{"product_id":"the-silmarillion-j-r-r-tolkien-george-allen-unwin-first-edition-1977-domestic-10","title":"The Silmarillion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin, 1977. First edition (British), first printing, the domestic edition, printed by Billing \u0026amp; Sons, priced £4.95 to the inner front flap of the (unclipped) dust jacket. An export issue, printed by William Clowes, was published simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo, 365 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped on spine in gilt with lettering and heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel after a drawing by Tolkien. No headband, top edge dyed blue. Map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar, large folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North at end, both printed in red and black. In the wove paper dust jacket, with covers and spine printed against a dark blue-purple background, with red and white lettering, the heraldic device of Lúthien Tinúviel to front and five other heraldic devices outlined in white to rear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good-only copy, the binding with a slight lean but firm, with a little dustiness to boards, a small mark on the spine and mild crushing to spine tips, and the text block edges a tad stained and foxed. Internally, the prelims have offsetting and the pages are ever-so-slightly tanned; otherwise, the pages are clean and uninscribed. In the jacket that is heavily sunned to spine, chipped with a few small tears to extremities, and tanned to flaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story collection containing the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between 1914 and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54413873512787,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/PXL_20260726_200326739-Photoroom.webp?v=1785106355","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-silmarillion-j-r-r-tolkien-george-allen-unwin-first-edition-1977-domestic-10","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}