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Tolkien and The Silmarillion: Available Copies

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6

Second printing (April, 1977). Very Good in a Good dust jacket. A clean, square copy. Previous owner's discreet blindstamp at bottom corner of front endpage. Dust jacket has some small chips and short tears, plus mild sunning to spine. 89 pages.

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

Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers. Very Good/Very Good. (1976). . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 89 pp. .

Spotting to the top-edge of the page block, otherwise Fine. The dust jacket has mild wear at the spine ends and corners, and is protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 89 pages with Notes and Index. Contents: I. First Meeting; II. Summer with Tolkien; III. Chronology of Composition and Geography of Middle-Earth; Tolkien as Christian Writer; IV. Tolkien as Christian Writer; V. Tolkien, Lewis & Williams; and VI. Postscript.

Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Idioma: Inglés. 20 x 12 cm. Páginas: 89.

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

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.

A cura di G. Bertani.Traduzione di Manini L.Bari, 2023; br., pp. 156, cm 15x21. "Ci sono libri la cui importanza è inversamente proporzionale alla loro dimensione. Il presente volume è uno di questi. Pubblicato nel 1976, era disponibile prima di qualsiasi altro studio classico o biografia su Tolkien. Cosa più importante ancora, fu una delle poche pubblicazioni che permetteva uno sguardo di prima mano al Legendarium prima ancora della sua pubblicazione in The Silmarillion, e in Unfinished Tales, e, più tardi, nei numerosi volumi della History of Middle-Earth. Il testo nel suo complesso ha resistito sorprendentemente bene allo scorrere del tempo ed è ancora in grado di attrarre il lettore. Non solo Kilby fornisce valutazioni perspicaci e profonde per molti dei principali temi nelle opere e nella vita di Tolkien, ma la descrizione del modo in cui il Professore lo accolse in casa sua, e delle lunghe ore passate a parlare del suo mondo sub-creato, riportano Tolkien in vita, tanto che pare quasi che dalle pagine del libro emani l'odore del fumo della sua pipa." (Thomas Honegger)

little wear and tear.

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.

Very Good copy. 1st Paperback Edition. Lion Publishing. UK. 1977. First as stated. Pages/fore-edges are VERY lightly tanned, more cream than tan (NOT browned) , but book looks unread. A former owner's name only, written neatly in ink on the top corner of the inside of the front cover, o/w NO markings. Very Clean, Tight and Bright. With Spine Uncreased. Clyde S. Kirby 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 Kirby not only provides a rich diversity of clues to the content of that looked-for magnus opus, The Silmarillion, but elaborates on Tolkien's personal and literary relationships with his contemporaries, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams. Images available on Request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall 1st UK Paperback Edition; First Printing.

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

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

Lion Publishing. UK. 1977. First as stated. Paperback. 'Tolkien and the Silmarillion' by Clyde Kirby. A solid copy with minor crease to front and to ends of tips. Contents clean. No writing etc. Back of dj has tiny area where price has been crossed out. Clyde Kilby spent a summer with the author of 'The Lord of the Rings' and in this book, describes that time. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

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. 0.55

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In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!