The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (1984)

The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
1984 First U.S. ‘Domestic’ Edition
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
ISBN: 0395354390
Hardcover in dust-jacket
vi, 298 pp.
Illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 248-249

Notes
Typeset as for the Houghton Mifflin 1984 First ‘Import’ Edition with corrections.

1st Printing: February 22, 1984 – 30,000 copies

At least three printings issued.

Due to advance orders exceeding expectation, Houghton Mifflin had 30,000 copies printed domestically to add to their previously imported 4,000. These two printings were published simultaneously but several errors were corrected in the latter 30,000.

The ‘Domestic’ Edition can be distinguished from the ‘Import’ Edition by differences on the copyright page (“Printed in the United States of America” vs. “Printed in Great Britain”), title page (no year present vs. present), and the placement of the illustration, ‘I Vene Kemen’ (printed on an integral leaf, page 12 vs. printed on a plate facing page i). Their dust-jackets are identical.

Jacket price: $14.95; $15.95.

Also issued as a Book Club Edition.


 
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (1984) The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (2003)