J.R.R. Tolkien – The Silmarillion – First Edition 1977
£285.00
A first edition, first printing, ‘The Silmarillion’ published by George Allen and Unwin in 1977. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper. No fading to the spine whatsoever. Map in rear still present. Lightly worn to the edges but the best copy we have seen for a while and no loss to the topstain.
Edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by the fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay. It tells of Eä, a fictional universe that includes the Blessed Realm of Valinor, the once-great region of Beleriand, the sunken island of Númenor, and the continent of Middle-earth, where Tolkien’s most popular works—The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—are set. After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien’s publisher Stanley Unwin requested a sequel, and Tolkien offered a draft of the writings that would later become The Silmarillion. Unwin rejected this proposal, calling the draft obscure and “too Celtic”, so Tolkien began working on a new story that eventually became The Lord of the Rings.
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A first edition, first printing, ‘The Silmarillion’ published by George Allen and Unwin in 1977. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper. No fading to the spine whatsoever. Map in rear still present. Lightly worn to the edges but the best copy we have seen for a while and no loss to the topstain.
Edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by the fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay. It tells of Eä, a fictional universe that includes the Blessed Realm of Valinor, the once-great region of Beleriand, the sunken island of Númenor, and the continent of Middle-earth, where Tolkien’s most popular works—The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—are set. After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien’s publisher Stanley Unwin requested a sequel, and Tolkien offered a draft of the writings that would later become The Silmarillion. Unwin rejected this proposal, calling the draft obscure and “too Celtic”, so Tolkien began working on a new story that eventually became The Lord of the Rings.
