THE SILMARILLION
by TOLKIEN J.R.R., TOLKIEN Christopher
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- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen and Unwin, 1977. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (light spotting on fore-edge and endpapers - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 365, illus with folding map at rear (no inscriptions).
Synopsis
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, who later became a noted fantasy writer. The Silmarillion, along with J. R. R. Tolkien's other works, forms a comprehensive, yet incomplete, narrative that describes the universe of Middle-earth within which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place.
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175717
- Title
- THE SILMARILLION
- Author
- TOLKIEN J.R.R., TOLKIEN Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin, 1977
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...