The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From The Hobbit to The Silmarillion

Overview:

  • Title: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From The Hobbit to The Silmarillion
  • Author: Robert Foster (author)
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0345275209
  • Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
  • Price: $10.00
  • Pages: xvi+575
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From The Hobbit to The Silmarillion
  • Notes:
    • "First Ballantine Books Edition: August 1974" (over) "Revised and enlarged edition: March 1978 (hardbound)" (over) "Second Printing: April 1978" stated on the copyright page.
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1978), the ISBN (0-345-27520-9), and the LCCN (77-26825).
    • "This edition published by arrangement with Mirage Press." stated on the copyright page.
    • "Cover Painting: The Brothers Hildebrandt" (over) "Copyright © 1975 by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt" (over) "Jacket Design: Don R. Smith/James E. Ramage" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Publisher's date code "4/78" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Fully clothbound hardcover.