J. R. R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion (Hardcover) Illustrated by the Author

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion (Hardcover) Illustrated by the Author

Published by William Morrow/Harper Collins

Hardcover with book cover. Has a few small marks on book cover, otherwise in great condition.

For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in color by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key characters.

The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.