J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lays Of Beleriand" Leather-Bound Limited Edition [Sealed]

The fascinating background for Tolkien’s magnificent fantasy world, this treasure trove of adventures and quests features such Middle-earth heroes as Turin the Tall and Beleg the Brave.

Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lays Of Beleriand: The History of Middle-Earth" Leather-Bound Limited Edition. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. As New, sealed in the original shrink-wrap without any flaws. Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 400 pages. With its premium leather binding, a hubbed spine accented with true 22kt gold, and gilded page ends, this luxurious volume is the state-of-the-art in fine bookmaking.

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Forming the background for The Lord of the Rings by the immortal fantasy author...

The Lays Of Beleriand

The Lays of Beleriand is the third volume in The History of Middle-earth series, edited by Christopher Tolkien, and contains J.R.R. Tolkien's early, long-form poems about the mythology of the First Age, including the unfinished Lay of the Children of Húrin (about Túrin Turambar) and the Lay of Leithian (about Beren and Lúthien). Published in 1985, the book presents these epic tales in alliterative verse and rhyming couplets, offering insight into the evolution of Middle-earth's lore, alongside commentary and C.S. Lewis's criticism of the Lay of Leithian.

Key contents

The Lay of the Children of Húrin: A tragic story of Túrin Turambar, written in alliterative verse.

The Lay of Leithian (Release from Bondage): The story of Beren and Lúthien's quest to steal a Silmaril, written in rhyming couplets.

Shorter poems: Includes abandoned works like The Flight of the Noldoli from Valinor, The Lay of Eärendel, and The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin.

Significance

Evolution of lore: Shows how Tolkien developed the stories that would later appear in The Silmarillion.

Poetic form: Features Tolkien's attempts at Old English-style alliterative verse and rhyming couplets for his mythology.

Commentary: Includes Christopher Tolkien's analysis and C.S. Lewis's critical review of the Lay of Leithian.

J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda and, within it, Middle-earth. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term legendarium to the larger part of these writings.

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the tremendous success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ignited a profound interest in the fantasy genre and ultimately precipitated an avalanche of new fantasy books and authors. As a result, he has been popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature and is widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time.