1977 The Silmarillion

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Illustrated with one map, five genealogical charts and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A collection of myths and stories set in the fictional universe of Middle-Earth. The work has five parts following the creation of the universe Eä, a description of the Valar and Maiar or the supernatural powers of Eä, chronicles of the history before and during the First Age, the wars over the Silmarils, the Downfall of Númenor and its people, and finally, a brief summary of the events of The Lord of the Rings and those that led to them. Written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, an English writer and philologist best known for his works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.