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The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before the "Lord of the Rings": v. 5 (The History of Middle-Earth) - Hardcover
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‘Christopher Tolkien shows himself to be his father’s son... Tolkien devotees will rejoice’ The New York Times Book Review
At the end of 1937, J.R.R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings.
This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was 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.
Also included in this volume is The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0048233498
- ISBN 13 9780048233493
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages448
- EditorTolkien Christopher
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The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before the "Lord of the Rings": v. 5 (The History of Middle-Earth)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Second reprint. VGC plus/VGC. Unwin Hyman, 1988. Second reprint. Blue hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small nick and scratch on the edges of the cover) in VGC plus, with Dj (large scratches and nicks on the edges of the front and back Dj cover, two small ink marks inside the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with two small marks and ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of small ink marks on the edges of the front endpaper and half-page, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 457pp including index. Price clipped. Heavy book. Seller Inventory # 12574
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The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before "The Lord of the Rings" (The History of Middle-Earth Vol.V)
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London: Unwin Hyman 1988 First Edition, Second Impression 8vo 455pp ISBN 0-04-823349-8
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine original blue cloth, in Near Fine price-clipped Brodart-protected DW. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-Earth contains the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, which was to link the world of Numenor and Middle-Earth with the legends of many other times and peoples; a long essay, The Lhammas, written on the ever more complex relations of the languages and dialects of Middle-Earth; and an 'etymological dictionary' in which a great number of words and names in the Elvish languages are registered and their formation explained. Seller Inventory # 14608
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