a piena pagina e una ripiegata in fine. Prima edizione del Book Club Associates, esattamente nello stesso formato della prima edizione di Allen & Unwin pubblicata nello stesso anno. Il Silmarillion è un'opera mitologica scritta da Tolkien - e pubblicata postuma nel 1977 da Christopher Tolkien con la collaborazione di Guy Gavriel Kay - che narra le vicende di Arda, dalla sua creazione fino alla Terza Era. L'opera dà forma a una estesa, sebbene incompleta, narrazione che descrive l'universo di Eä, nel quale si trovano le terre di Valinor, Beleriand, Númenor e la Terra di Mezzo, nell'ambito della quale si svolgeranno Lo Hobbit e Il Signore degli Anelli. Non è - e non vuole essere - un romanzo, ma piuttosto un corpus mitologico, ideato come cuore dell'universo tolkieniano; una serie di narrazioni e vicende a cui l'autore lavorò per tutta la vita, senza terminarle, utilizzandole nel frattempo quale base per sviluppare alcuni dei suoi capolavori. Ottime condizioni.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1977, in-8, legatura editoriale in piena tela blu con sovraccoperta illustrata, pp. 365, [1]. Con due cartine f.t. impresse in rosso e nero, una a piena pagina e una ripiegata in fine. Prima edizione, postuma, nella seconda tiratura per il mercato inglese (il prezzo sulla aletta anteriore della sovraccoperta è £ 4.95). "Printed by William Clowes & Sons". Il Silmarillion è un'opera mitologica scritta da Tolkien - e pubblicata postuma nel 1977 da Christopher Tolkien con la collaborazione di Guy Gavriel Kay - che narra le vicende di Arda, dalla sua creazione fino alla Terza Era. L'opera dà forma a una estesa, sebbene incompleta, narrazione che descrive l'universo di Eä, nel quale si trovano le terre di Valinor, Beleriand, Númenor e la Terra di Mezzo, nell'ambito della quale si svolgeranno Lo Hobbit e Il Signore degli Anelli. Non è - e non vuole essere - un romanzo, ma piuttosto un corpus mitologico, ideato come cuore dell'universo tolkieniano; una serie di narrazioni e vicende a cui l'autore lavorò per tutta la vita, senza terminarle, utilizzandole nel frattempo quale base per sviluppare alcuni dei suoi capolavori. Buone condizioni.

First edition, first impression. This story collection contains the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between the First World War and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them here. This copy is from the domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons, with the price on the inner front flap of the dust jacket. An export issue, printed by William Clowes, was published simultaneously. Hammond & Anderson A15c, variant 5. Octavo. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at end, both printed in red and black. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and stamped with heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel after a drawing by Tolkien, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Cloth bright and clean, light foxing to endpapers and foredge; jacket unclipped, slight crease to extremities: a very good copy in like jacket.