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The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 13 stunning
paintings inspired by J.R.R. Tolkienâs THE FALL OF NĂMENOR.
Featuring breathtaking artwork by Alan Lee, with two new pieces
unique to this calendar. The official Tolkien calendar has become
an established publishing event, eagerly anticipated by Tolkien
fans the world over. Previous Tolkien calendars have become much
sought after collectorâs items, and this yearâs will doubtless
be an essential purchase for Middle-earth fans everywhere. This
yearâs calendar features 13 full-colour paintings of scenes from
across the Second Age of Middle-earth. Famously described by
Tolkien as a âdark age, and not very much of its history is (or
need be) toldâ, 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-dĂťr and the rise of
Sauron. Now presented for the first time in calendar form, with two
new paintings from the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee, and with an
insightful introduction by Brian Sibley, Tolkien fans can discover
the Second Age in greater depth than ever before.
Iris Compiet is the rarest of artist: That who invokes a complete
and cohesive reality with every image she creates. Beautiful,
powerful and contemplative all at once. â Guillermo Del Toro Let
me tell you about Faeries, let me take you away on a journey, an
adventure. The Faultlines is an ancient name given to those places
where the veil between this world and the Other is thinnest. It is
the place where faeries dwell, creatures creep, and magic oozes
through the cracks. Recently the Faultlines have been stirring,
opening up to all who wish to see, and to all who dare to
venture... Faeries of the Faultlines was an instant Kickstarter
success in 2017, and this edited, expanded edition includes the
complete original documentation from the greenmen to mermaids, with
expanded sections and many more faeries to meet! âIris
Compietâs work is an astonishing and masterful revelation of the
Faery Realms. She is an artist who, with stunning alacrity, reveals
the fleeting personalities of the normally unseen.â âBrian
Froud âIris summons and draws upon the forces that are necessary
in giving life to such creaturesâimagination, an intelligent
curiosity, and a relentless energy. The Faeries are lucky to have
her!"Â âAlan Lee "I have known Iris for many years. I have
watched her find her voice. I am enchanted by her
vision."Â âJohn Howe
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-dur 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 Numenor. 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 Numenoreans' 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 Numenor 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 pencil illustrations by
the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee.
This is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed
modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of The Hobbit, fully
corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully
illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee. The
five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that
made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their
short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which
reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young
and old. Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer,
gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous
creatures. Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having
unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called
upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town; The Adventures of
Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits,
princesses, dwarves and trolls; Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange
adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect
tree; Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks
to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good
Children. This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by
Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil
drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for
The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. Alan also provides an
Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's
world. Taken together, this rich collection of tales from the
author of The Children of Hurin will provide the reader with a
fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.
Read the classic edition of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in
Middle-earth. Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil
drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer
on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT trilogy. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit
who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling
further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his
contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of
thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away
on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot
to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and
very dangerous dragon... The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The
Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in
1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and
influential books of the twentieth century. It is now available in
a smart new package, and is illustrated throughout in gorgeous
watercolour and delicate pencil by Alan Lee, Conceptual Artist for
Peter Jackson's films, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and THE
HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN.
J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth,
collected for the first time in one deluxe slipcased edition.
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-dur 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 Numenor. Gifted to
the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding in the defeat of the
Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and
wealth; but as the Numenoreans' power increased, the seed of their
downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance
of Elves and Men. Further insight into the Second Age would be
revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of
Numenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher
Tolkien's twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth. 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
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 10 new paintings and 65 pencil drawings by
Alan Lee. This deluxe slipcased edition is quarterbound in
terracotta and printed on heavyweight acid-free paper, stamped in
gold foil on dove grey boards with a unique motif designed by Alan
Lee, includes a ribbon marker and is housed in a custom-built
matching slipcase.
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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for
the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale
of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord
of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich
landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth. The tale
of Beren and Luthien was, or became, an essential element in the
evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First
Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France
and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale
in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed,
is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Luthien: for Beren
was a mortal man, but Luthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a
great Elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an
impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Luthien.
This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely
heroic attempt of Beren and Luthien together to rob the greatest of
all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a
Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract
the story of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work in which
it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed
new associations within the larger history. To show something of
the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the
years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving,
first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from
later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented
together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both
in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.
Enter the EUPHORIA ZONE where Enlightenment is Entertaining-and
Adventurous! Imagine a device that creates Euphoric Enlightenment,
instantly! Void of an ego mind, Leon Soul Journeys to the Orvonton
universe where he finds such a device. When it appears near
Washington, D.C., outrageous characters and miraculous mayhem ensue
within the hundred-mile-wide Euphoria Zone. Weaving ancient wisdom
with inventive spiritual techniques, the Keys of Light reveal a
system for living life in direct Soul connection. Welcome to the
EUPHORIA ZONE where we begin, ..". not at the beginning, since
there is no such thing, but at the Heart, where everything comes to
a boil!"-Archangel Modeen
This philosophical work outlines a system of ethics based not
merely on an individual's actions, but also the reasons that
motivate his chosen actions. Duties are modes of obligations that
persons possess within their respective families and communities.
While some persons may recognize and accept their personal duties,
other persons will refuse any form of duty. The main difference
between these two kinds of individuals is based wholly on their
motivations. Individuals who fulfill their personal duties will be
motivated by some particular virtue, while individuals who reject
their duties will be motivated by some particular vice. Therefore,
the motivations behind every individual's will to act necessarily
determines the ethical status of his character. Those who are
guided by virtue will be mainly responsible for moral acts, while
those who are guided by vice will be mainly responsible for immoral
acts.
This is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed
modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of The Hobbit, fully
corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully
illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee. The
five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that
made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their
short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which
reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young
and old. Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer,
gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous
creatures. Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having
unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called
upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town; The Adventures of
Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits,
princesses, dwarves and trolls; Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange
adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect
tree; Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks
to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good
Children. This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by
Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil
drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for
The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. Alan also provides an
Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's
world. Taken together, this rich collection of tales from the
author of The Children of Hurin will provide the reader with a
fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.
This richly illustrated book celebrates in words and pictures the
beautiful work that award-winning artist Alan Lee produced for
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and includes dozens of brand-new
paintings and pencil drawings exploring the world of Bilbo Baggins.
Since The Hobbit was first published in 1937, generations of
readers have fallen under its spell. That magic was reignited sixty
years later, when Alan Lee was commissioned to produce a special
illustrated edition, and his delicate pencil drawings and beautiful
watercolour paintings have become for many the definitive vision of
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In this sumptuous, large-format
hardback Alan Lee reveals in pictures and in words how he created
these images, which would prove so powerful, matching perfectly
with Tolkien's own vision, that they would eventually define the
look of Peter Jackson's film adaptations and earn Alan a coveted
Academy Award. The Hobbit Sketchbook is filled with more than 100
of his sketches and early conceptual pieces that reveal how the
project progressed from idea to finished art. It also contains a
wealth of brand-new full-colour paintings and sketches drawn
specially for this book, which unlock the secrets of how Alan
creates his own magic and provide a fascinating insight into the
imagination of the man who breathed new life into Tolkien's vision.
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for
the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic
tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and
The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves,
eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to
Tolkien. There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The
Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the
great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands
where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great
cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World. In that remote
time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of
Angband, the Hells of Iron, in the North; and the tragedy of Turin
and his sister Nienor unfolded within the shadow of the fear of
Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the lands and secret
cities of the Elves. Their brief and passionate lives were
dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bore them as the
children of Hurin, the man who had dared to defy and to scorn him
to his face. Against them he sent his most formidable servant,
Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon
of fire. Into this story of brutal conquest and flight, of forest
hiding-places and pursuit, of resistance with lessening hope, the
Dark Lord and the Dragon enter in direly articulate form. Sardonic
and mocking, Glaurung manipulated the fates of Turin and Nienor by
lies of diabolic cunning and guile, and the curse of Morgoth was
fulfilled. The earliest versions of this story by J.R.R. Tolkien go
back to the end of the First World War and the years that followed;
but long afterwards, when The Lord of the Rings was finished, he
wrote it anew and greatly enlarged it in complexities of motive and
character: it became the dominant story in his later work on
Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished
form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long
study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any
editorial invention.
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-dur 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 Numenor. 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 Numenoreans' 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 Numenor 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.
A great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings.
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with
scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo
peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out
on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of
red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only
pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance! Whisked
away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in
Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins
finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of
Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Although
quite reluctant to take part in this quest, Bilbo surprises even
himself by his resourcefulness and his skill as a burglar! The text
of this edition has been fully corrected and revised in
collaboration with Christopher Tolkien and is accompanied by a
wealth of beautiful watercolour paintings and delicate pencil
drawings from Alan Lee.
Discover the creative processes and intriguing inspirations behind
the work of leading fantasy artist John Howe - conceptual designer
on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy - in this comprehensive
practical art book. Brings together Fantasy Art Workshop and
Fantasy Drawing Workshop into a combined volume, fully updated and
with new art. Examines in fascinating detail over 150 of the
artist's outstanding sketches, drawings and paintings, plus the
techniques and stories behind each. Leads you step-by-step through
a range of specially commissioned drawing and painting
demonstrations that reveal John's renowned artistic approach in
action. Discusses the rewarding journey into fantasy art, from the
first steps of building a compelling portfolio to book
illustration, graphic novels and the big screen. This book will
appeal to artists and fans of John Howe's work by leading you
step-by-step through a range of specially commissioned
demonstrations, sketches and finished paintings, some designed
specifically for this book, that reveal John's renowned artistic
approach in action, plus the techniques and stories behind each. It
covers a wide range of subjects, beginning with the creative
process, exploring where inspiration comes from, looking at
narratives and themes, gathering reference materials, organizing
your working environment, and protecting and storing artwork. Howe
covers drawing materials and explores drawing and painting fantasy
beings from initial inspiration and approaches to characters,
symbolism and accoutrements. He begins by showing how to create
different types of male and female archetypes, humans in action,
armour and weapons, faces, expressions and hands, hair and
costumes, and goes on to explain how to create different types of
fantasy beasts: talons, wings, fangs and fire, and noble animals,
interspersed throughout with exciting case studies. The book also
explores fantasy landscapes and architecture and balancing light
and dark atmospheres. The final section of the book provides
further inspiration and guidance on presenting work in various
forms, including film work, book covers and advertising, all areas
John Howe has vast experience in. The foreword is written by
groundbreaking film director Terry Gilliam, with an afterword by
Alan Lee, John's partner on the conceptual design for The Lord of
the Rings movie trilogy and Oscar-winning illustrator.
A sumptuous large-format hardback containing sketches and paintings
from the illustrated Lord of the Rings, together with brand new and
previously unseen material. In this large-format hardback Alan Lee
reveals in pictures and in words how he created the images in the
authorised illustrated edition of The Lord of the Rings. These
images would prove so powerful, matching perfectly with Tolkien's
own vision, that they would eventually define the look of Peter
Jackson's movie trilogy and earn Alan a coveted Academy Award. The
book is filled with over 150 of his sketches and early conceptual
pieces to show how the project progressed from idea to finished
art. It also contains 20 colour paintings reproduced in full-page
glory, together with numerous examples of his conceptual art
produced for the films and brand new pieces drawn specially for
this book. The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook provides a fascinating
insight into the imagination of the man who painted Tolkien's
vision, firstly onto the page and then in three dimensions on the
cinema screen.; It will also be of interest to many of the 100,000
people who have bought the illustrated Lord of the Rings as well as
for budding artists a
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for
the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic
tale of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The
Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich
landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth. Beren was
a mortal man, but Luthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great
Elvish lord, was deeply opposed to Beren, and imposed on him an
impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Luthien.
Undaunted by Lord Thingol's challenge, Beren and Luthien embark on
the supremely heroic attempt to rob Morgoth, the greatest of all
evil beings, of a Silmaril, one of the hallowed jewels that adorn
the Black Enemy's crown. The tale of Beren and Luthien, which was
written shortly after J.R.R. Tolkien returned from the Battle of
the Somme in 1916, was an essential element in the evolution of The
Silmarillion. In this book Christopher Tolkien has extracted the
various versions of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work
in which they are embedded. To show something of the process
whereby this Great Tale of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he
tells the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its
original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later
texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented
together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both
in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.
The large print edition of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin
reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves,
dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters
unique to Tolkien. There are tales of Middle-earth from times long
before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is
set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the
West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in
the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World. In that
remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast
fortress of Angband, the Hells of Iron, in the North; and the
tragedy of Turin and his sister Nienor unfolded within the shadow
of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the
lands and secret cities of the Elves. Their brief and passionate
lives were dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bore them
as the children of Hurin, the man who had dared to defy and to
scorn him to his face. Against them he sent his most formidable
servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless
dragon of fire. Into this story of brutal conquest and flight, of
forest hiding-places and pursuit, of resistance with lessening
hope, the Dark Lord and the Dragon enter in direly articulate form.
Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulated the fates of Turin and
Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, and the curse of
Morgoth was fulfilled. The earliest versions of this story by
J.R.R. Tolkien go back to the end of the First World War and the
years that followed; but long afterwards, when The Lord of the
Rings was finished, he wrote it anew and greatly enlarged it in
complexities of motive and character: it became the dominant story
in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a
final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has
constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent
narrative without any editorial invention.
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A sumptuous new one-volume edition of Tolkien's classic masterpiece
that is fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the
acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, and housed in a
special transparent slipcase. Since it was first published in 1954,
The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured.
Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping
fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Well over
100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the
world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and
valuable items of publishing. With the epic trilogy now an
acclaimed, award-winning and billion-dollar success, images of the
characters and landscapes have become iconic to a whole new
generation of readers. Much of the look of these movies is based on
Alan Lee's paintings, giving this sumptuous new edition of
Tolkien's great work new relevance for the ever-growing number of
fans. This new edition includes all 50 of Alan Lee's beautiful
watercolour paintings that have been newly scanned by the artist
himself, together with his stunning frontispiece painting that
appears in full, for the very first time, as a three-page foldout
sheet. The text has been reset using the definitive 50th
anniversary text and is printed on high-quality paper, and this is
accompanied by Tolkien's own maps, which are printed in red &
black as endpapers. The unjacketed book features illustrated boards
and includes a silk ribbon marker, and is housed in a special
transparent slipcase; together with Alan's beautiful paintings,
this new presentation of this landmark work provides the reader
with the ultimate edition with which to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of its first publication.
Stunning 40th anniversary collector's edition of this collection of
tales which takes readers further into stories told in The Hobbit,
The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, featuring 18
full-colour paintings, housed in a matching illustrated slipcase
with two removable full-colour posters unique to this edition.
Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from
the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring,
and provides those who have read The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories. The
book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such
elements as The Quest of Erebor, Gandalf's lively account of how it
was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at
Bag-End; the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor
on the coast of Beleriand; and an exact description of the military
organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains
the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall,
and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the
Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were edited by
Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story,
helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the
context of the rest of his father's writings. In celebration of its
40th anniversary, this new edition features 18 stunning paintings
from critically acclaimed Tolkien artists, Alan Lee, John Howe
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