The Silmarillion – Illustrated De Luxe Edition

J. R. R. Tolkien (author) Ted Naismith (illustrator) Christopher Tolkien (editor)

ISBN: 9780008433956

£100.00

De luxe Illustrated Edition of The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, illustrated by Ted Naismith & edited by Christopher Tolkien

This edition includes the complete text with the following exclusive special features:

  • Double-sided fold-out poster which reproduces two paintings Ted Naismith, ‘White Ships from Valinor’ and ‘Luthien at Tol Galen’
  • Large colour poster of the ‘Map of Beleriand and the Lands of the North’ by Christopher Tolkien
  • Definitive version of the text specially reset for this edition
  • Printed in two colours on heavyweight acid-free paper, and including a ribbon marker
  • Illustrated with almost 50 ull colour painting by Ted Naismith, some appearing for the first time , and five pencil drawings
  • Fully clothbound hardback, stamped in gold foil with an inset miniature of ‘Maglor Casts a Silmaril’
  • Housed in a custom-built slipcase, illustrated with wraparound artwork of ‘The Burning of the Ships’
  • A worldwide first printing of just 4000 copies

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Description

Illustrated De Luxe Edition

Limited to a worldwide first printing of just 4,000 copies, this deluxe edition is printed in two colours and is fully bound in cloth and stamped in gold foil. Housed in a matching custom-built slipcase decorated with stunning wraparound artwork, it also features two full-colour removable posters that are unique to this edition.

The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring.

They are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the Elves made war upon him in his impenetrable fortress in Angband for the recovery of the Silmarils, three jewels containing the last remaining pure light of Valinor, seized by Morgoth and set in his iron crown.

Accompanying these tales are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as told in The Lord of the Rings.

Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy.

Also included is a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien written in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and almost 50 full-colour paintings by Ted Nasmith, including some which appear here for the first time.

This special slipcased edition is fully bound in cloth and stamped in gold foil; it includes two full-colour removable fold-out posters unique to this edition and is housed in a custom slipcase illustrated with a stunning wraparound painting.

Further Information

Format Hardback
Publisher Harper Collins Publishers
Published 18/03/2021
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