A first edition, with the price of £4.95 printed on the front flap.
Published posthumously and edited by J. R. R. Tolkien’s son Christopher Tolkien. The Silmarillion is the precursor to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and tells the myths and stories of the First Age of that world.
A very good copy, a very slight wear at jacket extremities, chip to the upper rear panel and upper front corner of the jacket.