George Allen & Unwin 1977 First Edition Hard Very Good Minus in Very Good Minus jacket 8vo. 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.

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen and Unwin, London] Hardcover First Edition Fine, clean first edition of this collection of stories and insights by J.R.R.Tolkien compiled by his son Christopher. This copy show light tape stains to the first free endpaper and the last free sheet. The blue staining to the top of the page edges is slightly faded. Otherwise it is in exceptional condition and probably unread. The jacket is bright and fresh and shows just minor edgewear to the top of the front panel. A nice collectible copy of this important work.
[Stratford, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [First published 1977 - the true 1st edn believed to be a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj unpriced export edn with 'William Clowes & Sons,Limited' attribution on it's copyright page.The 1st edn,2nd imp was priced (£4.95).The book went through several impressions in the same published year - this example though,the first trade edn of the same year,and printed in Great Britain at the Billing &Sons Ltd.,Guildford,London and Worcester.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around purple background with circular,colour pictorial illustrated emblem to front panel of dw/dj - the Luthien Tinuviel emblem,repeated,but in blocked gilt,to head of spine/backstrip - white-outlined, red-lettered title and capitalised,white-lettered author surname; an inevitably and ubiquitous sunned/faded spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+ title as front,the title being faded from red to a pale orange,and publisher's capitalised,orange-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with colour pictorial illustrated five different emblem designs: central circular surrounded by four squares tipped/turned to the right through 90 degrees and each with circular emblem within - top left to right,centre and bottom left to right: Fingolfin, Earendil, Idril Celebrindal, Elwe and Feanor respectively. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one tiny snick with miniscule loss at foot of rear- facing gutter's ...

London, England: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0048231398 . Cover Art; This copy matches Currey's listing for First Export Edition, state B, with the full ISBN on the copyright page, and with Boston / Sydney at the bottom edge of the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a map adhered to the next to the last page of text (in clean bright condition) and there are 24 chapters in the book, and no head or tailbands To the spine ends of the text block. The price clipped dust jacket (bottom front flap corner) is in clean, bright, crisp condition. Laid-in is a copy of a booklet by Christopher Tolkien called: "The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien, A Brief Account of the Book and its Making"The booklet is in Very Good condition and has self covers, with a stapled spine. The booklet covers have some toning to the edges and a couple of spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. The booklet is rather scarce. . 1977. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [US]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition The book has slight soiling to the page block.The dust jacket is unclipped (L4.95). Signed by Guy Gavriel Kay at the end of the introduction where he is given credit by Christopher Tolkien for assisting on the book.
[WEST LINN, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London, England] Hardcover First Edition This listing includes a near fine/fine copy of the UK export edition. The export edition is the true first edition. Guy Gavriel Kay has signed the book at the end of the book's Forward where he is acknowledged by Christopher Tolkien for his contribution in completion of the book. The export edition was printed by William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. There is a hardly noticeable mark on the page block, otherwise fine. Scarce signed by Guy Kay and in this condition.
[Burlington, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]

London George Allen & Unwin 1977 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on top text block edge.; 365 pages.