This is a RARE 1st Print of the 1st UK hardback edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1980
A Near Fine book with one small splash to otherwise vibrant maroon topstain and two small splashes to fore edge.
Minor pushing to tips.
With the Fine folding map to rear.
In the Fine unclipped unpriced wrapper (as required for a first printing), that has some light fading to spine and a little crinkling to laminate edges.
Importantly the the blue details have not faded to green.
Almost every example we have come across has lost all or some of the blue detail to the upper cover.
It is rare to find a copy in this largely unfaded condition
One of the best examples on the market.
The Blurb
Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author.
The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf’s lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan.
Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien’s son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father’s writings.
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