JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, on audio for the first time. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and ...
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JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, on audio for the first time. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.
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Maps By Christopher Tolkien. Fine in Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in somewhat edgeworn at top front and, small chip on back corner, gold dj. First printing of first American edition (no folding map on this one). 472 pp. A collection of narratives ranging in time from Elder Days of Middle-earth to end of the War of the Rings and comprising various elements as Gandalf's account of how he came to send the Dwarves to party at Bag-End--explores Middle earth languages, legends politics and kings.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Folding map. Contemporary owner gift inscription on front fly, else fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with a few tiny tears, and a slightly sunned spine.
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Near fine in Very good+ jacket. Stated first American edition, first printing with full numberline! Green and silver stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w + fold out map at rear. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked, mild wear to edges of block. DJ has mild bump to spine foot, small crease to top front flap, now in archival mylar wrap.
This is a work of haunting beauty. With The Silmarilon, it forms the heart of Tolkien's sad, mesmersing history of the peoples of Middle Earth. For me, the nobility of concept, the intoxication of the narrative, and the richness and beauty of expression, place these two books on the highest plane of literary creation.