London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The true First UK Edition for export with no price on jacket and other relevant points present. In beautiful blue cloth with gilt to spine. Top page ends tinted blue with some light fading. Sharp corners, clean interior and binding solid with nice folded map attached to verso of rfep as issued. Blue/Purple jacket is unclipped with and in beautiful shape.

Synopsis

The Silmarillion narrates the complexity of Middle-earth through a collection of J.R.R Tolkein’s 5 mythopoeic works, illustrating an extensive history and lore in relation to his work, T he Hobbit . The collection was originally published as individual works, but was later rejected due to incompleteness. In 1977 The Silmarillion was edited and published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, who later became a noted fantasy writer.

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Amazing better than hobbit

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Bookseller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: LPB007266JT
Title: The Silmarillion
Author: Tolkien, J.R.R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First UK Edition/First Printing
ISBN 10: 0048231398
ISBN 13: 9780048231390
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1977
Bookseller catalogs: Fantasy; Tolkien;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...
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...
RFEP: The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...