J.R.R.Tolkien
SILMARILLION
translation
MARIA SKIBNIEWSKA
Warsaw 1985, Czytelnik, p. 432, format 15 x 21 cm
First edition in Polish.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER WITH EMBOSSING AND GILT AND RAISED SCROLLS. IN THE COVERS' MIRROR GILT TREE OF GONDOR ALLUDING TO THE MYTHOLOGY OF TOLKIEN'S WORLD, EDGES SURROUNDED BY BLIND AND THEN GOLD BODICE. SPINE WITH DIVIDED FIELDS, CONVEX ANIMALS HIGHLIGHTED WITH BLIND EMBOSSING AND GILDED TITLING; IN THE FIELDS, A STAR MOTIF AGAIN ALLUDING TO THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE-EARTH. PAGE EDGES STAINED. TOP FRONT WRAPPER LOOSE. LUXURY BINDING.
BDB condition-/ A BEAUTIFUL piece.