The Lost Road and Other Writings
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Overview:
- Title: The Lost Road and Other Writings
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
- Year: 1987
- ISBN-10: 0395455197
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Price: $18.95
- Pages: 455
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Lost Road and Other Writings
- Notes:
- No statement of edition, but there is a complete number line on the copyright page: "S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
- Cover prints "The History of Middle-Earth (over) Volume V Christopher Tolkien" above the title.
- Title page gives the subtitle: "Language and Legend before 'The Lord of the Rings'" and "Edited by Christopher Tolkien"
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBN (0-395-45519-7), and the LCCN (87-16926).
- Month of publication from Locus1.
- Cover design is not credited.
- The book is divided into three parts, with a preface, an appendix and an index. Part One is "The Fall of Númenor and The Lost Road" (pages 5-104). Part Two is "Valinor and Middle-Earth Before The Lord of the Rings" (105-338). Part Three is "The Etymologies" (339-400), followed by The Appendix (401-414) and the Index (415-455). Only those pieces which are obviously fiction have been indexed here. Commentary and notes by Christopher Tolkien precedes and follows each selection.
- Price stated on the inside front flap of the dust jacket.