Description |
490 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
Note |
Originally published: London: Allen & Unwin, 1980. |
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Maps on endpapers. |
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Includes index. |
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"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.
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Elves -- Fiction.
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Dwarfs (Folklore) -- Fiction.
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Wizards -- Fiction.
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Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- History -- Fiction.
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Wizards. (OCoLC)fst01176452
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Imaginary wars and battles. (OCoLC)fst00967580
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Elves. (OCoLC)fst00908236
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Dwarfs (Folklore) (OCoLC)fst01982980
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place) (OCoLC)fst01020337
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Fantasy fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726607
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Added Author |
Tolkien, Christopher, editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
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Howe, John, 1957- illustrator.
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Lee, Alan, illustrator.
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Nasmith, Ted, illustrator.
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ISBN |
9780358448921 (hardcover) |
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0358448921 (hardcover) |
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