THE SILMARILLION {The True 1st Edition, 1st State Export Edition} NF/NF

J R R TOLKIEN

ISBN 10: 0048231398 / ISBN 13: 9780048231390

Verlag: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977

Beschreibung

This is the True 1st Edition. Also called the British Export Edition, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London. The British domestic issue was later printed by Billington. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, UK, 1977. A Near Fine book in Very Near Fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of this TRUE First Edition/First Impression. A previous owner inscription on the fep. The book is Fine and unmarked. The foldout map is present and in Fine condition inside the rear endpaper as called for. Top edge stained blue as called for. The dust jacket has light wear, else Near Fine. A thin line of yellowing (or sun fading) on the back side of the jacket is present along the top edge. The book has a smoke smell else Fine, otherwise a very nice copy. The unpriced export edition preceded the (priced) domestic edition and contains all first impression points required by Hammond and Anderson (A15), especially misprints on pages 330 and 352 that were corrected in a later impression or impressions. The True 1st Edition includes the following points: (1) no price on jacket; (2) printed by William Clowes on copyright; (3) no period after Feanor on p.330, line 4; (4) the word "and" between "Lord of Waters and King of the Sea" is in italics on p.352, line 39. ALL POINTS PRESENT IN THIS COPY. Includes a number of shorter works besides The Silmarillion, Genealogies, The Sundering of the Elves, Note on Pronunciation, Index of Names, Appendix, Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names plus a color map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar. Guy Gavriel Kay spent a year editing this book at the request of Christopher Tolkien. ROBUST SHIPPING.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007909

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE SILMARILLION {The True 1st Edition, 1st State Export Edition} NF/NF
• Verlag: George Allen & Unwin, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1977
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0048231398
• ISBN-13: 9780048231390
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 1st Printing
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
• Gewicht: 750 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

An edition of 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.