This elegant slipcased edition presents for collectors the first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth,covering a wide range of subjects. Stamped in gold foil,and printed on heavyweight acid-free paper,it includes a ribbon marker and is housed in a custom-built matching slipcase.
J.R.R. Tolkien continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed,right up until the years before his death in 1973.
For him,Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored,and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as complex and profound as the metaphysics of Elvish immortality and reincarnation,and the Powers of the Valar,to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Numenor,the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor,and even who had beards!
This new collection,which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter,one of the world's leading Tolkien experts,is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien's shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page,Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008440572Number of pages: 464Weight: 1420 gDimensions: 228 x 149 x 60 mmEdition: Deluxe edition
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J. R. R. Tolkien
A legendary fantasy writer best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction asThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings,The SilmarillionandThe Children of Hurin.
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