The Silmarillion

First published in the United Kingdom on 15 September 1977.

Descriptive Bibliography
A15
Abbreviated
Silm Hammond & Anderson

1977 Hardcover Edition

George Allen & Unwin
1 (1977)
2 (1977)
4 (1977)
5 (1977)

1977 Book Club Edition

Book Club Associates
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 1
Last: 1

1978 Book Club Edition

Book Club Associates
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 1
Last: 1

1981 Guild Edition

Guild Publishing
1 (1981)
2 (1985)
3 (1986)
4 (1988)
5 (1989)

1979 Paperback Edition

Unwin Paperbacks
First: 1
Last: 2

1983 Paperback Edition

multiple
Cover illustration by Roger Garland
Unicorn / Unwin Paperbacks
1 (1983)
2 (1983)
3 (1984)
4 (1985)
5 (1985)
6 (1986)
Cover illustration by Roger Garland
Unwin Paperbacks
7 (1987)
8 (1988)
9 (1989)
Cover illustration by Roger Garland
Unwin Paperbacks
First year: 1990
First: 10
Last known: 10

1992 ‘Converted’ Edition

George Allen & Unwin / HarperCollins
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 2
Last: 2

1992 Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 1
Last: 2

1995 Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 3
Last: 4

1999 Hardcover (2nd) Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 1
Last known: 4

2006 Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
First known: 16
16
19
20
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
21
Last known: 21

1998 Illustrated Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
First: 1
Last: 1
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
First: 2
Last: 2

1997 Folio Society Edition

The Folio Society
1 (1997)
2 (2002)
3 (2003)
4 (2003)
5 (2004)
6
7 (2012)
Last known: 7

1990 Guild Edition

Guild Publishing
1 (1990)
2 (1991)

1992 Book Club Edition

Book Club Associates
1 (1992)
2 (1993)

1994 Book Club Edition

Book Club Associates
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 1
Last: 1

1992 Paperback Edition

Grafton
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 1
3

1994 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 1
Last known: 7

1999 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by John Howe
First: 1
Last known: 4
5
6
8
13
30
33
34
44
45
54
58
60
65
67
70
73
114
Last known: 114

1991 Paperback Edition

Grafton
Cover illustration by Roger Garland

1999 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien

1999 Book Club Paperback Edition

HarperCollins for Book Club Associates
Cover illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien
First: 1
Last known: 3

2004 2nd Illustrated Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
updated
Cover image for 2004 2nd Illustrated Hardcover Edition
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith

2007 De Luxe Edition

HarperCollins
1
4
6
7
8
10
Last known: 10

2004 Folio Society Edition

The Folio Society
First: 1

2000 Illustrated Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith

2002 Voyager Classics Edition

Voyager
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien

2008 Illustrated Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
1
2
3
Last known: 3

2021 Illustrated Hardcover Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
1
3
4
5
Last known: 5

2021 Illustrated De Luxe Edition

HarperCollins
Cover illustration by Ted Nasmith
1
2
4
Last known: 4

2023 Hardcover Edition (Boxed Set)

HarperCollins
1
Last known: 2

2013 Paperback Edition

HarperCollins
1
3
7
10
12
16
17
21
Last possible: 21
First year: 2024
22