Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia - Softcover

Day, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 002031275X ISBN 13: 9780020312758

Publisher: Collier Paperbacks,U.S., 1992

Synopsis

DIFFERENT OFFER (this item listed here is DIFFERENT from the title and/or picture above. Please see description & pictures by BookGems before placing an order): Edition Mitchell Beazley Publisher (an imprint of Reed International Books Ltd., First Impression, 1993. ISBN: 1-85732-346-7. PAPERBACK. 280 pages, large size: 21.6 x 27.8 x 1.8 cm. Just light tan to paper edges. Other than that, the unread book remains in very good condition throughout: softcover clean and bright; text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.

About this title

Product Description:

This encyclopaedia offers guidance to Tolkien's world of Middle Earth and the Undying Lands. It draws together every important aspect of his vast cosmology in over 500 alphabetic entries covering five subject areas - history, geography, sociology, natural history anad biography. By drawing on Tolkien's works, the entries are intended to offer readers a detailed background to the characters and creatures of his extraordinary imagination.

About the Author:

David Day was born and brought up in Canada. He has published more than twenty books in the fields of poetry, ecology, natural history, fantasy and mythology and a number of award-winning children's books. His writing has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. His enduring fascination with complex mythologies led him to J.R.R. Tolkien.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collier Paperbacks,U.S.
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 002031275X
• ISBN 13: 9780020312758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288