The Silmarillion Agatha Christie foxing to edges and a

foxing to edges and a little offsetting and further spotting to prelims

First reprinted by William Heinamann in 1909

tortured and burnt at the stake

60–61 and 124–125)

gilt titles and repeated motif

The Silmarillion Agatha Christie foxing to edges and aThe Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First edition (British), first printing, the rarer international export edition, printed by William Clowes, lacking the price on the inner front flap of the (unclipped) dust jacket. A domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons, was published simultaneously. Octavo, 365 pp. Variant bound in dark blue textured paper over boards, stamped on spine in gilt with lettering and heraldic