The Silmarillion

Special unjacketed hardback edition of the prelude to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece | The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Silmarillion features the complete work with a unique cover design and black and red endpaper maps.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.This special ‘collectors hardback’ edition of the work includes a unique cover design that illustrates Telperion and Laurelin | the Two Trees of Valinor | and the three Silmarils.J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Fall of Númenor' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 07-11-2022.