Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with an Introduction, Commentary, Index, and Maps by Christopher Tolkien. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, rubbed at the surface, some loss to the rear flap fold. Green cloth with silver and green gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain, some foxing at the bottom edge, clean internally. A collection of writing ranging from "the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the war of the Rings.

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Unfinished Tales (full title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth) is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 8218
Title: Unfinished Tales
Author: Tolkien, J.R.R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club Edition
ISBN 10: 0395299179
ISBN 13: 9780395299173
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1980
Keywords: Fantasy, British Literature, Books to Film, 20th Century Fiction, Short Stories, Middle Earth, Gandalf, Dwarves, Hobbit

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Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...