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Enter Bilbo Baggins? world through exclusive interviews with director Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and all the principal cast and filmmakers, who share film-making secrets and tales of what it was actually like making movie magic in Middle-earth. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos of the actors, locations, sets, creatures and costumes, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Official Movie Guide has been produced in collaboration with the filmmakers who have brought J.R.R. 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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-dûr 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 Númenor. 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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 Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantíri 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. 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Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover, colour, b\/w drawings. Illustrations by Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith. The book is new. 490pp including List of plates, notes, index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book (approx. 1.3 Kg).    \u003cp\u003eThis is another paragraph\u003c\/p\u003e      Book Description: To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the first ever illustrated edition of this collection of tales which takes readers further into the stories told in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, featuring 18 full-colour paintings depicting scenes from the First, Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. 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. 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The book is new.304pp including List of plates,list of illustrations,list of names, additional notes,glossary. Price un-clipped. Signed first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. R. R. Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"New \/ New \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":41596440772653,"sku":"10823","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/files\/1133118815.0.m.1.jpg?v=1752768924"},{"product_id":"12533","title":"The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth","description":"Fine condition. HarperCollins, 2023. First UK edition-first printing (1). Brown hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj (small nick on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new. 202pp including Foreword, notes, appendices I to VI, bibliography. Price un-clipped. \u003cp\u003eThis is another paragraph\u003c\/p\u003e  Book Description: First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon.Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship.J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon  the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy . It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm s Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth s retainers come to retrieve their duke s body.Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien s own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien s bravura lecture,  The Tradition of Versification in Old English , a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been  the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien s fiction , most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"New \/ As new \/ First UK edition-first printing","offer_id":41838925512749,"sku":"12533","price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12533_1.jpg?v=1698688102"},{"product_id":"12568","title":"The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien","description":"\u003cp\u003eFine\/Near fine. George Allen \u0026amp; Unwin, 1981. First UK edition-first impression. Brown hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with protected Dj (two small nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with a small nick on the outer edges. 464pp including Notes, index. A collectable first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.R.R. Tolkien","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ Near fine \/ First UK edition-first impression","offer_id":42010855243821,"sku":"12568","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12568_1.jpg?v=1704660093"},{"product_id":"12571","title":"The War of the Ring (History of Middle-Earth): v. 8","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition. Unwin Hyman, 1991. Second reprint. Green hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) with Dj (small tear on the edges of the Dj cover, two small nicks, crease and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour plates, b\/w drawings. Nice and clean pages with a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 482pp including List of illustrations, index. Heavy book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ Second reprint","offer_id":42010855342125,"sku":"12571","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12571_1.jpg?v=1704660103"},{"product_id":"12572","title":"The Treason of Isengard - The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (History of Middle-Earth Vol.7)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine\/VGC. Unwin Hyman, 1989. First UK edition-first impression. Red hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj (tear on the edges of the front Dj cover, small nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover), in VGC. Illustrated with b\/w drawings, maps. Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges, ink mark on the edges of the front endpaper, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 507pp including List of illustrations, index. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Very good \/ First UK edition-first impression","offer_id":42010855374893,"sku":"12572","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12572_1.jpg?v=1704660106"},{"product_id":"12574","title":"The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before the \"Lord of the Rings\": v. 5 (The History of Middle-Earth)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVGC plus\/VGC. Unwin Hyman, 1988. Second reprint. Blue hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small nick and scratch on the edges of the cover) in VGC plus, with Dj (large scratches and nicks on the edges of the front and back Dj cover, two small ink marks inside the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b\/w maps. Nice and clean pages with two small marks and ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of small ink marks on the edges of the front endpaper and half-page, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 457pp including index. Price clipped. Heavy book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"Very good \/ Very good \/ Second reprint","offer_id":42010855440429,"sku":"12574","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12574_1.jpg?v=1704660114"},{"product_id":"12576","title":"The Lord of the Rings-One-volume (Illustrated Edition) (First UK edition)","description":"Mint condition. HarperCollins, 2021. First UK edition of this new reset illustrated edition. Black hardback (gilt illustration on the front cover, gilt lettering and illustration to the spine) with Dj, both in mint condition, in illustrated boxset (small nicks and scratches on the edges of the boxset) in fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b\/w drawings, maps, including a removable fold-out map. Illustrated by the Author. The book is new. 1192pp including List of illustrations, note on the illustrations, appendices, indexes. Price un-clipped. Heavy book (approx. 1.6 Kg).   \u003cp\u003eThis is another paragraph\u003c\/p\u003e    Book Description: For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. 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 and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, which is printed in red and black and features, for the very first time, thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous Bridge of Khazad-dum chapter. Also appearing are two removable fold-out maps drawn by Christopher Tolkien revealing all the detail of Middle-earth.","brand":"George Allen and Unwin","offers":[{"title":"New \/ New \/ First UK edition of this new reset illustrated edition","offer_id":42010855505965,"sku":"12576","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/products\/12576_1.jpg?v=1704660122"},{"product_id":"12162","title":"The Children of Húrin","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition. HarperCollins,2007. First edition-first printing (1).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj (two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour,b\/w photos,drawings,folded map. Illustrations by Alan Lee. Nice and clean pages as new with two small marks on the edges of the back endpaper, two small ink marks on the outer edges of the pages.314pp including Appendix,list of names, note on the map. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-first printing","offer_id":42510632812589,"sku":"12162","price":49.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/files\/12162_1.jpg?v=1713634594"},{"product_id":"12240","title":"The Lays of Beleriand (History of Middle-Earth 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine condition. George Allen and Unwin, 1988. First edition-fifth impression. Green hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small marks on the front cover) with Dj (two small nicks, scratches and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark on the outer edges, very small mark inside the front endpaper. Nice and clean book. 305pp including Appendix, note, meanings, index. Price un-clipped. A collectable book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R.","offers":[{"title":"Near fine \/ Near fine \/ First edition-fifth impression","offer_id":42510634057773,"sku":"12240","price":168.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0346\/6172\/8301\/files\/12240_2.jpg?v=1713634597"}],"url":"https:\/\/alpha2omegabooks.co.uk\/collections\/j-r-r-tolkien.oembed?page=2","provider":"Alpha 2 Omega Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}