THE SILMARILLION {The British / UK 1st Edition} F / NF

J R R TOLKIEN

ISBN 10: 0048231398 / ISBN 13: 9780048231390

Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977

About this Item

A Fine/Fine bright copy. This is the British / UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Stated First published in 1977, and printed by Billing & Sons on the copyright page. The jacket is price clipped. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, UK, 1977. A Fine bright, crisp, clean book in a Near Fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this British First Edition / First Impression. The book is Fine and unmarked. The foldout map is present and in Fine condition inside the rear endpaper as called for. Top edge stained blue as called for. The points for the True First Export Edition on p. 330 and 352 have been corrected. The Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition: price clipped; tiny surface chip to spine, top rear corner lightly worn; bottom rear corner has a 1.4 cm split with corresponding crease of 5 cm at bottom edge, else Near Fine (and placed in fresh brodart jacket sleeve after photographing). Overall, a Very nice copy. Includes a number of shorter works besides The Silmarillion, Genealogies, The Sundering of the Elves, Note on Pronunciation, Index of Names, Appendix, Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names plus a color map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar. Guy Gavriel Kay spent a year editing this book at the request of Christopher Tolkien. PLEASE SEE our other items for more Tolkien, C S Lewis, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, G K Chesterton, Le Carre, Atwood and Rowling and many more, including signed modern 1st editions. WE BUY BOOKS Please contact us if you have books or a collection to sell. ROBUST SHIPPING.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SILMARILLION {The British / UK 1st Edition} F / NF
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0048231398
• ISBN 13: 9780048231390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 750 grams

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Synopsis

An edition of the forerunner to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, which gives an account of the Elder Days when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves make war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.

Review

The Silmarillion is J.R.R. Tolkien's tragic, operatic history of the First Age of Middle-Earth, essential background material for serious readers of the classic Lord of the Rings saga. Tolkien's work sets the standard for fantasy, and this audio version of the "Bible of Middle-Earth" does The Silmarillion justice. Martin Shaw's reading is grave and resonant, conveying all the powerful events and emotions that shaped elven and human history long before Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf and all the rest embarked on their quests. Beginning with the Music of the Ainur, The Silmarillion tells a tale of the Elder Days, when Elves and Men became estranged by the Dark Lord Morgoth's lust for the Silmarils, pure and powerful magic jewels. Even the love between a human warrior and the daughter of the Elven king cannot defeat Morgoth, but the War of Wrath finally brings down the Dark Lord. Peace reigns until the evil Sauron recovers the Rings of Power and sets the stage for the events told in the Lord of the Rings. This is epic fantasy at its finest, thrillingly read and gloriously unabridged. (Running time: 14 hours, 6 CDs)