THE SILMARILLION. by TOLKIEN, J. R. R. [SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY] - 1977

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. THE SILMARILLION. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London:: George Allen & Unwin,, 1977. First edition, first printing; first printing, British domestic issue (printed by Billing & Sons for George Allen & Unwin) [Hammond A15b (stating that the British domestic printing and the export printing (A15a) were both issued on same day: 'Published 15 September 1977'); book is the first printing, with all 22 errata, including those on page 330, line four (period lacking after Feanor) and page 352, line 39 (the "and" is italicized between italicized "Lord of Waters", "King of Sea"); publisher's statement on the copyright pages reads: "Printed in Great Britain by offset lithography by/ Billing & Sons, Ltd, Guildford, London, and Worcester"; publisher's imprint on the title page reads: "London / George Allen & Unwin / Boston / Sydney." The dust jacket is the British domestic issue with price of £4.95 on front flap; Hammond A15b, and Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-251]. . Binding has slight foxing on fore-edge of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket; dust jacket has very slight rubbing at crown of spine, else fresh and bright. . Large octavo, dark blue cloth (stamped in silver on spine and with dark blue top edge), 365 pages, illustrated (including map with red ink titles facing page 121, and with fold-out map at rear with red ink titles).