Before there was Bilbo, Frodo, or Gandalf, there were the Elder Days, when the Dark Lord Morgoth's obsession with the magical gems called the Silmarils drove a wedge between the worlds of elves and men. THE SILMARILLION is essential reading for fans of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. Cover wear medium all edges, binding crease and spine edge creasing, pages yellowed, former owner name inside cover. Stated as The Authorized Edition, The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings. On most required reading lists. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton
Date Published: 1980
Description: Like New in Good jacket. Book club, book like new with light spotting on upper outer page edges, jacket has some chipping, creasing and small tear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Collins.
Date Published: 2001
Description: All are reprints in trade paperback. The Return of the King has a crease on the front cover and first two pages from careless return to the slipcase, the other two books are fine. Slipcase has some minor rubbing. read more
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Hachette
Date Published: 1976
Description: VG. Hardcover, 1976 French text, illustrated boards, no dust jacket, a good firm copy, good internally-black and white illustrations and colour plates. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Edition: Twelfth Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Allen & Co., Ltd. / Houghton Mifflin Co.
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good- Cover has light edgewear; front inner hinge starting to crack. "Being the first part of The Lord of The Rings", the tale of Frodo and the Hobbits, their Shire, Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo, good vs. evil as symbolized by "the Ring", etc. The great tale of the 20th century; illustrated with a fold-out map which is in VG+ condition. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good-with no dust jacket. Library stamps/marks/labels/slips, spine sun, light cock, light edgewear. Solid copy.; Contents: A short ode to a philologist, by W.H. Auden. --The Old English epic style, by A. Campbell. --The appreciation of Old English metre, by A.J. Bliss. --King Alfred's last war, by M.E. Griffiths. --Six questions of Old and Middle English morphology, by C.E. Bazell. --Studies in late West-Saxon labialization and delabialization, by P. Gradon. --The Bodmer fragment of ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Date Published: 1924
Description: Good with no dust jacket. Paper spine label mostly worn away. 3/4" chip to paper at head of spine. 1" split to paper at rear spine joint. 1/3" loss of paper to bottom edge of front board. 1/4" chip to paper along bottom edge of rear board. Title label moderately browned. Some staining and marking to boards. Up to 1/2" loss of paper at corners of boards. Owner's signature.; 63 pages. Green papered boards with illustrated paper title label laid down on front board. Wood cut initials. Poem by J.R ... read more
Edition: Fourth Edition
Binding: Hardback without Dust Wrapper.
Publisher: Guild Publishing
Date Published: 1978-1984
Description: Fine. 256 pp. Red faux leather with lots of gilt tooling and titles. Almost immaculate-The Lord of the Rings has been read once, the others not at all. Illustrated with Tolkien's original maps and drawings. read more
Edition: Deluxe Edition
Binding: Box
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd
Date Published: 1979
Description: Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 286 pp., + map of "Wilderland". De luxe edition presented in box. Gilt designed boards, speckled edges. Lid of box split, hand written label on box has been partially detatched causing loss. Inside of box slightly marked, endpapers slightly discoloured, bit of wear to box. Generally very clean despite these quibbles. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
Date Published: 1962
Description: Pauline Baynes. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall 64 pp. Pictorial boards in dw. Very slight wear to head of dw. Colour and b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. A very fresh and clean copy. Near Fine in VG+ dw. read more
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