TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

£350 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Silmarillion. First edition. This story collection contains the mythology of Middle-earth, hinted at but not fully explored in The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55). Tolkien worked on these stories intermittently between the First World War and his death in 1973, after which his son Christopher gathered and published them here.This copy is from the export issue, printed by William Clowes, which does not feature the price on the dust jacket. A domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons, was published simultaneously.

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