J.R.R. Tolkien – The Silmarillion – First Edition 1977
£175.00
First edition, first printing of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by George Allen & Unwin, London in 1977. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, the boards are tight and free from notable chips and marks, slight pushing to head of the spine, the text blocks with minor toning and dark blue top-stain, the map is present to the rear and is unmarked and tightly folded. The near fine unclipped wrapper bright to the front and rear panels, though slightly sunned at the spine.
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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First edition, first printing of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by George Allen & Unwin, London in 1977. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, the boards are tight and free from notable chips and marks, slight pushing to head of the spine, the text blocks with minor toning and dark blue top-stain, the map is present to the rear and is unmarked and tightly folded. The near fine unclipped wrapper bright to the front and rear panels, though slightly sunned at the spine.
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.
