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 Book Club Associates edition does not include the fold-out map that is in the first and other editions.
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Hardback, good condition. Wear and creasing to jacket and corners. Two tears on lower front jacket. Cover is in very good condition, with minor bumps to edges and corners. Slight foxing on upper page edges, otherwise clean and binding is tight.
Published by Book Club Associates, 1977.
CN: 2505