Tolkien, J.R.R. — THE SILMARILLION.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First American Edition, later printing.. VERY GOOD+ CLOTH COPY in nice dust jacket. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion to be his most important work, and, though published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other works. The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay. 365 pages with appendix, plus fold out map tipped to rear pastedown. Royal octavo. Royal octavo.