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Unfinished tales of Numenor and Middle-earth / by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited with introduction, commentary, index, and maps by Christopher Tolkien.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place).
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 483 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Distribution:
- [Place of distribution not identified] : [Science Fiction Book Club]
- Manufacture:
- [1981]
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1981, ©1980.
- Summary:
- "Presents J.R.R. Tolkien's elaborations beyond 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' regarding the lands of Middle-earth and Numenor, with an introduction, notes, maps, and a glossary-style index by Tolkien's son Christopher." "This book was not planned by Tolkien and is a disparate collection held together by the continuing editorial presence of his son Christopher; his exhaustive commentary and countless footnotes are learned and helpful ... the nature and state of this material give us a rare glimpse of how Tolkien developed his fantasy world over the years." Publ Wkly.
- Contents:
- Of Tuor and his coming to Gondolin
- Narn I Hin Hurin
- A description of the island of Numenor
- Aldarion and Erendis : The mariner's wife
- The line of Elros : Kings of Numenor
- The history of Galadriel and Celeborn and of Amroth King of Lorien
- The disaster of the Gladden Fields
- Cirion and Eorl and the friendship of Gondor and Rohan
- The quest of Erebor
- The hunt for the ring
- The battles of the Fords of Isen
- The Druedain
- The Istari
- The Palantriri.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Book Club edition"--Front flap of book jacket.
- "Jacket design by Louise Noble."--Bookjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "L25" on page 482, indicates a printing in June 1981
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 296632.
- OCLC:
- 7561878
- Publisher Number:
- 5671 Science Fiction Book Club
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