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The Book of Lost Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (1984) hardcover first edition

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J. R. R. Tolkien, The Book of Lost Tales

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Book club edition. Fair condition. Small stain to upper forecorner of preliminary pages but interior is otherwise clean. Dust jacket looks like the Silmarillion pooped on it.

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