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The Book of Lost Tales Hardcover - 1984
by Tolkien, J. R. R
- Used
The Book of Lost Tales will be published in two volumes; this first part contains the Tales of Valinor; and the second will include Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay; together with the texts of associated poems; and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. Further books in this series are planned to extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years, and will include the Long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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- Title The Book of Lost Tales
- Author Tolkien, J. R. R
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American e
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston
- Date 1984-02-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4006814-6
- ISBN 9780395354391 / 0395354390
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 5.72 x 1 in (23.06 x 14.53 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fantasy literature, English
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 83012782
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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The Book of Lost Tales will be published in two volumes; this first part contains the Tales of Valinor; and the second will include Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay; together with the texts of associated poems; and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. Further books in this series are planned to extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years, and will include the Long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.