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Tolkien and The Silmarillion: Available Copies

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.47
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    TOTAL Cost: $10.47

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.47
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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $10.47
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May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno (Reno, NV, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.47
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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.47
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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Your Online Bookstore (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $10.59
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Tolkien & the Silmarillion
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw (1977)


    Seller: SniderBooks (Pell City, AL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.99
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    TOTAL Cost: $10.98

NO MARKING; DUST COVER BIT FADED

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publ., Wheaton, IL (1977)


    Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc. (Kent, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $13.00

Marginalia throughout. Dust Jacket with minor edgewear. Previous owner's signature in ink. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0877888167. ISBN/EAN: 9780877888161. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8210.

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Tolkien & the Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $13.78
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Tolkien and the "Silmarillion"
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: Lion Publishing (1977)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $7.98
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $14.04

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

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Tolkien and the "Silmarillion"
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: Lion Books (1977)


    Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $7.98
    Shipping: $10.10
    TOTAL Cost: $18.08

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by TOLKIEN - Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1977. 3rd. printing. 89 pp. (1977)


    Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus (Den Haag, Netherlands)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $5.01
    Shipping: $15.65
    TOTAL Cost: $20.66

Original cloth with dustjacket. Both binding and (slightly sunned) dustjacket privately plasticized, else a (very) good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

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Tolkien and the "Silmarillion"
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: SPCK Publishing, United Kingdom (1971)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.97
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $22.03

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Tolkien The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Byrd Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $24.57
    Shipping: $2.00
    TOTAL Cost: $26.57

In Used Condition

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Tolkien and the "Silmarillion"
    by Kilby, Clyde -

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Lion Publishing, (1977)


    Seller: Librería Hijazo (LOGROÑO, Spain)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $8.89
    Shipping: $19.43
    TOTAL Cost: $28.32

- 89 pag 20 cm

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion: A Glimpse at the Man & His World of Myth
    by Tolkien, J R R (Subj); Kilby, Clyde S (Auth)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Pub, Wheaton, IL (1977)


    Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA (Torrington, CT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $22.50
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $28.50

Hard cover, foxing to edges of text block else clean and tight; dust jacket with losses wear and tear, foxing to verso, original price intact ($4.95). The author's recollections of a summer spent with Tolkien. Size: 12mo

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $31.47
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.47

Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $31.47
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.47

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.

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TOLKIEN & THE SILMARILLION
    by CLYDE S. KILBY

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: HAROLD SHAW (1977)


    Seller: Happyfish Books (Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.99
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $31.92

THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND STAINED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED. THERE IS A BEND TO THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK. THE SPINE IS FADED AND BOTH ENDS ARE BUMPED. THE PRICE IS UNCLIPPED. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

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Tolkien and the Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers, Wheaton (1976)


    Seller: Edmonton Book Store (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $14.00
    TOTAL Cost: $34.00

8vo pp.89

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Tolkien and the Silmarillion
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois (1976)


    Seller: Homeward Bound Books (Campbellcroft, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $16.00
    TOTAL Cost: $36.00

89 + 7 blanks p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Light wear to the corners and spine ends. Top edge of the text block is slightly dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has edge wear, including some short tears and creases. The spine has faded. A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien set principally around his work The Silmarillion and based on the author's personal acquaintance with him during one summer.

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Tolkien & the Silmarillion: A Glimpse at The Man & His World of Myth
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers, Illinois (1976)


    Seller: Lindenlea Books (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $17.95
    TOTAL Cost: $37.95

Lightly bumped on ends of spine, slightly faded at head of spine, dot on rear, else near fine. DJ rubbed at ends of spine and ends of flap folds, lightly smudged, 1/4 inch piece folded over at bottom of front flap fold, else very good. Protected in mylar sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Tolkien and the "Silmarillion"
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: Lion Books (1977)


    Seller: High Street Books (New Mills, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $13.00
    Shipping: $25.25
    TOTAL Cost: $38.25

Covers creased, faded and worn, foxing. 1977 first edition.

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TOLKIEN & THE SILMARILLION: A Glimpse At The Man & His World Of Myth
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Wheaton IL. 1976. Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller (Howell, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $35.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $39.95

brown hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. couple of 1" tears, rubbed, wrinkled, couple of 1cm tears, bit of sunfading, not price clipped. nice clean vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). 89p. endnotes. index. biography. mythology. medieval literature. english literature. folklore. ~ In Tolkien and the Silmarillion, Clyde S. Kilby spins his remembrance of a summer's close personal acquaintance with J. R.R. Tolkien into an intimate portrait of the writer whose mythic universe has kindled the imagination of a vast audience. Here Kilby not only provides a rich diversity of clues to the content of that looked~for magnum opus, The Silmarillion, but elaborates on Tolkien's personal and literary relationships with his contemporaries, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams. As we accompany Professor Kilby up the walk and through the door into the Tolkien home and office in Oxford, we are shown a series of swift images, like color slides, which allow us tantalizing glimpses of the scholar story~teller himself, and in which we view the gleaming mysteries of Middle Earth, down through its successive ages.

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Tolkien & il Silmarillion
    by Kilby, Clyde S.

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9788831447324
    Publisher: L'Arco e la Corte (Bari) ()


    Seller: Brook Bookstore (Milano, MI, Italy)
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    Book Price: $30.22
    Shipping: $11.41
    TOTAL Cost: $41.63

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TOLKIEN AND THE ''SILMARILLION'' (AN ASLAN BOOK)'
    by Kilby, Clyde

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: Lion Publishing (1977)


    Seller: Hafa Adai Books (Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $40.60
    Shipping: $3.95
    TOTAL Cost: $44.55

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Tolkien & the Silmarillion (Wheaton Literary Ser.)
    by Kilby, Clyde

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Shaw Publishers, Illinois (1976)


    Seller: Nooks Of Books (Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $39.90
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $46.90

Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Patterned brown boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Brown endpapers. 89pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar-sleeve, is lightly rubbed, has a 1/4" closed tear at the top of the front panel, and a 2" closed tear at the top of the rear panel; these flaws have been repaired with non-acidic archival tape. No chipping. The original price is intact. ".Clyde S. Kilby spins his remembrance of a summer's close personal acquaintance with J. R. R. Tolkien into an intimate portrait of the writer whose mythic universe has kindled the imagination of a vast audience. Here Kilby not only provides a rich diversity of clues to the content of that looked-for magnum opus, 'The Silmarillion' but elaborates on Tolkien's personal and literary relationships with his contemporaries, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.

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TOLKIEN AND THE ''SILMARILLION'' (AN ASLAN BOOK)'
    by Kilby, Clyde

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780856480782
    Publisher: Lion Publishing (1977)


    Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains (Pflugerville, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $44.43
    Shipping: $3.00
    TOTAL Cost: $47.43

Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Kilby, Clyde S

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Harold Shaw (1976)


    Seller: Bookcase (Carlisle, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $32.50
    Shipping: $21.46
    TOTAL Cost: $53.96

Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Light water stain to dust jacket. Rubbing and chipping to DJ inc a tear (18mm) to top of front cover. Price clipped. Size: 8vo

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Tolkien & The Silmarillion
    by Clyde S. Kilby

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780877888161
    Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers (1976)


    Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery (ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $50.00
    Shipping: $5.25
    TOTAL Cost: $55.25

Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket and straight firm spine.

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