The Silmarillion
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The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien’s sweeping myth-cycle that predates The Lord of the Rings, appears here in a desirable 1977 George Allen & Unwin first-edition hardback. Beneath the original dust jacket, readers meet the First Age heroes, tragic jewels, and world-shaping wars that quietly echo through every later Middle-earth tale.
This copy carries a personal inscription—an extra layer of history for collectors who value human touches as much as textual ones. The boards are solid, the pages clean enough to read comfortably, and all signatures of the first printing remain intact.
Condition details: the jacket shows one crease, two small chips, and a faint water mark on its reverse; page edges and endpapers display light foxing typical of 1970s British paper, plus occasional thumbing. None of the flaws intrude on legibility, and the book sits proud on the shelf.
For fans of epic fantasy, Tolkien first editions, or anyone filling the missing cornerstone of a Middle-earth collection, this inscribed Silmarillion offers both narrative grandeur and collectible pedigree at a more approachable price point than pristine copies.