NEW SEALED Tolkien History of Middle Earth Box #1 & #2 Lord Rings Silmarillion

Hardcover Collectors Editions - Box #1 and #2. The Book of Lost Tales Pt 1. The Book of Lost Tales Pt 2.

The Shaping of Middle Earth. Never read or used in any way! First in a series of hardcover box sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets -- one side featuring artwork by John Howe, and the original graphic treatment on the other. Set 1 contains special editions of. Reproducing the first edition text, together with the two volumes of.

The Book of Lost Tales. Is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World.

It is the ancient drama to which the characters in. The Lord of the Rings.

Look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. Are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth and the rise of Númenor in the Second Age to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read. With a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. Stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the.

Were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called. 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 two volumes of the. 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 and cosmology of Tolkien's invented world. Published together for the first time, these four books collect the beginning of Christopher Tolkien's forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.

Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature. Box Dimensions - 9.25" H x 6" D x 4.5 W. Second in a series of hardcover box sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dust jackets.

One side featuring artwork by John Howe, and the original graphic treatment on the other. Gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world-those of Turin and Luthien. Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days.

Also included is the notable criticism of. Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.

The chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor is spread before us. We are introduced to the hitherto unknown. Or "Shape of the World, " the only account ever given of the nature of the imagined Universe, accompanied by maps and diagrams of the world before and after the cataclysms of The War of the Gods and the Downfall of Numenor. Completes the examination of Tolkien's writing before he began.

Presenting later forms of the annals of Valinor and Beleriand, the legend of the downfall of Numenor, and the abandoned "time-travel" story "The Lost Road, " linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Published together for the first time, these three books collect a fascinating period of Christopher Tolkien's forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.

Box Dimensions - 9.25" H x 6" D x 3.75 W.