Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor shelfwear and a couple small edge-tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.5 lbs; Blue-green dust jacket with title in gold and white lettering; 1996, Harper Collins Publishing; 480 pages; "The Peoples of Middle Earth: the History of Middle Earth, Volume 12," by J. R. R. Tolkien. Seller Background: We are a small, online bookseller based out of Bellingham, WA specializing in modern rare and out-of-print titles. We have been active in the book trade for over ten years and have been an active Ebay member since 2002. All of our books are carefully cleaned and restored to the best possible condition prior to being offered for sale. Our books are graded conservatively with ex-library books never graded above "Good" and used books very rarely graded above "Very Good". Domestic Shipping Notes: Orders placed with "Standard Shipping" ship by USPS Media Mail. Orders placed with "Expedited Shipping" ship by USPS Priority Mail. Especially high-value orders may ship by UPS. International Shipping Notes: International orders ship exclusively through the Ebay Global Shipping program. The shipping rates for this program are calculated by Ebay and paid to Ebays shipping company (Pitney Bowes). Shipments through the Ebay Global Shipping program are fully trackable with non-delivery and damage claims handled direclty by Ebay customer service. Return Policy: We accept returns for any reason as long as we are notified of your intent to return within two weeks of the date of receipt. The buyer is responsible for return shipping on all discretionary returns. If the return is due to an error in our description or from damage caused by the shipping carrier we will reimburse all shipping costs paid by the buyer. Inventory #: SKU-0058AN00604044