Hello everybody, in this video I would like to all of you in brief this edition published as a fourth year anniversary of Tolkien's unfinished tales of Muminor and Middle-earth. As well know this is the very first edition published in the 1980 UK with the Muminorian helmet on the bath jacket drawn by Tolkien himself. Yet this now quadrogenarian is left all years without proper illustrated edition. What's this decision for this dubializer to be published with a compiled illustration by Hadnace Mitz, Alan Lee and John Howe, I consider quite marvellous. For as we all know this book is sort of a prequel to the history of the Middle-earth and quite hard to swallow more so for many readers as well as Simerilion is. And yet for more than 20 years we do have illustrated editions of the Simerilion by Hadnace Mitz. And today we finally got this beautiful illustrated gem of the Tolkien's universe. Evasion is of quite currently designed, decent and neat as well as all the other editions of this kind. And yet with the bit more details in others. And the first place, the box is all in trial there in one of Hadnace Mitz illustrations of the blue wizards as we may perceive them here. Which quite differs from the other deluxe editions of this series for their boxes are without illustrations and merely with the imprint somewhere on the middle of the box. And this one is quite smooth and glossy as well. When you're in raw material find as in all other editions a small flair which presents brief the very book itself. On this one we may read that this edition is printed in a merely 4,000 worldwide copies which is I would say a quite quite limited edition of the book. And the book binding material is quite coarse and resembles some stiffer gauze as you may see the texture now. See those lines perpendicular and horizontal. But it's not unusual with such hypercolonial editions for the Silmarillion cover as well printed with this texture. Here's a sound of it. And as we may see on the upper part of the front cover is an illustration of the Nazgul, its Stednace Mitz illustration titled The Hunt For The Ring. And the very imprint is edged with this gilded border as well as the all imprint and titles along the front cover are all in gold print fashion or gilded dry stamp. See the deep of the imprint it's quite visible and it's palpable as well. The spine is of the same manner regarding the fonts and the Tolkien's estate trademark. On the first opening of the book you will find the two foldable maps printed on the same paper. It's the map of the Beleriand kingdom and on the other side is the west of Middle Earth at the end of the third age. As well as a gift there is a foldable poster with Alan Lee's illustration, the ships of Numenor, quite marvelous and obscure in Alan Lee's manner. The binding is quite text-quisite as you may see here. It's stitched and seren with this bookmark ribbon which is in of the same here as the front cover. And here you may see those stitches. And this backspin is of the finest quality which is quite seldom with these editions. And the quality of the paper is as well excellent. It's quite hard as you can hear. And the title of the chapters and of the hadders are printed in blue color. On the very end of the book we may find a page dedicated to the illustrators. On the very beginning of the book we may find a list of the plates and 18 illustrations combined illustrations by, as I said, Alan Lee and John Howe and Ted Nasemith. Marvelous Snow Covered Gondolin by Ted Nasemith. Then John Howe's illustration of the first appearance of the cloud wrong and the Azargal's death. Then Ted Nasemith illustration of Armond Routh. Mimms Dwelling. Then the glaring the past ruined Naga Thron by Alan Lee. Marvelous. Then John Howe's illustration. Belleck approaching the Armond Routh. See the details, the blood on the pinnacle. Then John Howe's illustration is in Uminarian's sale to Middle Earth for the second time. See Doe's Portal Stones Megalith Stones and their ships. Then Nasemith's illustration. Galadriel and Caliborna, the lake of Favendim. Amroth and Nimrodel by Alan Lee. Then my favorite, the O taking by Kiran and Earl by Ted Nasemith. Then again a illustration from the cover, the hunt for the ring, in total. The first battle of the fours of eyes and my Alan Lee. Quite marvelous and quite epic in his sheer manner. Just perceive the details of the blind me. Such a marvel. Such a such a marvel. Van Drewdine in the forest of Halleth. Very interesting illustration. I'm at length the blue wizards from the box. Very Ted Nasemith. And each of the four parts are worn out with Alan Lee's sketches. The single imperfection that I dare to mention is that the illustrations were not printed in glossy, shiny paper. As it was all in other editions. Like we may see here. See the glossy, shiny paper. And here is rather smooth without that shiny and glossy texture. The things that the quality of the illustrations is vast diminished. For many of them are somewhat blurred in some details. And not quite clear as we are custom with in the similar editions. Yet all in all this edition is quite excellent for all who are found of illustrated editions. Especially for Thorkeens work. And it's my cordial recommendation to have it in your library. That's all that I wanted to present in this video. And thank you for your time and for watching. See you bye.