The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. De Luxe (deluxe) 'Thirtieth Anniversary' edition.
London: HarperCollins, 2007. 8vo. Seventh impression of this edition. First published in 1977. Original quarter bound in blue, stamped in gold foil on grey boards, and housed in a matching slipcase. Navy silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece showing Tolkien's painting of Hallas of Manwe (Taniquetil) appears for the first time. Folding map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North, printed in red and black, at rear. Bought in the original shrink-wrap which has been removed in order to catalogue the book. As new. Item #8648
This anniversary edition includes a fourteen page letter written by the author in 1951 containing his account of the mythology of Middle-earth.
Price: £60.00