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Author Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, author.

Title Unfinished tales of Númenor and Middle-earth / by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien ; illustrated by John Howe, Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  SF TOLKIEN, J.R.R.    Check Shelf
Description 490 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Note Originally published: London: Allen & Unwin, 1980.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes index.
"To commemorate the 40th anniversary of its first publication, this illustrated edition features 18 full-colour paintings by John Howe, Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith. It present anew Christopher Tolkien's pivotal step toards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beigging of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books devoted to celebrating his father's legacy" --Dust jacket flap.
Contents Part one : the first age. Of Tuor and his coming to Gondolin -- Narn i hîn Húrin -- The childhood of Túrin -- The words of Húrin and Morgoth -- The departure of Túrin -- Túrin in Doriath -- Túrin among the outlaws -- Of Mîm the dwarf -- The return of Túrin to Dor-lómin -- The coming of Túrin into Brethil -- The journey of Morwen and Nienor to Nargothrond -- Nienor in Brethil -- The coming of Glaurung -- The death of Glaurung -- The death of Túrin -- Part two : the second age. A descirption of the island of Númenor -- Aldarion and Erendis : the mariner's wife -- The line of Elros : kings of Númenor -- The history of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lórien -- Part three : the third age. The disaster of the Gladden Fields -- Cirion and Eorl and the friendship of Gondor and Rohan -- The Northmen and the Wainriders -- The ride of Eorl -- Cirion and Eorl -- The tradition of Isildur -- The quest of Erebor -- The hunt for the ring -- Of the journey of the black riders according to the account that Gandalf gave to Frodo -- Other versions of the story -- Concerning Gandalf, Saruman, and the Shire -- The battles of the Fords of Isen -- Part four. The Drúedain -- The Istari -- The palantíri.
Summary This collection of narratives ranges in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring. It comprises such elements as Gandalf's account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the party at Bag-End and stories of the Five Wizards.
Subject Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.
Elves -- Fiction.
Dwarfs (Folklore) -- Fiction.
Wizards -- Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- History -- Fiction.
Wizards. (OCoLC)fst01176452
Imaginary wars and battles. (OCoLC)fst00967580
Elves. (OCoLC)fst00908236
Dwarfs (Folklore) (OCoLC)fst01982980
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) (OCoLC)fst01020337
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726607
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Added Author Tolkien, Christopher, editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
Howe, John, 1957- illustrator.
Lee, Alan, illustrator.
Nasmith, Ted, illustrator.
ISBN 9780358448921 (hardcover)
0358448921 (hardcover)
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