Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth, edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of 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 and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring. It also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as palantíri, and about the legend of Amroth. Complete with foldout map. Item #29254
Price: $350.00