Publication: The Silmarillion

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Publication: The SilmarillionPublication Record # 304482
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 2007-00-00
ISBN: 978-0-00-726489-6 [0-00-726489-5]
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: xxv+337
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Silmarillion (1977) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
Notes:
- Publication date derived from this copyright page statement: "This de luxe slipcased edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007"
- Additional copyright page statement "First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1977"
- Supplemental leaflet states "30th Anniversary Edition"
- No number line
- No price information available
- Two frontispieces that are colored prints of paintings by J. R. R. Tolkien. Credits on supplemental leaflet, artwork titles on copyright page:
  - Halls of Manwë (Taniquetil)
  - Lúthien Tinúviel
- Cover art is not explicitly credited, but it is a stylized version of the "Lúthien Tinúviel" emblem frontiespiece, which is a painting by Tolkien
- Fold-out map in red and black, titled "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- Map in red and black, facing page 106, titled "The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar"
- Additional description of this publication is available on tolkienbooks.net

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Collection Title: The Silmarillion • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • collection by J. R. R. Tolkien

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Foreword (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
x • Preface to the Second Edition (The Silmarillion) • (1999) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
xi • From a Letter by J. R. R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman • (1981) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien (variant of From a Letter by J. R. R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman, 1951 1979)
1 • Ainulindalë • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
11 • Valaquenta • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
21 • Quenta Silmarillion • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
235 • Akallabêth • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novelette by J. R. R. Tolkien
261 • Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age • (1977) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
282 • Tables: Genealogies - The Sundering of the Elves • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
287 • Note on Pronunciation (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
289 • Index of Names (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
328 • Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien

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