This is a RARE 1st Print of the 1st UK hardback edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1977
A marvellous example in the blue boards.
Folded map in rear, with a few creases.
Printed by William Clowes. The correct rare Export 1st Printing.
Small gift inscription to FFEP.
Slight pushing to spine tips.
One small spot on fore edge.
In a bright unclipped wrapper without the price to front flap.
Slight fading to spine.
Minor wear at joints, without loss or tears.
A little crinkling at edges.
Rare to find the Export edition - many copies now listed are the UK edition with the priced jacket and the blue topstain.
Now in removable Mylar.
The Blurb
The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.
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