Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R.
Replication of '08 paperback, but in the hardback format? Also, this I'm curious as to which images this one will include. The ISBN for the standard edition (more info on the collector's edition once there's more info) is 9780008433949.
Ted Nasmith, including some which appear here for the first time." Tolkien written in 1951 which provides a brilliantĮxposition of the earlier Ages, and almost 50 full-colour paintings by Than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy. Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more Seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of In his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son,Ĭhristopher, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring hisįather’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literaryĪchievement of a lifetime. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as told in The Lord of the Rings. The Ainulindalë is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of the gods is described. Remaining pure light of Valinor, seized by Morgoth and set in his ironĪccompanying these tales are several shorter works. Set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth,Īnd the Elves made war upon him in his impenetrable fortress in Angbandįor the recovery of the Silmarils, three jewels containing the last The rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. In time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging
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