There were 12 print runs total from August through November and the first 4 printings were completed before publication. Hardcover in dust-jacket, Cover illustration by J.R.R. Most copies are issued in a tan colored, un-illustrated card wrapper that bears a strong resemblance to the title page of the published copies with the HMCO logo and ISBN numbers.ġst Edition 1st Printing HMCO Silmarillion According to records seen at HMCO these were used and distributed as a quality control check as the first volumes were being printed and prepared for publication. The collector who took these photos is unknown at this time.Ĭover, Title, & Copyright Pages of the Uncorrected Proof Pictured below are a few photos borrowed from Berelach of a 1st U.S. did tend to produce and keep around more proofs of their publications, and so these are easier to come by than their UK counterparts. Unlike George Allen & Unwin, Houghton Mifflin Co. Here in the United States Houghton Mifflin printed hundreds of thousands of copies for the expected demand.
The Silmarillion was first published on the 15th September 1977 and was a huge undertaking by the publishers to meet the expected demand for the book. Printings 1-12 of the HMCO 1st Edition Silmarillion in Hardback without Jacket This article is to serve as a companion piece to Trotter’s article on UK first edition Silmarillion hardbacks. It does not cover second editions from 1999 through the present (where the text was reset and part of Carpenter's Letter 131 was added) or Easton Press editions. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, with some assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay. editions from 1977 through 1998 of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. This article is an introduction to Houghton Mifflin Co. Printings 1-12 of the HMCO 1st Edition Silmarillion in Hardback w/Jacket
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