No one ever asked anything from the vanquished. Chronicles are written by the victors and the chronicle of the victors is “The Silmarillion.”

The first edition of the text, in the original design. Imitation of the European format, which does not provide an annotation. As an annotation, a quote is taken from the second version of the dust jacket. Text - Niennakh, Illet (1991–1994) Translation - Vasilyeva N.E., Nekrasova N.V., 1994 Typeface by Lazursky. Artist - P. Vorontsov. Dust jacket - Rudko S.V. and E.N. Maps - V. Martynenko.

Further reissues were brought to the format of the standard publishing series.