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Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Shaping of Middle-earth - The History of Middle-Earth, Volume 4
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Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1986 - Advance Uncorrected Proof of Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Shaping of Middle-earth - The History of Middle-Earth, Volume 4.

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The Shaping of Middle-earth – Advance Uncorrected Proof


J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien – Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1986


An advance uncorrected proof of the fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, in the publisher’s original green wrappers.

The volume traces the development of Tolkien’s early mythology through the Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals of Valinor and Beleriand. Christopher Tolkien presents and discusses his father’s manuscripts, maps and diagrams, documenting the evolving geography and chronology of Middle-earth.

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Near Fine, with clean, unmarked pages and an uncreased spine.

A collectable pre-publication witness to the shaping of Tolkien’s First Age mythology.
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