First Folio Society edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue paper covered boards with illustration and decoration in red and gilt, housed in the original slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Francis Mosley, with a black and white frontispiece, 28 chapter illustrations and a two colour fold out map to the rear. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a little spotting to the top-edge is otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the structurally sound slipcase.
The 1997 Folio Society reissues of 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' featured Francis Mosley's new binding design, with this first Folio Society 'Silmarillion' edition illustrated throughout by Francis Mosley, also with his binding design.
Stock code: 28067
£150