Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional second edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and no price on the front flap as issued. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a work that he could not publish in his lifetime because it grew with him. Its origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. But The Hobbit was caught up in what Tolkien called “the branching acquisitive theme” he began in The Silmarillion, and eventually The Lord of the Rings emerged from this as well.
Ships promptly in with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
