The Children of Hurin, Signed Limited Numbered Super Deluxe Edition

Published by Harper Collins in 1999, a Prized Collector's Item with Signatures of Christopher Tolkien & Alan Lee.

This particular edition was not available for sale to the USA directly from the UK publishers due to publishing rights with J.R.R.Tolkien books. UK buyers were limited to only two copies each. Each copy is flat signed and numbered by Christopher Tolkien & Alan Lee on a bespoke tip-in flyleaf. Unlike earlier copies that had bookplates, this edition is signed directly on the flyleaf page. Christopher's signature is valuable in its own right, but set in this beautiful rare edition, it's a collector's dream.

The utmost personal care and attention has been taken in the production of every single copy to ensure that the aesthetic appearance of the book is of the highest possible quality. Every book is hand bound in the finest quality leather from genuine first edition pages, secured to the spine through hand sewing and meshing to ensure lasting durability and strength.

This edition is strictly limited to just 500 hand-numbered copies. This is copy 414 of 500. Both the slipcase and the book show marks in the leather, though the book and text block itself are in mint condition (please have a good look at the pictures).

Some of the notable features of this edition include:

• Fully bound in real Italian leather decorated in gold and red foil with raised spine ribs
• Printed on superior acid-free paper with hand-sewn binding
• Gold-edged pages with marbled endpapers and a silk ribbon marker
• Unique illustrations and a fold-out map

The book encompasses 320 pages and includes 25 pencil illustrations by Alan Lee, along with 9 spectacular full-colour plates inserted at 32-page intervals. Additionally, it features a two-colour fold-out map drawn by Christopher Tolkien himself, who drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings when it was first published in 1954.

Custom Leather Clamshell:
This special book is housed in a custom-built, hand-assembled clamshell traycase. The clamshell is clad in bonded leather and foil-stamped in gold, lined with real suede. Truly, a treasure for any Tolkien collector's dream.

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