Sauron Defeated

Overview:

  • Title: Sauron Defeated
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
  • Year: 1992
  • ISBN-10: 0395606497
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Price: $22.95
  • Pages: xi+482
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Sauron Defeated
  • Notes:
    • Date from Amazon.
    • With dustjacket; price on inside front flap.
    • Jacket artist credited on rear flap.
    • First printing per printer's key: HAD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
    • Two color plates of Tolkien manuscript appear before the numbered pages. Black and white sketches appear on pages 19 ("The Tower of Kirith Ungol"), and 138-141 (Orthanc (3 versions) and Dunharrow (2 versions)).
    • Indexed.
    • Contents divided into three parts: "The End of the Third Age," "The Notion Club Papers," and "The Drowning of Anadûnê." The first part is the conclusion to the history of The Lord of the Rings, and covers the material that became Book VI. Each text is accompanied by extensive notes and analysis by Christopher Tolkien.