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The Silmarillion

First American Edition

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Description

First printing of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Octavo, 365pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration on cover. Stated “first printing” on copyright page, with full number line. Map tipped-in at rear. Clean text throughout, likely never read. Broken type on Page 229, “Father Giles of Ham” misprint on Page 3, a true first printing. In publisher’s dust jacket, $10.95 on front flap, touch of wear at top edge of spine from handling, otherwise a fine example. (Hammond, A15c)

Additional information

Location Published

Boston

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company

Edition

First American Edition

Date Published

1977

ISBN

0-395-25730-1

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Fine

Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Author

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