![]() ![]() Measuring 23 × 15 inches and printed in black and red, it shows Beleriand and the Lands to the North – the mysterious lands that precede Middle-earth. ![]() A very special feature of this edition is the fold-out map by Christopher Tolkien. The binding is blocked in blue and pale gold, based on a design by the artist. It features a frontispiece and 28 superb chapter illustrations by the artist Francis Mosley. This edition is published with the original foreword by Christopher Tolkien. These are the stories by which the inhabitants of Middle-earth live, offering the reader a deeper insight into Tolkien’s magical world. The Silmarillion tells of the coming of the elves and men, and of Melkor, the greatest of the Ainur, who fell from grace and in doing so planted the seeds of evil. The world of The Silmarillion is the world created out of the music of the angelic Ainur, before The Lord of the Rings, before even The Hobbit. Tolkien’s son Christopher took on the momentous task of preparing a text from the masses of material to hand, with the first edition appearing in 1977. ![]() At the time of Tolkien’s death, in 1973, The Silmarillion remained unpublished. Tolkien (Tolkien Illustrated Editions) J. The events of The Silmarillion have a power and a symbolism all of their own, while also affording readers a deeper understanding of the later adventures of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. The Silmarillion Illustrated Edition: Illustrated by J.R.R. ![]()
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