The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien - 1998

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LTD, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London : HarperCollins, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First illustrated edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 365p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. This edition includes several short works: Ainulindalë -Valaquenta - Akallabęth - Of the rings of power and the third age. Subjects: Middle Earth (Imaginary place) ; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English.

UK,Royal 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These editions generally believed to be export editions,appearing before the 1st edn trade issues, as prices are added at book's country's destination for sale.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Ted Nasmith illustrated dw/dj panels with red+silver gilt lettering,silver gilt runes along both top+bottom edges, similar lettering to repeated front's illustration detail to spine/backstrip and b/w Tolkien initialled logo at head of same,a tiny abrasion beside publisher's logo at its foot too, along with some minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing to same; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no other nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own… Read More

London: London: HarperCollinsPublishers (Harper Collins) 1998 First Illustrated Edition, First Impression 8vo 367pp ill. ISBN 0-261-10366-0, 1998 Fine original black cloth, silver titles to spine, colour map end-papers, illustrated with 18 colour plates, neat gift inscription to half-title, else Fine throughout, in Near Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve, with front and rear panel jacket ar t by Ted Nasmith. A lovely edition, with beautiful illustrations.

London: London: HarperCollins 1998 First Harper Collins Illustrated Edition, First Printing 8vo 367pp ill. ISBN 0-261-10366-0, 1998 Very Fine original fine-grain black cloth, colour map end-papers, illustrated with 18 colour plates, in Near Fine DW, slightly crinkled along top edge, protected in Brodart sleeve. Front & rear jacket art, and illustrated with 18 colour plates by Ted Nasmith. A very attractive copy.

London: HarperCollins, 1998. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. large Octavo. Nasmith, Ted. Type: Book 1st printing. Signed by the Illustrator to the HTP.

HarperCollins, 1998 A stunning production of the Silmarillion, with specially commissioned paintings by the great Ted Nasmith. The text includes several other shorter works, and the whole production is sturdily bound and the unclipped jacket is protected. No names or signs of use.. Illus. by Ted Nasmith. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.