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Lot 234
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Silmarillion. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977.
8vo. Original blue cloth; publisher's pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION of Tolkien's work, published posthumously, which elaborates on the mythology of Middle Earth, edited and published by Tolkien's son Christopher. IN THE FIRST JACKET with £4.95 on the front flap.
[With:] Silmarillion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1977. 8vo. Original green cloth; publisher's pictorial dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST STATE with unbroken text with no missing letters on page 229.