For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the
forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in
colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in
two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition.
The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most
gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light
of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth,
stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the
impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The
Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his
kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to
Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism,
against the great Enemy. 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 book also
includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the
Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of
each 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 narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This deluxe
slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is printed in
two colours and features, for the very first time, more than 50
colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien
himself as he composed this epic work. Unique to this edition are
two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of
Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A
Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher
Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. It is
additionally quarterbound in blue leather, with raised ribs on the
spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in
a custom-built clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in silver
and include a ribbon marker.
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