George Allen & Unwin. Fair in Good dust jacket. Date: 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0048231398 . Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpapers tanned, gift inscription on front endpaper, in a bright price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 366 pages, notes, index, appendix, foldout map on second rear endpaper removed . 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [GB]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London] Hardcover First Edition First UK edition. A FINE book ( slight age toning to page edges; top edge stain unfaded!) in FINE bright jacket with price intact.
[St. Catharines, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]
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George Allen & Unwin, Date: 1977. Export Edition. True first edition with no price on jacket, and relevant identification points including no full stop after Feanor on p.330 and the text 'Lord of Waters and King of the Sea' in italics on p.352. Some light shelfwear, some sunning to spine and front of jacket. Foxing to endpapers and closed edges, otherwise content clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 8vo. 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [GB]

London: George Allan & Unwin, Date: 1977. Book was published posthumously and edited by Christopher Tolkien. Foreword by C. Tolkien. Book has points: p.330, line 4 - missing period; p.352, line39. italicized 'and ' between Lord of Waters - King of the Sea, William Cowes & Sons, Limited acknowledged on copyrighr. Blue cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text and symbol on spine, top edge dyed blue, fold-out map attached at rep. is as -new. fon stamp (x2) on front pastedown, bit of sunning on top edge near headband. Book is stiff to open. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has light edge/shelf wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 171554. True First Export Edition. Blue Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1977. George Allan & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [CA]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 365pp, large folding map, corners a little bumped, small stain to the bottom edge of the rear panel of the dustjacket which is not visible unless the jacket is removed, a nice copy. Export edition without a price to the dustjacket flap & printed by William Clowes, which is given precedence over the UK copies which were printed by Billings & Son. Textual errors present. ( 'asssembled' pp190etc ). The history of the earliest times in Middle Earth, and in essence both the first & last book written by Tolkien. He worked on the text throughout his life, changing & adding to it as he went. 650 grams.
[Newbury, BER, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1977]
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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 365pp, large folding map, corners a little bumped, small stain to the bottom edge of the rear panel of the dustjacket which is not visible unless the jacket is removed, a nice copy. Export edition without a price to the dustjacket flap & printed by William Clowes, which is given precedence over the UK copies which were printed by Billings & Son. Textual errors present. ( 'asssembled' pp190etc ). The history of the earliest times in Middle Earth, and in essence both the first & last book written by Tolkien. He worked on the text throughout his life, changing & adding to it as he went. 650 grams.
[Newbury, BER, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1977]
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