Silmarillion

Description

TOLKIEN, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: George Allen & Unwin [1977]. 8vo, 365pp. Navy cloth with spine stamped decoratively in gold. Fold-out two-color map affixed to rear endpapers. Upper spine end a tad sunned, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped).

First edition, domestic copy. This posthumous work by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited and presented by his son, Christopher Tolkien, delves deeply into the mythology and history of Tolkiens beloved world of Middle-earth. From the creation of Middle-earth to the war of the Elves versus Morgoth (to whom Sauron was a servant) to the rise and fall of Numenor, The Silmarillionis a complex distillation of Tolkiens epic, sweeping history of the First Age and beyond. A veritableBulfinchs Mythologyof Middle-earth, each chapter could have been expanded into its own epic tale. Hammond and Anderson A15b.