The Silmarillion

Tolkien, J.R.R. (ed by Christopher Tolkien) (jacket art & illustrated by Ted Nasmith)

ISBN 10: 0261103660 / ISBN 13: 9780261103665

Published by London: HarperCollins 1998 First Harper Collins Illustrated Edition, First Printing 8vo 367pp ill. ISBN 0-261-10366-0, London, 1998

About this Item

Very Fine original fine-grain black cloth, colour map end-papers, illustrated with 18 colour plates, in Near Fine DW, slightly crinkled along top edge, protected in Brodart sleeve. Front & rear jacket art, and illustrated with 18 colour plates by Ted Nasmith. A very attractive copy.

Seller Inventory # 14258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Silmarillion
• Publisher: London: HarperCollins 1998 First Harper Collins Illustrated Edition, First Printing 8vo 367pp ill. ISBN 0-261-10366-0, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0261103660
• ISBN 13: 9780261103665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ted Nasmith
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Tolkien: Works & Studies

About this title

Synopsis

A beautifully presented edition of The Silmarillion, illustrated by Ted Nasmith, to celebrate the 21st year of publication.

J R R Tolkien’s SILMARILLION is the core work of the Middle-earth canon. It is in this dense and often neglected masterpiece that the entire cosmology for the background for THE HOBBIT and, particularly, THE LORD OF THE RINGS is documented.

The volume contains fabulous tales of heroes and monsters, and the history of the Elves and of the Silmarils – the magical jewels produced by the Children of Iluvatar, or Elves (humans being the Younger Children of Iluvatar); it tells of the creation of Middle-earth, and the coming of Men into the world; it chronicles the early battles between good and evil, forces of light and dark, which foreshadow the great conflict with Sauron, the Dark Lord, in LORD OF THE RINGS.

1998 marks the coming of age of these tales of Middle-earth, published posthumously in 1977. Tolkien worked on THE SILMARILLION all his life – long before THE HOBBIT or LORD OF THE RINGS – and his son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien edited the material he left behind into its current form. Now in its 21st year of publication, THE SILMARILLION comes of age with 20 sumptuous illustrations by Ted Nasmith, perhaps the finest of Tolkien artists.

About the Authors

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Ted Nasmith is a freelance illustrator living just outside Toronto, Canada, with his wife Donna and three children. The works of Tolkien have had a profound effect on him and he has enjoyed the challenge of interpreting the characters and world of Tolkien for over twenty years. He has produced several Tolkien Calendars and recently illustrated ‘The Silmarillion’.