The Silmarillion — Ted Nasmith Illustrated De Luxe Edition, Sealed, 2021

The 2021 Illustrated De Luxe Edition

The Silmarillion. HarperCollins, London, 2021. Edited by Christopher Tolkien; illustrated by Ted Nasmith. ISBN 978-0-00-843395-6.

This illustrated de luxe edition presents the legends of the First Age in a text reset for this issue, printed in two colours on heavyweight paper. Almost fifty colour paintings by Ted Nasmith accompany the story, together with five pencil drawings. The red cloth binding is stamped in gold, and the book is housed in a publisher’s slipcase with wraparound artwork depicting The Burning of the Ships. The publisher also specifies a ribbon marker and two removable fold-out posters: Nasmith’s White Ships from Valinor and Lúthien at Tol Galen, and Christopher Tolkien’s coloured map of Beleriand and the lands to the north.

The publisher describes a worldwide first printing of 4,000 copies on the back of this slipcase. The present example remains sealed, so its individual printing statement and the enclosed posters have not been inspected.

Condition

The original shrink-wrap is intact in the photographs, with visible folds and reflections. The red spine, gilt lettering and illustrated slipcase present cleanly through the wrapping. The book has not been opened for an assessment of its interior.

A sealed example of the richly illustrated 2021 de luxe Silmarillion, complete with its original publisher’s slipcase.

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