Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

Overview:

  • Title: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1980
  • ISBN-10: 0048231797
  • Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
  • Price: £7.50
  • Pages: 472
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
  • Notes:
    • Title page states "Edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien".
    • Cover and spine of the book titles it simply Unfinished Tales while the title page gives the complete title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth.
    • The map of Númenórë is inserted on an unnumbered page between page 168 and 169.
    • Price from publisher's sticker on the front flap of the dustjacket (A&U £7.50)
    • "© George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, 1980"
    • "First published in 1980" stated on the copyright page.
    • The cover design represents a Númenorean helmet (karma), and is taken from the original coloured drawing by J. R. R. Tolkien, which he entitled: 'Helmet of a captain of the Uinendili, helm made of overlapping plates of metal, the 'fish-crest' of leather embossed and coloured' printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • 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 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.