The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien - 1992 16th Ballantine Books Paperback - Darrell K. Sweet Cover

Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as: • Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover• Creases, marks, or small tears on pages or dust jacket• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name/notes inside Cover artist: Darrell K. Sweat  Publisher blurb:  "A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, THE SILMARILLION is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before THE HOBBIT. Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, mos