The Book of Lost Tales Part I
1991
$48.00
The Book of Lost Tales Part I by J R R Tolkien published by Harper Collins in 1991.
First edition second UK impression in fine condition, no markings, pages clean, binding firm, jacket in removable protective sleeve.
About
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One, published in 1983, is the first volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume book series, The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The book is a collection of early stories, which were the earliest form (begun in 1917) of the legendarium that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion. Each of the Tales is followed by notes and a detailed commentary by Christopher.
In these Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of the Gods and the creation of the world, the Elves and their coming to Valinor, the Two Trees and the Silmarils, the theft of Melko, and the Exile of the Noldoli. These are continued in The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two.
