J.R.R. Tolkien – The Silmarillion – HarperCollins Hardcover – 1999 (2nd Printing)

Hardback in Dust Jacket – Cover Design by Tolkien – With the “New Preface” – ISBN 0-261-10242-7

A very attractive example of the 1999 HarperCollins hardback edition of The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien. This edition was issued as a companion volume to the then-current hardbacks of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and features a cover design credited to J.R.R. Tolkien himself.

The book also includes a new Preface by J.R.R. Tolkien noted as unique to this edition. The text presents Tolkien’s great mythology of the Elder Days: Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, the Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth, and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age.

This copy is the 1999 HarperCollins edition, with the publisher’s imprint and the number line 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 (indicating a second printing). The ISBN is 0-261-10242-7. The original jacket price of £16.99 is present on the flap.

Condition

The book is in Near Fine condition: clean, tight, and fresh internally, with no inscriptions or marks noted. The original dust jacket is likewise Near Fine, showing only light handling—minor edge wear/soft creasing consistent with careful shelving—while remaining bright and well preserved.

A handsome HarperCollins hardback Silmarillion with Tolkien-designed cover artwork and the Preface noted as unique to this edition.

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