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The Silmarillion 1977 export issue in original dust jacket
#PC0346A — The Silmarillion, 1977 first-edition export issue

A first-edition export issue of The Silmarillion in its original unpriced dust jacket, with Tolkien’s emblem on the front and five coloured devices on the reverse. The dark blue cloth binding carries gilt lettering and Tolkien’s device on the spine. The fold-out map of Beleriand is present at the rear.

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J.R.R. Tolkien — The Silmarillion — 1977 First Edition Export Issue


George Allen & Unwin · original Tolkien-designed jacket · William Clowes printing



Published four years after Tolkien’s death, The Silmarillion brings together the legends of the Elder Days, edited for publication by Christopher Tolkien from his father’s writings. Its accounts of the creation of Arda, the Silmarils and the First Age provide the ancient setting behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

This copy is the 1977 first-edition export issue, printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes & Sons. It retains the original unpriced black dust jacket, the publisher’s blue cloth binding, and the fold-out map of Beleriand at the rear. ISBN 0-04-823139-8.

Condition

The front free endpaper bears the pencilled initials “EEH” and a faint pencilled name. The jacket shows light handling and surface marks. The photographed pages and map appear clean. The photographs form part of the condition description.

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