Silmarillion

Product Description

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of first publication a new de luxe edition of The Silmarillion featuring the revised reset text a colour frontispiece illustration bound in special materials & presented in a matching slipcase. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days of the First Age of Tolkiens world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back & in whose events some of them such as Elrond & Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth the first Dark Lord dwelt in Middle-Earth & the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation & in the Valaquenta the nature & powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age & Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. For the first time we are publishing a deluxe edition of this pivotal work featuring the revised corrected text & including by way of an introduction a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth. Quarter-bound & set in a matching slipcase this attractive edition will prove a fine addition to any Tolkien collection.