The Tolkien Companion by Tyler, J. E. A. ( re: J. R. R. Tolkien ) - 1976

New York: St Martins Pr, 1976. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Brown cloth with red and copper lettering & design on boards, headband, former owners name and date on half-title page, 531 clean pages, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in NF condition. "The author has compiled almost every known fact, name, "foreign" word, date, and etymological allusion occuring in Professor Tolkien's history of the Middle Earth of long ago into one complete and accessisble concordance. It includes much of the High History of the Elven peoples: it sheds new light on the origins of Morgoth the Enemy, on his Fall, and on the subsequent rise to power of his servant, Sauron the Great, "Lord of the Rings"; it details the long and heroic story of how the various Free Peoples - Elves, Men, Ents, Dwarves, and Hobbits - attempted to maintain themselves against the greatest Peril of the Ancient World. There is also a detailed guide to the various Elvish writing systems, together with explanatory maps, charts and geneaogical tables developed by the compiler and drawn by Kevin Reilly. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket By Joseph Zucker, Interior Art Work By Kevin Reilly . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.