J.R.R. Tolkien – The Silmarillion – Second Edition – First Printing (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

First Printing of the Second Edition — Houghton Mifflin Hardcover, Identical to the 1999 HarperCollins UK Text

This is the Second Edition of The Silmarillion, published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin Company in 2001, edited by Christopher Tolkien. The text of this edition is identical to the Second Edition first issued by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom in 1999 and incorporates Christopher Tolkien’s final revisions to the work.

This copy is the first printing of the Houghton Mifflin Second Edition, as indicated by the complete number line: QUM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
ISBN: 0-618-13504-9.
Printed in the United States of America.

The book is bound in the publisher’s original black cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, and is housed in the original pictorial dust jacket.

Condition

A genuine as new / unread copy. The book shows no signs of reading or handling. The dust jacket is flawless, with no rubbing, creasing, or edge wear. Boards are sharp, spine is square, and the contents are pristine throughout. No inscriptions, no remainder marks, and no defects of any kind noted.

An exceptional, collector-grade example of the first printing of the Second Edition — increasingly difficult to find in this untouched condition.

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