The Silmarillion

A smart first edition of Tolkien"s foundational myth of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien, complete with a folding map to the rear and the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This is a slightly later issue dust wrapper, identified with the price £4.95 to the front flyleaf. With a colour folding illustrated map to the rear of the work.A mythopoeic work forming the foundational legendarium of Middle-earth, recounting the creation of the world "Eä", the rebellion of the Noldor, the forging of the Silmarils, and the great wars of the First Age against Morgoth. Edited and prepared for publication by Christopher Tolkien from his father"s manuscripts.J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was a philologist and professor at Oxford whose legendarium reshaped modern fantasy literature. Christopher Tolkien (1924-2020) devoted much of his life to editing and publishing his father"s unpublished writings. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, smart. Spine slightly cocked. Slight fading to upper extremities. Very minor bumping to extremities. The odd very small light mark to boards. One or two spots to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight sunning to spine and upper extremities, more apparent to inside wrap. Very minor tide marking to lower perimeter of front wrap, only vivisble to inside. One very slight handling mark to inside wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very minor ink mark to lower fore edge, not extending to the pages. Near Fine.…