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The Book of Lost Tales, Part One – J.R.R. Tolkien – First American Edition, 1984
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First American edition and first printing of The Book of Lost Tales, Part One, Houghton Mifflin 1984, in the original green dust jacket.

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The Book of Lost Tales, Part One – J.R.R. Tolkien – First American Edition, 1984


First American edition and first printing of The Book of Lost Tales, Part One, Houghton Mifflin 1984, in the original green dust jacket.



The opening volume of The History of Middle-earth presents Tolkien’s earliest sustained mythology, with Christopher Tolkien’s extensive commentary and textual history.

Bibliographical details:
– Author: J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien
– Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
– Edition: First American edition, first printing
– Year: 1984
– Format: Hardcover in dust jacket
– ISBN 0-395-35439-0

Condition report:
The green dust jacket shows light shelf rubbing and minor edge wear; the cloth boards and interior appear clean and securely bound. The original jacket price is present in the photographed copy.

A desirable first American printing of the volume that opened the monumental History of Middle-earth.

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