First edition, first printing. Domestic issue (printed by Billings). Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge navy blue. Fold out map to the rear. A better than very good copy, the binding tight and square, with some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The contents, with some damp staining to the fore-edge of the last few pages (not affecting any of the text and just a small mark to the map) and a few marks to the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, creased and indented dustwrapper, with a few small stains to the verso, but otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Not price clipped (£4.95 to the front flap).
Tolkien's creation story and Norse-style epic history of the world in which The Lord of the Rings is set. Compiled and edited by his son, Christopher.
Stock code: 24276
£150