The Silmarillion.

£375 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A first edition, with the price of £4.95 printed on the front flap. Published posthumously and edited by J. R. R. Tolkien’s son Christopher Tolkien. The Silmarillion is the precursor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , and tells the myths and stories of the First Age of that world. A very good copy, a little wear and creasing at the edges of the jacket.

• Binding: Hardcover

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