TOLKIEN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA
DAVID DAY Book Number: 79463 Product format: Paperback

See in colourful splendour gorgeous artistic renderings of the Hidden Kingdom of Gondolin, the Grey Havens, the Battle of Hornburg, the West Door of Khazad-Dum, the Golden Hall of Meduseld, and entire full page genealogy of the Races of Elves, beautiful woodcut silhouette drawings of Haradrim and the Master of the Lake Men and the Master of the Lake Men. Arranged A-Z, the book begins with the life and literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien, time charts, the creation of Arda, and its peoples, a genealogy of the Races of Men, and a complete illustrated A-Z of the peoples and nations, the flora and fauna and an illustrated who's who. The first encyclopaedic guide to the world of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands, it brings together every aspect of Tolkien's vast cosmology. More than 500 alphabetical entries arranged by History, Geography, Sociology, Natural History and Biography. The maps, genealogies and time charts explore the full dramatic sweep and splendour and the Tolkien universe. There are hundreds of striking colour artworks which were specially commissioned for this lavish project. Illustrators include Lidia Postma, Ian Miller, Michael Foreman, Ivan Allen, Andrew Mockett and other talents. The author is a dear friend of Bibliophile's. 280pp, 8½" x11". Outsize paperback.
Published price: $25
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