George Allen & Unwin, Date: 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy. No additions. Dustwrapper complete and fine. Smart in new Brodart plastic overwrapper. All UK 1st edition features and errors. 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [GB]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
[Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1977]
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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. Condition: very good / extremely good/Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy of the true 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 very very light shelfwear to spine and front of jacket. A near fine copy square and tight. the reason for lower rating is gift inscription to previous owner on front flyleaf.
[VANCOUVER, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]
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George Allen & Unwin, London, Date: 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Previous owner's name on first page. Light wear to extremities of dust wrapper. 366 pages. No torn or missing pages.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0048231398. ISBN/EAN: 9780048231390. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51506. . 9780048231390 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [AU]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia] Softcover First Edition First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is a the UK export edition sold in Canada and printed first, has all points including, "William Clowes and Sons" on copyright page. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.4
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia] Softcover First Edition Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. True first edition, the UK export preceding first edition, with all points. 'William Clowes" stated as printer on copyright page. Striped band along head of spine. No price stated on inside flap of dust jacket. Fold-out map pasted in as issued, intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.4
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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Allen & Unwin Australia, Date: 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is a the UK export edition sold in Canada and printed first, has all points including, ""William Clowes and Sons"" on copyright page. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1977. Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [US]

Allen & Unwin Australia, Date: 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. True first edition, the UK export first edition, with all points. 'William Clowes"" stated as printer on copyright page. Striped band along head of spine. No price stated on inside flap of dust jacket. Fold-out map pasted in as issued, intact. Clean collectible condition. Gift Quality. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1977. Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [US]

Allen & Unwin Australia 1977 Softcover Good First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is the export edition, released on the same day in Canada as in the UK, therefore we can surmise it was the First Edition printed: no price on jacket, dark boards, William Clowes and Sons on copyright page. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Allen & Unwin Australia 1977 Softcover Good First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. True First Edition, the UK export edition with "William Clowes" on the copyright page, no price on dust jacket flap. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Allen & Unwin Australia 1977 Softcover Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. True first edition, the UK export first edition, with all points. 'William Clowes" stated as printer on copyright page. Striped band along head of spine. No price stated on inside flap of dust jacket. Fold-out map pasted in as issued, intact. Clean collectible condition. Gift Quality. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London] Hardcover First Edition George Allen & Unwin Ltd London, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN 0 04 8231398 JRR TOLKIEN . FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. States First published in 1977 on copyright page. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book has minor fading to spine else fine. No Inscriptions. Jacket Is not Clipped, has one 5 mm closed tear to bottom of spine. A little bumping and very minor chipping to spine. No price on jacket as called for in the first released export edition and has un-corrected points of issue: Page 330 line 4 has a missing full-stop after 'Feanor';'' Lord of the Waters and King of the Sea" in italics on page 352 line 39; Map with red and black titles facing page 121. Tipped in fold-out map at rear with red and black titles.
[Tararua, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1977]
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London: George Allen & Unwin, Date: 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. George Allen & Unwin Ltd London, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN 0 04 8231398 JRR TOLKIEN . FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. States First published in 1977 on copyright page. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No price on jacket as called for in the first released export edition and has un-corrected points of issue: Page 330 line 4 has a missing full-stop after 'Feanor'; Lord of the Waters and King of the Sea" in italics on page 352 line 39; Map with red and black titles facing page 121. Tipped in fold-out map at rear with red and black titles. This copy has small amounts of foxing to the page edges and prelims. A little softening to the front leading corner. The jacket has a damp stain along the bottom at the front and the usual light sunning to the spine. Light shelf wear. One tiny closed tear to the rear. 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [NZ]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, second impression, published later the same year. Top of page block dyed dark blue as issued. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised,some faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped (£4.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, all text and maps complete, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 365pp, illustrated. The forerunner to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, which gives an account of the Elder Days when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in Middle Earth, and the High Elves make war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Scarce in this first impression.
[Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1977]

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London] Hardcover 5-3/4" x 9", 365pp incl. prelims + folding map tipped into the last few pages. Printed on acidic paper and bound in sewn signatures in blue cloth boards. Minor shelf wear, edge wear to jacket. Binding is square and tight. Pages are lightly age toned but clean and unmarked. Appears to be an unread copy.
[Vancouver, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]
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ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition Blue boards with gold spine titling, bumped to spine ends with thin lines of sunning along top and bottom edges of spine tips, faint shadow of DJ titling sunned at spine; rear panel very slightly, very faintly warped. Slight forward spine tilt. Binding sound. Dust jacket sunned to spine, bumped to spine head, with light shelf-wear and edgewear; protected in Mylar. Small spot to top of textblock, and a thin short pencil marking to lower fore-edge. Stain to top margin of front paste down, FFEP, and fly leaf. Interior else clean. Fold-out map in back included, with crease to inside edge. Text unmarked.
[Salem, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]

George Allen & Unwin 1977 First Edition Hardcover Good in Very Good jacket Size: 9x5x1; Blue boards with gold spine titling, bumped to spine ends with thin lines of sunning along top and bottom edges of spine tips, faint shadow of DJ titling sunned at spine; rear panel very slightly, very faintly warped. Slight forward spine tilt. Binding sound. Dust jacket sunned to spine, bumped to spine head, with light shelf-wear and edgewear; protected in Mylar. Small spot to top of textblock, and a thin short pencil marking to lower fore-edge. Stain to top margin of front paste down, FFEP, and fly leaf. Interior else clean. Fold-out map in back included, with crease to inside edge. Text unmarked.

ISBN10: 0048231398, ISBN13: 9780048231390, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd] Hardcover 368 Seiten; 9780048231390.3 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500
[Stuttgart, Germany] [Publication Year: 1977]

First edition first printing of this novel. Has no price on the dustjacket meaning it was printed in England and sold in Canada. Has no punctuation after Feanor on page 330. With map attached to the rear free end page. Light shelf wear. In near fine / near fine condition. Date: 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [CA]

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: London: George Allen & Unwin] Hardcover First Edition London, George Allen & Unwin: First Edition, Second Impression, 1977. Hardcover, black cloth boards in fine condition, text block comprising 365 pp, tight and clean, top edge blue; two maps present: one bound into the text facing p128, and the other, folded, tipped in amongst the rear endpapers. The dust jacket has a small rough spot on the rear panel where it would appear something sticky, perhaps an original price label, was pulled off leaving a small amount of roughness, else fine. Now protected by a mylar cover. Unfortunately, the overall condition had to be downgraded to Near Fine to compensate.
[Caledonia, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1977]
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London: George Allen & Unwin. Date: 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0048231398 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on top text block edge. ; 365 pages . 1977. George Allen & Unwin ISBN 0048231398 9780048231390 [US]

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 ...