The Book of Lost Tales: History of Middle-Earth Vol 1 by J. R. R Tolkien ISBN 13: 9780261102026

London: HarperCollins, 1991. 1st (2nd imp). hardback. Very good, 1st edition with unclipped d/j, blue clothbound boards clean with gilt titling on spine bright; pages unmarked and bright. Very slight signs of wear.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of TolkienÕs epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography… Read More

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London: London: HarperCollinsPublishers (Harper Collins) 1991 Second Impressions 5 vols 8vo ISBN 0-261-10202-8 et al, 1991 The History of Middle-Earth Vols. 1-5. A Very Fine uniform matching set of the Harper Collins hardcover reprint series, all in Fine Dust Wrappers, protected in Brodart sleeves. This set is comprised of The Book of Lost Tales Parts I & II, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-Earth, and The Lost Road and Other Stories. These five volumes together comprise the bulk of J.R.R. Tolkien's early writings on Middle-Earth, from The Book of Lost Tales, the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-17 when he was 25 years old, taking in such sustained works as the Lay of the Children of Hurin, and the Lay of Leithian; writings detailing the mythological background of Middle-Earth, such as the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World; th e Annals of Valinor & Beleriand which chronicle the First Age of Middle-Earth; the earliest versions the Silmarillion;… Read More

London: Harpercollinspublishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Second Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0261102028 . An attractive HarperCollins edition/second printing in Fine condition in alike unpriced dustjacket; The first volume in J. R. R. Tolkien's "History of Middle Earth" was the first major work of imagination by J. R. R. Tolkien, in 1916, when he was 25 years old, and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-Earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion; The History of Middle-Earth; Vol. 1; 8vo .