The New Tolkien Companion

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Overview:

Title: The New Tolkien Companion
Author: J. E. A. Tyler
Year: 1979
ISBN-10: 031257066X
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Price: $14.95
Pages: xiii+649
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Non-fiction
Title Reference: The New Tolkien Companion
Notes: Info from Locus #232 (April 1980). According to the OCLC record, this is undated with a 1979 copyright. Locus received their copy in March 1980. It may have been published at the end of 1979.
"Copyright 1979" stated. This refers to its copyright for the UK publication in 1979.
According to Amazon.com this edition was published in December 1979.