J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, Edited by Christopher Tolkien, 1977

J.R.R. Tolkien                                              
The Silmarillion
Edited by Christopher Tolkien

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.

First American Edition, 7th printing

 (number line: P 10 9 8 7).

Hardcover in original dust jacket.

ISBN 0-395-25730-1 on back of dust jacket.

Complete with the large fold-out “Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North,” still attached to the book.

Original dust jacket retains the $10.95 price on the front flap. Bright red topstain.

Clean interior with no ownership markings, bookplates, inscriptions, or writing of any kind.

Condition: Book is tight and square with mild age-toning to pages, as expected. Dust jacket shows typical wear including light rubbing, edge wear, and some soiling/fading, but remains intact and presentable.

Overall a solid, complete, and clean later printing of the true First American Edition.

A desirable early U.S. trade copy of Tolkien’s foundational legendarium, published the same year as the first edition.