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The Nature of Middle-earth

The Nature of Middle-earth

by J. R. R. Tolkien and Carl F. Hostetter
Hardback
Publication Date: 02/09/2021

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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.
It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he 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.
ISBN:
9780008440572
9780008440572
Category:
Short stories
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
02-09-2021
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
464
Dimensions (mm):
228x149x60mm
Weight:
1.42kg
J. R. R. Tolkien

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, plus other stories and essays about Middle-earth.

His books have been translated into over 70 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

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