Very scarce, maybe one of a kind.Uncorrected proof (manuscript state) copy of the Harry Harrison's novel WEST OF EDEN (1984).The book has ben SIGNED by the author AND Tolkien scholar TOM SHIPPEY, who has created the Yilanè and Marbak languages for the purpose of this book.Some annexes and glossaries of these languages are detailed at the end of the book. Very interesting for any fan of Tolkien and the Lord of the rings, the creation of a language by great professor of Philology and Tolkien specialist Tom A. Shippey. The book aslo contains stunning proof illustrations by Bill Sanderson. Measuring 8 by 11.5 inchesIn blue card covers that are slightly foxed to spine. Internally clean, bright and sound. 427pp. An epic novel where civilized dinosaurs and primitive men struggle for dominence, the premise is that the meteor strike of 65 million years ago never happened and therefore the dinosaurs were not rendered extinct. A stunning imaginative work from a great storyteller.