SILMARILLION [THE] by Tolkien, J. R. R. (edited by Christopher Tolkien) - 1977

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977 Book. Illus. by Tolkien, J.R.R.. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. First US edition. (Previously published in in the UK by George Allen & Unwin.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. True first issue with all points present per Hammond A15c: "First Printing" and "First American Edition" is stated followed by full number line on the copyright page. Price $10.95 intact on front jacket flap with "Father Giles of Ham" misprint listed instead of "Farmer Giles of Ham" in the book publication list on Page 3. Code "0977" on front flap indicating a September, 1977 printing. Broken type on right edge of lines 28-29 and 30-32 on page 229. Burgundy top stain on top edge of page block. Green boards with silver spine lettering and copper devices. Fold-out map of Beleriand is clean, intact without tears and still attached to rear free endpaper (very rare thus, usually the maps were removed by owners and pinned to walls as posters.) Top and bottom edges of jacket are lightly frayed and chipped as well at the tips and head and heel of spine panel. Several jacket creases at top edge of front panel with one jagged, but closed tear 1.5 cm in length at top edge of rear panel. Handling and age-related wear to page block edges, but normal for a book this age. Faint scuff mark on top edge of page block. Defects said, still a straight, square copy with a tight binding and without price-clipping or previous owner's marks. Jacket is bright without fading or stains. A Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. "Major work of mythology that Tolkien held in higher esteem that The Lord of the Rings." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature *4A-251. Award History: 1978 Locus Award Winner for Best Fantasy Novel..