Tolkien J R R Christopher Brian Sibley (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Alan Lee (illustrator). First Edition. -----------( 1st Printing of the First UK Edition ) ---hardcover, a Fine example in a Fine dustjacket, feels unread, ribbon marker as issued, 296 pages plus a map of Middle earth, 11 colour playes by Alan Lee plus a double page endpaper colour illustration by Lee as well as numerous duo-tone illustrations (partial page size), plus map rear endpapers showing The West of M-E at the End of the Third Age, maps are by Christopher Tolkien and coloured by Nicolette Caven, ---"J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. -----J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. -----It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father's death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book's content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans' power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. -----Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien's magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form. -----Now, adhering to the timeline of 'The Tale of Years' in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolour and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.75w x 9h Inches. Not Signed. NOT Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. TOLKIEN's fascination with his island creation and its eventual fate owed its origin, in part, to a recurring nightmare that began in early childhood and continued into adult life. In a letter, written in 1964, he described this experience: " The legend or myth or dim memory of some ancient history has always troubled me. In sleep I had the dreadful dream of the ineluctable Wave, either coming up out of a quiet sea, or coming in towering over the green inlands. It still occurs occasionally, though now exorcized by writing about it." Quarter bound with grey boards this a FIRST EDITION that has been kept in its slipcase and stored in its original box. SIGNED by the illustrator on the title page. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Alan lee (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4 Hardback first edition, first printings signed by Alan Lee to the title pages with no other inscriptions and in fine condition. The Children of Hurin, 2007 first print. Fine condition, comes with an official Children of Hurin Waterstones release bookmark. Beren and Luthien 2017 first print. Fine condition, the dust jacket has the Signed by Alan Lee sticker. The Fall of Gondolin 2018 first print. Fine condition, with an official Harpercollins bookmark. The dust jacket is in a protective wrapper which has been on from new. The Fall of Numenor 2022 first print. New, comes with a Rossiter books bookmark. One of a handful of bookshops where Lee attended a signing event for this release. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Scarce boxed gift pack, comprising: (1) the book [small octavo grey heavy card boards, black text and decoration, xxxii+443pp+maps at rear, VG+ (light tanning, otherwise nr. FINE)]; (2) CD in grey card sleeve (Christopher Tolkien Reads an Excerpt From the Silmarillion); (3) a postcard (Tanequetil); & (4) another book [The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North, by Brian Sibley & John Howe; illus. light card covers with large folding map, nr. FINE]; all the above in grey card box VG (minor tears to interior, some v. sl. soiling to exterior).