Silmarillion First Edition by J R R Tolkien (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1977. The first printing has an error on page 3 in the list of works by Tolkien it spells Farmer Giles of Ham as "Father" Giles of Ham. No map. Unclipped dust jacket with some age toning, marks, wear and a few tiny tears, now in a removable protective wrapper. Turquoise cloth covers with bright gilt and silver decoration, red top edge, previous owners name to the free endpaper, pages a little age toned but otherwise clean and smart. Lacks the fold out map. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Withdrawn ex-libris booka in plastic. The plastuc has been out on spine. Spine also rebound. Jacket cant be made seperate from book. Some stains inside. Crease on boards too where it has gone up slightly. With map.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket has a price over original ans some wear. The book is in good condition with original map and some wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Christopher Tolkien(Editor) (illustrator). First Edition. The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (First UK Edition) A firm square copy with some bumping to the corners. Moderate edgewear. Not price-clipped. First U.K. / British Edition (stated). A must-have for any Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan. Navy blue cloth board binding with gilt lettering and pictorial design to spine. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. George Allen & Unwin 1977 First Edition, first printing. There are slight variations between first printings of this book, this one being printed by William Clowes, with no price on the dust jacket, top edge not dyed blue, the covers on this variant have a slightly different finish to the Billings variant and are very slightly lighter blue, the map at p120 is placed facing p121, rather than 120 in the domestic, the fold out map is made from a slightly different thickness of paper and has no border. Dust jacket is partly faded to the spine, with a small scuff to the top edge, otherwise tidy. Blue covers with bright gilt lettering to the spine, square, securely bound. Pages clean and bright, previous owners name and date to the free endpaper, complete with smart fold out map at the back. Very good condition.

Leather-backed Cloth. Condition: New. Tolkien, J.R.R. (illustrator). 1st Edition. New, and completely pristine. Stated First U.S. Edition and First Printing. New York: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. Ships in original box, that box then enclosed in a larger, stout new shipping box. Flawless - no condition description needed. See all images. Octavo, leather-backed cloth in slipcase, illustrated throughout by J.R.R. Tolkien. The 448 pp. length bandied about for other offerings of this beautiful decorative piece is more specifically, a composite count: 448 pp: xlvii pp. of scholarly intros+ 358 pp text + the superlative unpaginated color illustrations by Tolkien throughout + numerous laid in enhancements, one of those being yet another Tolkien Color illustration, 2 16-fold color maps, and ChristopherTolkien's own 16-page pamphlet, "A Brief Account of the Book", itself also a First Edition and First Printing. You know the story and the derivation of the name, or you wouldn't be here. Truly collectible; though very stout, and you can certainly read this piece if you wish, it's better treated and respected as a magnificent display, imho. L-SBH.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin (1994). Hardcover. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. A touch of wear and scratch along top edge of jacket (see pictures). An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Christopher Tolkien, editor.

Condition: VERY_GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1977. Among the first printings of this book there are slight variants, this is the "export" variant with the blue and white headband, blue dyed top edge, no price on the slightly darker blue dustjacket, and printed by William Clowes. This variant is generally considered to be the first state, and certainly seems to be the rarest of the three. Unclipped dustjacket with strong colours, some light scratching to the back, a couple of tiny nicks to the edges, there is a stain to the bottom edge to the inside, the front is very slightly wavy, but is generally tidy and is in a neat removable protective wrapper. Blue covers, some faint marks to the back, bright gilt lettering and decoration to spine, square, secure binding, pale blue top edge, blue and white headband, a couple of faint marks to the edge of page block. Very minor mark from a previous price in pencil to the front free endpaper, otherwise pages clean and bright and without inscriptions. Good condition. Complete with fold out map at the back, which has a tear to the edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, domestic issue printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365; [3]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge stained blue. Dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95. Large folding map to rear. Internally clean, some toning to edges, small mark to tail bottom edge. Spine ends pushed. Dust-jacket bruised and chipped to top edge, red text to spine unfaded, some white marks to same. An attractive copy. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Brand new copy with two maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, domestic issue printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365; [3]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge stained blue. Dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95. Large folding map to rear. Internally clean, some offset toning to endpapers. Top edge stain still strong, other edges marginally toned with a hint of spotting. Dust-jacket shows well, red text to spine a gently faded, small closed tear to top rear corner. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firm binding, unmarked interior. Boards and textblock edges show light general shelfwear. Jacket whole, shows scuffing and small tears to edges and corners. Overall a solid, clean copy in moderately shelfworn jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. J. R. R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First American Edition, First Printing. Original dust jacket. 365 p + fold-out map in rear Land of Beleriand and the Lands to the North. Original turquoise cloth binding measures 9.25 x 6.25\u0094, 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket: edges scuffed with occasional small tearing; hinges lightly creased with soiling; red lettering on spine dulled (but legible); General toning and soiling around edges. Cloth boards normally scuffed and edges and worn\/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped; gilt lettering bright and clean. Top edge of text-block stained dark red\/maroon. Text-block clean. Binding tight and intact. Fold-out map in rear clean & intact. Please see photos. The Silmarillion is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977, assisted by Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a fantasy author. It tells of E\u00E4, a fictional universe that includes the Blessed Realm of Valinor, the ill-fated region of Beleriand, the island of N\u00FAmenor, and the continent of Middle-earth, where Tolkien's most popular works\u0097The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings\u0097are set. After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien's publisher, Stanley Unwin, requested a sequel, and Tolkien offered a draft of the writings that would later become The Silmarillion. Unwin rejected this proposal, calling the draft obscure and \"too Celtic\", so Tolkien began working on a new story that eventually became The Lord of the Rings. First American Edition, First Printing. Original Dust Jacket. RAREA1977BDFB 06\/25 - HK2570.

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].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. J. R. R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977, First Edition, First Printing. Original Dust Jacket. 365 p + fold-out map in rear Land of Beleriand and the Lands to the North. Original navy cloth binding measures 9 x 5.75\", 8vo. In good condition. Dust jacket normally scuffed at edges; red lettering on spine & front cover lightly dulled. Navy cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn\/bumped at corners. Top edge of text-block stained navy. Text-block clean. Fold-out map in rear clean & intact. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. The Silmarillion is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977, assisted by Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a fantasy author. It tells of E\u00E4, a fictional universe that includes the Blessed Realm of Valinor, the ill-fated region of Beleriand, the island of N\u00FAmenor, and the continent of Middle-earth, where Tolkien's most popular works\u0097The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings\u0097are set. After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien's publisher, Stanley Unwin, requested a sequel, and Tolkien offered a draft of the writings that would later become The Silmarillion. Unwin rejected this proposal, calling the draft obscure and \"too Celtic\", so Tolkien began working on a new story that eventually became The Lord of the Rings. First Edition First Printing Original Dust Jacket. RAREB1977BFGB 06\/25 - HK2573.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great condition but jacket clipped and with number written on inner-side of front-board. With intact map in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Has inscription on front-free endpage jacket is price-clipped. Has small stains on inner-side of jacket and some wesr but overall very good. Has original map on last page.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. True first print export edition with no price but other first edition identifiers. The jacket has a minor dent on back and some small foxing on front-free endpage Both book and dust-jacket are completely fine.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good Condition. Reading Crease to Spine. Edge wear and bumping to top right page edges. See Photos Attached. First Greek Edition, First Printing 1996 (with the Erroneous Gandalf Cover).