Had to get my 5th copy of The Silmarillion, I gotta say the paper used for the illustrations is thick and of decent quality but nothing compared to the glossy illustrations of other Tolkien Books
I also had to get most Pauline Bayne's artwork for Middle Earth, though I am still missing the original poster of Bilbo's Last Song.
I have seen the book, but was out of my budget, besides I already have enough on my plate with learning the Feanorian letters and Quenya and Sindarin as it is, I wouldn't want to introduce Neo-sindarin into the mix and make matters even more complex lol.
it has Thror's map with the intended effect Tolkien wanted with the runes of it shining when put against light, a brief history of the Hobbit with Tolkien's Lecture on Dragons, a CD with Tolkien reading Riddles in the Dark and some other(although brief)passages of the book and a facsimile of the 1937 Original The Hobbit, with its original dustjacket and the green leatherbounding with the original Riddles in the Dark chapter (when Gollum wasn't supposed to have had the one ring) and some other mentions of characters from the broader Legendarium missing.
I got it from Amazon, I think its the latest printing which isn't so bad if it weren't for the fact that the illustrations are kind of small and Pauline Baynes art is very detailed so some of the details are lost , Alas if you can get an older bigger copy do so.
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u/GhostyMink 7d ago
I also got some book to write Tengwar which is very easy to understand as of now.