Unfinished Tales by Tolkien, J.R.R - 1980

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Louise Noble. Tan paper-covered boards with brown backstrip and red lettering. Minor bump to head and heel of spine and tips of corners. Text is clean and bright, no marks. DJ shows minor rubbing to edges, light general scuffing. Map decorated endpapers. With Introduction, Commentary, Index and Maps by Christopher Tolkien. "A collection of the narrative ranging in time from the Edler Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Rings and comprising of such various elements as Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End; the tale of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo, before the eyes of Tuor, on the coast of Beleriand; and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of the Rohan. The book contains the only story that survived from the long ages before Numenor's downfall, and tells all that is known of such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, and the legend of Amroth." (from the jacket)