This new book from renowned Tolkien expert John Garth connects the places which inspired Tolkien with their eventual appearances in his work. Organised by theme, Tolkien’s Worlds offers an illustrated biography of one of the world’s best-loved authors, an exploration of the relationship between worlds real and fantastical, and an inspiration for anyone who wants to follow in Tolkien’s footsteps. Featuring over 100 images, the book includes Tolkien’s own illustrations, maps, archive images and spectacular present-day photographs.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one deluxe slipcased edition.
J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron.
It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien’s magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form.
Now, adhering to the timeline of ‘The Tale of Years’ in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolour and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee.
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The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing twelve stunning paintings inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s THE SILMARILLION. Featuring breathtaking artwork by Ted Nasmith, with new and lesser known pieces unique to this calendar.
The official Tolkien calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly anticipated by Tolkien fans the world over. Previous Tolkien calendars have become much sought after collector’s items, and this year’s will doubtless be an essential purchase for Middle-earth fans everywhere.
Featuring 12 full-colour paintings of scenes from The Silmarillion, some of which are new and unique to this calendar, Ted Nasmith explores Tolkien’s creation with greater depth than ever before. Ranging from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring, the reader is drawn even further into the fantastical world of Middle-earth.

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

The range of J. R. R. Tolkien’s talents is remarkable. Not only was he an accomplished linguist and philologist, as well as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature and Norse folklore, but also a skillful illustrator and storyteller. Drawing on these talents, he created a universe which is for many readers as real as the physical world they inhabit daily.

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth explores the huge creative endeavor behind Tolkien’s enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with three hundred images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps, and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works—The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion—and reproduces personal photographs and private papers, many of which have never been seen before in print.

Six essays introduce the reader to the person of J. R. R. Tolkien and to main themes in his life and work, including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of “Faërie” as an enchanted literary realm; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from his close friend C. S. Lewis and their literary group the Inklings.

The book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the extensive archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, which stretch to more than five hundred boxes, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this hugely ambitious and exquisitely produced book draws together the worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien – scholarly, literary, creative, and domestic—offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author.

This landmark publication, produced on the occasion of a major exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford in 2018 and at the Morgan Library in New York in 2019, is set to become a standard work in the literature on J. R. R. Tolkien.

Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien’s five acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tales in the vein of ‘The Hobbit’, fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee.
The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.
• Roverandom is a toy dog who, enchanted by a sand sorcerer, gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures.
• Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but – having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant – is called upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town;
• The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls;
• Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree;
• Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.
This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin. Alan also provides an Afterword, in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's world.
Taken together, this rich collection of new and unknown work from the author of The Children of Húrin will provide the reader with a fascinating journey into lands as wild and strange as Middle-earth.

★奥斯卡桂冠电影《指环王》系列原著小说；我们时代伟大奇幻史诗的终极收藏版，“中国最美图书”设计者陆智昌操刀设计。
★乔治·R.R.马丁、J.K.罗琳、彼得·杰克逊顶礼膜拜之作；阿西莫夫、阿瑟·克拉克、特里·普拉切特、厄休拉·勒古恩、尼尔·盖曼，众天才敬仰的大师巅峰。
★ 托尔金基金会指定译本，精装版全新修订；奥斯卡得主艾伦·李五十幅插图全新校色。
★超多随书超值“附件”：海报式中洲西境全图、拉页式夏尔地图、刚铎详图，首次收入"马扎布尔之书残片"图像，一套六张艾伦·李插图明信片。
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它是以我的心血写成，无论浓淡，如此而已；我写不出另一部了。——J.R.R.托尔金
这是一部为了世界的光明未来，誓死抵抗黑暗的伟大史诗。
至尊魔戒，拥有统御众戒、奴役世界的力量，黑暗魔君索隆苦觅已久。为了守护家园，魔戒继承人弗罗多毅然离开宁谧淳朴的夏尔，踏上前途未卜的旅途。与他同行的是睿智的巫师、勇敢的人类、美善的精灵、坚毅的矮人和热爱和平的霍比特人。征途见证了勇气与友谊。跃马客栈里的重重暗影，卡扎督姆桥的怒吼炎魔，勇猛骁勇的洛汗骠骑，范贡森林的上古树须，凄厉嘶嚎的邪恶戒灵，陡峭山壁旁的巨型毒蛛……每个人各自抵御着无尽的诱惑与磨难，承担起属于自己的善恶考验。
平凡的霍比特人战栗在末日烈焰面前，他能战胜这噬灭灵魂的至尊魔戒吗？
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这是一个攸关生存与勇气，为了人类的光明未来，誓死抵抗黑暗的动人故事。——彼得•杰克逊
我14岁时就开始阅读《魔戒》。到《哈利•波特》写到最后一卷时，我仍然坚持认为自己不会超越托尔金，他的作品里有全新的语言和神话，而我的魔幻世界里没有这些东西。——J.K.罗琳
拿到托尔金的书时，天啊，我绝望了，我怎么努力也达不到他的成就，甚至连接近也做不到！他是真正的大师。——乔治·R.R.马丁
《魔戒》是我会在一生中不断重读的书，这样的书寥寥无几……从来没有任何一位作者，曾创造出如此精细的虚幻世界与虚构历史。读毕全书六卷与附录，你会对托尔金的中洲大陆，对其中的景观、动植物、诸种族和他们的语言、历史、文化气质了如指掌，就像是对自己花园外的真实世界那般熟稔。——W.H.奥登
很长一段时间以来，我都想给你写信，告诉你我是多么地为《魔戒》而欣喜、入迷、陶醉。——艾丽丝·默多克
我在1955年读了《魔戒》，花了四天读完的。我就这么掉进了故事里，在那儿生活了几周。《魔戒》是那种我一辈子都想读的书，作为一名奇幻作家，它对我影响巨大……《魔戒》向我展示了，你可以用奇幻故事做什么。——厄休拉·勒古恩
托尔金已变成一座大山，在所有后续的奇幻作品中都有出现，就像富士山在日本画中的频繁出现。有时它庞大、近在咫尺；有时它只是地平线上的轮廓；有时它根本不在那里，这意味着艺术家……其实是站在富士山上。——特里·普拉切特
我热爱托尔金。他的言语词句如同自然万物，如同岩壁的结构与瀑布的奔流。对于我，如果痴心达到托尔金的写作水准，就如同妄想像樱桃树一般绽放花枝，像一只小松鼠想攀上树顶，像一场平常降水想被称作暴风骤雨。——尼尔·盖曼
当我像你们这么大的时候，我正一头扎进《魔戒》和《霍比特人》之中。它们不只是冒险故事，更教会我人们如何互动，以及人有善恶。——奥巴马
《魔戒》是终极的冒险，终极的善与恶的对决，终极的编年史。总有无穷尽的模仿者，但它从未被超越。——《堪萨斯城市之星》
英语世界由两部分人组成：阅读过《魔戒》和《霍比特人》的人，即将要去读它们的人。——《星期日泰晤士报》
他的想象，创造出样貌不同的地域，从至为可怖，到真正的天堂。他的造物，充满无可比拟的真实可信。他的世界，当你置身其间，就会明白这是一片如此真实而又前所未见的大陆。——《波士顿环球报》
托尔金具有对世界万物最为深刻的洞察力，关于世界万物的现在，它们可能的将来，可能的过去。——《哈特福德时报》
文学史上最值得标榜的伟大作品之一，它属于我们这个时代，或者说，属于所有时代。——伯纳德·莱文
它将代代流传，终至不朽。—— 内奥米·米奇森

This beautiful 200-page softcover edition accompanies the exhibition J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript and reproduces the complete object list in color, including never-before published works, and includes introductory essays by the curators Sarah C. Schaefer and William M. Fliss. New to this edition is a foreword by Simon Tolkien featuring his remarks made during the exhibition opening.

Few twentieth-century authors can compete with J.R.R. Tolkien. More than three-quarters of a century after the publication of <em>The Hobbit </em>in 1937, his works continue to captivate millions of readers across the world. As a collection of papers delivered in 2012 at the Tolkien Society's international conference of the same name, <em>The Return of the Ring </em>is representative of the wide and varied responses Tolkien's works have generated over the decades. The first volume focuses primarily on Tolkien's life, examining the influence of war, philosophy, and religion on his mythology. The second volume is much more diverse, covering themes from medievalism and romanticism through to fantasy and modernity. With contributions from the likes of John Garth, Colin Duriez, Ronald Hutton, and Janet Brennan Croft, <em>The Return of the Ring </em>is essential for scholars and casual readers alike.<br /><br /><strong>About Return of the Ring</strong><br /><br />"Return of the Ring: Celebrating Tolkien in 2012" was a five-day conference organised by the Tolkien Society to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of <em>The Hobbit</em>. Held at Loughborough University 16-20 August 2012, it brought together a unique mixture of fun, fandom and scholarship. In addition to the excellent selection of scholars featured in these proceedings, there were singers, re-enactors, artists, performers, figures from fandom and Tolkien's grandson. With around 500 delegates from across the globe, Return of the Ring was one of the largest Tolkien-specific events ever held and followed on from the Tolkien Society's earlier conferences in 1992 and 2005, which respectively marked the centenary of Tolkien's birth and the 50th anniversary of the publication of <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>.

Few twentieth-century authors can compete with J.R.R. Tolkien. More than three-quarters of a century after the publication of <em>The Hobbit </em>in 1937, his works continue to captivate millions of readers across the world. As a collection of papers delivered in 2012 at the Tolkien Society's international conference of the same name, <em>The Return of the Ring </em>is representative of the wide and varied responses Tolkien's works have generated over the decades. The first volume focuses primarily on Tolkien's life, examining the influence of war, philosophy, and religion on his mythology. The second volume is much more diverse, covering themes from medievalism and romanticism through to fantasy and modernity. With contributions from the likes of John Garth, Colin Duriez, Ronald Hutton, and Janet Brennan Croft, <em>The Return of the Ring </em>is essential for scholars and casual readers alike.<br /><br /><strong>About Return of the Ring</strong><br /><br />"Return of the Ring: Celebrating Tolkien in 2012" was a five-day conference organised by the Tolkien Society to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of <em>The Hobbit</em>. Held at Loughborough University 16-20 August 2012, it brought together a unique mixture of fun, fandom and scholarship. In addition to the excellent selection of scholars featured in these proceedings, there were singers, re-enactors, artists, performers, figures from fandom and Tolkien's grandson. With around 500 delegates from across the globe, Return of the Ring was one of the largest Tolkien-specific events ever held and followed on from the Tolkien Society's earlier conferences in 1992 and 2005, which respectively marked the centenary of Tolkien's birth and the 50th anniversary of the publication of <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>.

Pour la première fois en France, la BnF célèbre J.R.R. Tolkien à l'occasion d'une grande exposition événement. Dialoguant avec les collections de la BnF, les manuscrits, dessins, cartes et photographies de l'honorable professeur d'Oxford reproduites dans le catalogue permettent d'arpenter et de mieux comprendre le monde imaginaire forgé par l'auteur du Seigneur des Anneaux.
" Au fond d'un trou vivait un hobbit. " Lorsqu'en 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien publie Le Hobbit, l'honorable professeur d'Oxford est loin d'imaginer le succès mondial et l'impact de son œuvre sur la culture populaire.
La Bibliothèque nationale de France lui consacre une grande exposition. Le catalogue qui l'accompagne est conçu comme un voyage en Terre du Milieu, il permet d'arpenter le monde imaginaire forgé par l'auteur du Seigneur des Anneaux, ses paysages, ses peuples et leurs langues. On y rencontre elfes, nains, orques et dragons au fil d'un parcours dévoilant les secrets de la création de cette œuvre-monde. Les collections de la BnF (manuscrits, objets, éditions illustrées) mettent en contexte l'œuvre de cet immense artiste, écrivain, illustrateur, philologue et spécialiste de littérature médiévale. Grand public et fans inconditionnels y découvriront les œuvres majeures et celles, moins connues, retraçant l'histoire de la Terre du Milieu.

The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.
This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book.
From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel’s terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot.
But the commentary in this book includes also much from those lectures in which, while always anchored in the text, he expressed his wider perceptions. He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf ‘snuffling in baffled rage and injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup’; but he rebuts the notion that this is ‘a mere treasure story’, ‘just another dragon tale’. He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago, and observes that it is ‘the feeling for the treasure itself, this sad history’ that raises it to another level. ‘The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real. The “treasure” is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time, or marry the princess. It is laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination.’

Sellic Spell, a ‘marvellous tale’, is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the ‘historical legends’ of the Northern kingdoms.

Collector’s slipcased edition of the first ever standalone presentation of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.

In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, and is immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon.

Written shortly after the battle, the poem survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable. J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon ‘the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy’. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth’s retainers come to retrieve their duke’s body.

Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the first time Tolkien’s own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is the lecture, ‘The Tradition of Versification in Old English’. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he offers a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been ‘the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien’s fiction’, most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.

This slipcased edition includes a colour frontispiece reproducing a page of Tolkien’s original manuscript of The Homecoming, and is printed on acid-free paper with a ribbon marker. It is quarterbound with a unique illustration by Bill Sanderson gold-foiled on grey boards and is housed in a custom-built slipcase. It also includes a digitally remastered recording of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth read by J.R.R. Tolkien Christopher Tolkien, which is available on CD for the first time.

★一座不折不扣的托尔金纸上展览馆，一本涵盖托尔金生平与创作的权威画传。

★书信、手稿、插画、地图、设计纹样、家庭相册……数百件展品高清大图，不乏首次披露的珍贵文献，印刷精美；书信、手稿展示大量细节，是八卦党与考据党的天堂。

★六位重量级核心托尔金学者的研究成果，多面展示 托尔金文学创作的本质与精髓。

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书信、手稿、插画、地图、设计纹样、家庭相册……

近300件托尔金相关珍贵文献与图片资料一览无遗

一座不折不扣的托尔金纸上展览馆

一本涵盖托尔金生平与创作的权威画传

他是当之无愧的世纪作家，天才的语言学家；

他的《霍比特人》《魔戒》定义了现代奇幻，跨越世纪而魅力不衰。

他是学者，是教师，是丈夫，是慈父，是朋友，是艺术家，是设计师；

他是具有真正原创精神的“中洲缔造者”。

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【评论】

配合伯德利图书馆“托尔金特展”出版的书，但涵盖范围和质量远超展品，主角当然是大幅彩图，不少都是首次披露，常见的托尔金画作清晰度也是很感人。很适合八卦党和考据党，虽然读过托老作品和传记的，对里面大部分八卦都耳熟能详了，但的确能读到更多细节，更了解一个可爱、认真、浪漫、多才多艺的托尔金。——雪莱

内容量很扎实的书。——Cirdan

对托老的粉丝来说就是一个丰富的小型珍藏馆，由6篇托学专家组稿的essay和导览用的catalogue组成，藏品有照片、信件、手稿、插画、手绘、地图，部分内容与Artist&Illustrator一书重合，当然也有难得一见的，比如托老的童年女装照片（划掉），和高清晰度图片相比，文字内容稍许干涩。——Theo

An extraordinary discovery is waiting for you on these pages. Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth.

《努门诺尔与中洲之未完的传说》汇集了自远古至魔戒大战结束、时间跨度足有数千年之久的种种中洲逸事：
巫师甘道夫对促成矮人聚首袋底洞、谋复孤山的生动叙述；
伊熙尔杜身遭不测，魔戒落入大河的前因后果；
加拉德瑞尔的过往与力量之戒的铸成；
刚铎与洛汗两国缘何结下同仇敌忾的生死盟约；
沉沦之地努门诺尔漫长历史遗留的唯一记载；
以及初代黑暗魔君尚未败亡之时，杜内丹人的先祖图奥是如何亲见司掌众水之神乌欧牟现身于贝烈瑞安德的海滨，传奇英雄图林又何以慨叹自己“自童年起就在魔苟斯的黑暗迷雾中摸索”。
本书是为渴望更加了解中洲的语言文化、历史传说、风土人情的读者准备的厚礼。
诚然，书中“每个故事都是‘未完’的，差别只在程度的深浅，并且是多种意义上的‘未完’”，但传奇本无穷尽，故也永不终结。