The Lost Road and Other Writings -Language and Legend Before The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, Volume 5 -by J R R Tolkien ( Book Five / v ) (inc. Later Annals of Beleriand / Valinor; Quenta Silmarillion; Fall of Numenor; The Lhammas etc)

Tolkien, J R R ( John Ronald Reuel ), Edited By Christopher Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0048233498 / ISBN 13: 9780048233493

Published by London, UK: Unwin Hyman, 1987, 1st edition, First Printimg, London, England, 1987

----------(1st Printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, looks new, in an attractive Very Good/Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, price sticker on front flap ( £17.95 which was £1 more than the initial price but UNWIN clipped the prices and raised the price by that £1 ), some small nicks mainly at flap fold tips, some light rubbing and flaking, a faint hint of sunning to the spine (see scan), an attractive copy especially with the jacket in a hi-quality mylar protector ---455 pages, ---one of the scarcest of the MIDDLE EARTH series of books, ---contents are: Preface / Part One: The Fall of Númenor and The Lost Road (includes) 1. The Early History of the Legend 2. The Fall of Númenor . The Lost Road (Includes the texts of the poems: Ilu Ilúvatar en Káre Eldain a Fírimoin; King Sheave; The Nameless Land (as published in Realities: An Anthology of Verse); two versions of The Song of Ælfwine / Aelfwine ) /// Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth Before The Lord of the Rings: 1. The Texts and Their Relations 2. The Later Annals of Valinor 3. The Later Annals of Beleriand 4. The Ainulindalë 5. The Lhammas (Includes The Lhammas itself, with reproductions of two versions of a diagram entitled The Tree of Tongues / It is followed by a shorter but related piece called Lammasethen, which reproduces a further version of The Tree of Tongues and another diagram - The Peoples of the Elves. 6. Quenta Silmarillion / Part Three: The Etymologies Appendix I - The Genealogies Appendix II - The List of Names Appendix III - The Second Silmarillion Map ---Index, 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. Seller Inventory # 170991

Synopsis:

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. 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 The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

From the Inside Flap: The History of Middle-earth 5
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
INKLINGS OF GREATNESS . . .
J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings. It is hardly surprising that, at one point, these talented gentlemen embarked on a challenge: Lewis was to write on "space-travel" and Tolkien on "time-travel."
Lewis' novel, Out of the Silent Planet, became the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkien's unfinished story, The Lost Road, chronicles the original destruction of Numenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth.
In this fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, Christopher Tolkien brings Middle-earth to its state at the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Entertaining and informative, THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS offers fresh insights into the evolution of one of the world's most enduring fantasies.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lost Road and Other Writings -Language ...
Publisher: London, UK: Unwin Hyman, 1987, 1st edition, First Printimg, London, England
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hard Cover
Illustrator: No Cover Art
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Signed: Not Signed
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: Price Clipped Jacket