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Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. Rare pre-publication edition in textured wraps.
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Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. Rare pre-publication edition in textured wraps.
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The Lays of Beleriand (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
An American advance uncorrected proof of the third volume of The History of Middle-earth. Bound in pale textured card wrappers printed in black with an Elvish border and an Uncorrected Proof designation.
The internal publisher’s proof notice gives a probable publication date of November 1985 and a probable price of $16.95. The notice uses the working series description Book of Lost Tales III.
Condition
Very Good+, with light edge wear, age-toning and small scattered spots on the wrappers and page edges. The photographed text pages are clean and the copy retains a square appearance.
The volume contains The Lay of the Children of Húrin and The Lay of Leithian, with Christopher Tolkien’s editorial commentary.
A distinctive American proof preserving the publisher’s provisional publication notice.
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