Tolkien and the Silmarils by Helms, Randel - 1981

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 093519469X . First printing. Near fine in a very good (moderate rubbing) dust jacket. .

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Houghton Mifflin Company, January 1981. Hardcover. USED Good.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. First Edition. . Original Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tolkien scholar Helms analyses 'The Silmarillion'. xvi,104pp, index. Near fine in like dj Size: 8vo

Houghton Mifflin Company 1981 First Edition, First Printing 8vo xvi,104pp ISBN 0-395-29469-X, 1981 Fine original beige cloth & tan boards, gilt titles, in Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. A very attractive copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First edition. A Fine "as new" copy in a price-clipped Near Fine dustwrapper..

London, Thames & Hudson first edition - h/c in d.j. The 'Silmarillion' was J.R.R. Tolkien's most profound work, the book he wrote to please himself. The noted Tolkien scholar Randel Helms provides in this book a lucid analysis of Tolkien's labour of love. He describes the sources of 'The Silmarillion', both classical and Biblical, its major themes and its separate parts. He explains its complex relationships with Tolkien's major works. 215 x 140mm., pp. xiii, 104, contents fine, d.j. slightly rubbed - no tears or creases, VG+/VG. ISBN: 0500012644

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, ex library, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages tight. Pen marking on front pastedown.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). One of the earliest examples of Tolkien scholarship. Randel Helms' short but illuminating volume on ""The Silmarillion"" approaches the work from a literary & theological perspective, Helms reminds the reader of Tolkien's lifelong devotion to his Catholic faith, which informs every page of his work, as well as his deep love of myth. Helms' comparisons to Milton's ""Paradise Lost"" are apt & not at all out of place -- Tolkien was not only attempting to write in a very old & largely abandoned form (the Romance), he was also exploring & expounding the roots of his own religious belief.