J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion, 1st Edition / 1st Printing, US, w. Sketch, 1977

Description: J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion, 1st Edition / 1st Printing, US, w. Sketch, 1977. Please read the full description carefully before bidding and/or purchasing any products. I am not a book expert, please use common sense and good judgment. Vintage hardcover book with dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition and the map is still intact. Hardcover book with dust jacket. 1st Edition/1st Printing. This is the U.S. 1st Edition; 1st State with complete number line to 1. Guy Gavriel Kay spent a year editing this book at the request of Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, U.S., 1977. This is the 1st State of the 1st U.S. printing with the following points intact as required by Hammond and Anderson (A15), notably the misprints on pages 330 and 352 that were corrected in a later impressions. (1) no period after Feanor on p.330, line 4; (2) the word "and" between "Lord of Waters and King of the Sea" is in italics on p.352, line 39. The printing history is as follows: the True 1st is the unpriced export edition, followed by the priced UK Edition and the priced US edition. 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. Book does not come with Certificate of Authenticity and/or any type of provenance. Book and/or dust jacket may consist of foxing, water stains, fingerprints, dirt, debris, writings, scratches, scuff marks, creases, wrinkles, rips, tears, folds, minor staining, previous stickers, or labels applied by the retail store, manufacture and/or previous owner. Hardback and not a paperback. This is rare and hard to find! Really a good deal! Similar books sold online for over $300! Paypal may run your debit card/credit card as a cash advance/money transfer causing a service charge. Please talk to Paypal and/or your credit card/debit card company because I do not issue refunds whatsoever. You need to resolve the issue with Paypal and/or your credit card/debit card company. You are responsible for reading the full item listing before making a bid or commitment to buy. You enter into a legally binding contract to purchase an item when you commit to buy an item, your offer for an item is accepted, or if you have the winning bid (or your bid is otherwise accepted). Good luck to the highest bidder. No reserve price. I will not retract and/or cancel your bid. There are no excuses. Once the transaction ends, it is final. I accept all reasonable offers. Just a quick reminder! Use your Best Offers wisely: For most categories, you can make up to 5 offers. Expired, rejected, and retracted offers all count toward this limit. All sales are final. No refunds and/or returns accepted. Sold AS-IS condition. All sales are final. Please purchase at your own risk. Shipped with USPS and/or FEDEX. Please contact USPS and/or FEDEX if your package is delayed, missing and/or lost for some unfortunate reason. Please contact your shipping provider to resolve the issue. Please add insurance and/or signature confirmation to prevent your package to be stolen. Merchandise purchased on Friday after 12pm will be shipped Monday morning excluding Holiday For international shipping, I will be using eBay's Global Shipping Program. Thank you!

Price: 200 USD

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