The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien [1982 PAPERBACK] • Ballantine

The Silmarillion: The Epic History of the Elves by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien. 

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1982] BALLANTINE BOOKS

Later gold mass market printing from the 90's of this edition first published with this cover in 1982.

Some mild shelf and edge wear to cover of an otherwise seemingly unread copy.

Reads like new with a hint of tanning. 

The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first book and his last. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in which some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The Silmarillion was begun in 1917, and Tolkien worked on it, changed it, and enlarged it throughout his life. Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, the book finally appeared four years after the author's death.