This specially bound and slipcased first edition, published on 2 September 1998 by Harper Collins Publishers, has been limited to 500 copies, each one numbered and signed by the editor and the artist.

Copy #6 of 500, Signed by Christopher Tolkien and Ted Nasmith.

Quarter leather and cloth bound in rich rust color with gilt titles, Tolkien monogram on book and slipcase, gilded page edges, ribbon marker.

The book is in As New unread condition, while the slipcase has a faint moisture line along the entry edge, both front & back. The book does not show any moisture marking whatsoever.

Matched in size and style with the Limitid/Numbered Editions by Harper Collins, of the "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" also offered for sale at this time.

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