• Publication: The SilmarillionPublication Record # 47252
• Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
• Date: 1995-00-00
• ISBN: 0-345-32581-8 [978-0-345-32581-5]
• Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
• Price:
  $5.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 458
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: The Silmarillion (1982) • by Darrell K. Sweet
• Notes: "First Ballantine Books Edition: March 1979" Cover art credit per copyright page 20th printing per number line: 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• From a Letter by J. R. R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman, 1951 • (1979) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
•  Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North • (1977) • interior artwork by Christopher Tolkien
• Preface to the Second Edition • (1979) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• vi •  Beleriand and the Lands to the North (map) • (1977) • interior artwork by Christopher Tolkien (variant of Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North) [as by uncredited]
• xi • Foreword (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 3 • Ainulindalë • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 17 • Valaquenta • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 29 • Quenta Silmarillion • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 319 • Akallabêth • [Middle Earth Universe] • (1977) • novelette by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 353 • Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age • (1977) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 379 • Tables: Genealogies - The Sundering of the Elves • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 384 • Note on Pronunciation (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 389 • Index of Names (The Silmarillion) • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 445 • Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names • (1977) • essay by Christopher Tolkien