Publication: The Silmarillion

Publication: The SilmarillionPublication Record # 430943
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: date unknown
ISBN: 0-395-25730-1 [978-0-395-25730-2]
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / BCE
Price:
$10.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 365
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Silmarillion (1977) • by J. R. R. Tolkien
Notes:
- "Edited by Christopher Tolkien" stated on the copyright page.
- Verifier's copy (found in Hong Kong) has the copyright page replaced with Chinese text relating to the publication, retaining "First printing" and "First American Edition" but discarding with the number line, ISBN and LCCN data, as appeared in the original Houghton Mifflin publication. ISBN appears on the back cover only, above the code "6-97065". It appears to be a book club edition for Asian distribution with "Houghton Mifflin" not appearing anywhere in the publication.
- Price retained on the upper right of the inside front cover dustflap.
- Publication has black boards with silver type on the spine, stating only author and title.
- The map of the Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar is on an unnumbered page with a blank reverse inserted between pages 120 and 121. It is not signed but is in the same drawn style as the fold-out Map of Beleriand, and is referred to in Christopher Tolkein's Foreword as being included within the body of the book to make clear at a glance certain locations of Middle Earth (the map is a more detailed view of a small section of the fold-out Map of Beleriand).
- The fold-out Map of Beleriand is attached to a blank endpaper at the back of the book, and is signed "CJRT".
- Month of publication for the original edition was September 1977 (from Locus #205, October 1977) , the code "0977" has been retained on the inside front cover dustflap.

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

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The Realms of the Noldor and the Sindar (map) • (1977) • interior artwork by uncredited
7 • Foreword (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
13 • Ainulindalë • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
23 • Valaquenta • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
35 • Quenta Silmarillion • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
257 • Akallabêth • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novelette by J. R. R. Tolkien
283 • Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age • (1977) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
305 • Tables: Genealogies - The Sundering of the Elves • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
310 • Note on Pronunciation (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
313 • Index of Names (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
355 • Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
bep • Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North • (1977) • interior artwork by Christopher Tolkien

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Publication: The Silmarillion

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