Silmarillion
Hardcover, 365pp.
Houghton Mifflin
July 1977
Edition 1st American ed

Silmarillion
1st U.K. Edition
Hardcover
Allen & Unwin
1977

Silmarillion Limited Edition Collectors' Box.
Harper-Collins, 2001
Hardcover
Contains color fold-out map by John Howe, color postcard, Exclusive CD of Christopher. Tolkien's reading of Beren and Lúthien (not sold separately on CD). Gray box.
A special hardback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece of epic fantasy, in a presentation box with the full color Map of Beleriand, some Silmarillion postcards, plus an exclusive free CD of Christopher Tolkien reading the Beren and Luthien story from the book. Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. Akallabeth recounts downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in Lord of the Rings

Silmarillion
Hardcover, 365pp.
Houghton Mifflin
October 1998
Illustrator: Ted Nasmith
1st edition, color paintings
Also:
Paperback, 304pp.
Houghton Mifflin
September 1983
Edition Older Edition
Paperback reprinted: 2000
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets stage for all his other writing. A story of creation of the world and of the First Age, this is an ancient drama to which characters in 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, most gifted of Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before they were destroyed by Morgoth, worlds first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in these Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in an impenetrable fortress of Angband in north of Middle-earth. Silmarillion is the history of rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against Morgoth. This pictured second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for this book, which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of earlier Ages of Middle-earth.

Silmarillion
Unwin Paperbacks
1979
Paperback

Silmarillion
Hardcover
Demco Media
November 1990

Silmarillion

Silmarillion
Library Binding
Econo-Clad Books
October 1999

Silmarillion
Mass Market Paperback, 480pp.
Random House, Incorporated
January 1979

Silmarillion
Ballantine, 1990
Paperback, Reprint

Silmarillion
Mariner Books, 1992
2nd Edition

Silmarillion
Harper-Collins, 1999
Hardcover
Published with preface by Christopher Tolkien and letter by Tolkien to Milton Waldman circa 1951
Paperback
Illustrator: Cover by Ted Nasmith

Silmarillion
Hardcover, 2nd ed., 365pp.
Houghton Mifflin
March 2001
Edition 2nd
Also:
Paperback, 2nd ed., 365pp.
Houghton Mifflin
April 2001
Edition 2nd
Includes the letter by Tolkien to Milton Waldman, 1951
Illustrator: Cover by Ted Nasmith

Adventures of Tom Bombadil
UK Version
Hardcover
Allen & Unwin
October 1972

Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Hardcover
Houghton Mifflin
June 1973

Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Hardcover
Houghton Mifflin
October 1978

Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Farmer Giles of Ham
Paperback
Allen & Unwin
1979

Road Goes Ever On
Hardcover
Houghton Mifflin
1967

Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth 
Paperback, 480pp.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
September 2001
ISBN-13: 9780618154050
ISBN: 0618154051
A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, UNFINISHED TALES is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in THE SILMARILLION and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring. UNFINISHED TALES also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as the Palantiri, and about the legend of Amroth. Writing of the Appendices to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, J.R.R. Tolkien said in 1955, "Those who enjoy the book as a 'heroic romance' only, and find 'unexplained vistas' part of the literary effect, will neglect the Appendices, very properly." UNFINISHED TALES is avowedly for those who, to the contrary, have not yet sufficiently explored Middle-earth, its languages, its legends, it politics, and its kings.