The Silmarillion

By J. R. R. Tolkien
George Allen & Unwin, 1977

This is the RARE Export Edition, considered the TRUE FIRST. A very good condition book in a very good, unclipped dust wrapper which lacks the price on its front flap. Printed by Clowes and Sons. This is the variant bound in dark-blue textured paper, with no headband and no dye to top edge. Comes in the purple/blue coloured dust wrapper.

DETAILED CONDITION REPORT

Book in very good condition, with clean boards and spine. Light crushing and discolouration to spine ends and extremities. Binding has a little lean. Some small handling signs and marks to edges. Otherwise pages are tightly bound and clean. Complete with map that is a little creased. Unclipped dust wrapper is in very good overall condition with sunning to spine and some creasing and peeling to extremities, as pictured.

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