THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MIDDLE-EARTH: Tolkien's World from A to Z

Foster, Robert

ISBN 10: 0345465296 / ISBN 13: 9780345465290

Published by Del Rey bALLANTINE Books, New York, 1978

About this Item

This copy is in new, unmarked condition quarter bound in black cloth to black paper covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. For the millions who have already ventured to Middle-earth, and for the countless others who have yet to embark on the journey?here is the one indispensable A-to-Z guide that brings Tolkien?s universe to life. Every character from Adaldrida Brandybuck to Zaragamba?every Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf, Man, Orc, or other resident of Middle-earth is vividly described and accurately located in proper place and time. Colourfully detailed descriptions of geographical entries allow you to pick up the action anywhere in Middle-earth and follow it through all five volumes. Everything from stars and streams to food and flora, everything found in Middle-earth is alphabetically listed and, when necessary, cross-referenced. Here is truly a master key to Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Ref E 3.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MIDDLE-EARTH: Tolkien's World from A to Z
• Publisher: Del Rey bALLANTINE Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345465296
• ISBN 13: 9780345465290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Revised and Expanded Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Highlighted by a new four-color map of Middle-earth, a literary guide to the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien lists every character, event, and place in all of Tolkien's books set in Middle-earth, incorporating detailed references to The Silmarillion, which the author considered his most important work, as well as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

About the Authors

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of 81.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Robert Foster is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers College.