The Silmarillion

Overview:

  • Title: The Silmarillion
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1977
  • ISBN-10: 0048231398
  • Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
  • Pages: 365
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Silmarillion
  • Notes:
    • "First published in 1977"
    • No other statement of publication or printing
    • There is no price on the book or jacket, which the Tolkien Library identifies as an "Export Edition"
    • Cover art, designated as "Emblems", is credited to Tolkien on the inside rear flap. Each emblem is named:
      • Lúthien Tinúviel (front cover)
      • Fingolfin; Eärendil; Idril Celebrindal; Elwë and Fëanor (back cover)
    • There is a fold-out map of Beleriand bound in before the rear endpapers and has Christopher Tolkien's initials