Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

Overview:

  • Title: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1980
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / BOMC
  • Price: $
  • Pages: 472
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
  • Notes:
    • "Edited with an Introduction, Commentary, Index, and Maps by Christopher Tolkien" on the cover and title page.
    • Cover and spine of the book titles it simply Unfinished Tales while the title page adds Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth.
    • "First American Edition" with full number line: "W 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
    • There is no price, back board has the usual blind-stamp
    • "Jacket design by Louise Noble" on rear flap but the helmet is credited to Tolkien on the back cover.
    • Includes a fold-out map of The West of Middle-Earth at the End of the Third Age, attached to the inside of the back free end paper.
    • The collection is divided into four parts: Part One: The First Age (pages 15-162), Part Two: The Second Age (163-268), Part Three: The Third Age (269-374), and Part Four (375-415). There is also an Index (416-472).
    • Each selection is followed by notes written by Christopher Tolkien.