The Silmarillion. [Lord of the Rings]

Author: TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (1892-1973), [TOLKIEN, Christopher, editor]
Title: The Silmarillion. [Lord of the Rings]
Publication: London: George Allen and Unwin, 1977

Description: [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [1]. Folding map to rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge blue. With the dust-jacket illustrated with drawings by Tolkien, priced at £4.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions, trivial toning to spine of jacket, which has been carefully protected with a crisp, clear laminate. Near fine. 'The Silmarillion' is the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which Middle Earth characters from 'The Lord of the Rings' look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.

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