Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The natural landscape plays a major role in nearly all of Tolkien's major works, and readers have come to view the geography of this fictional universe as integral to understanding and enjoying Tolkien's works. And in laying out this continent, Tolkien paid special attention to its plant life; in total, over 160 plants are explicitly mentioned and described as a part of Middle-Earth. Nearly all of these plants are real species, and many of the fictional plants are based on scientifically grounded botanic principles.
In Flora of Middle Earth: Plants of Tolkien's Legendarium, botanist Walter Judd gives a detailed species account of every plant found in Tolkien's universe, complete with the etymology of the plant's name, a discussion of its significance within Tolkien's work, a description of the plant's distribution and ecology, and an original hand-drawn illustration by artist Graham Judd in the style of a woodcut print. Among the over three-thousand vascular plants Tolkien would have seen in the British Isles, the authors show why Tolkien may have selected certain plants for inclusion in his universe over others, in terms of their botanic properties and traditional uses. The clear, comprehensive alphabetical listing of each species, along with the visual identification key of the plant drawings, adds to the reader's understanding and appreciation of the Tolkien canon.

The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 12 stunning paintings from a new generation of artists inspired by the world of Middle-earth.
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 across the Three Ages of Middle-earth, many of which are unique to this calendar, a new generation of artists explores Tolkien's creation with greater depth than ever before. With a variety of artistic styles on display, this year's calendar is a celebration of the remarkable influence Tolkien has had on artists around the world, inspiring a creative legacy that has endured across the generations.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.
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.
(via amazon.co.uk)

First ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones.

J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As Tolkien puts it in 'A Secret Vice', 'the making of language and mythology are related functions'.



In the 1930s, Tolkien composed and delivered two lectures, in which he explored these two key elements of his sub-creative methodology. The second of these, the seminal Andrew Lang Lecture for 1938-9, 'On Fairy-Stories', which he delivered at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, is well known. But many years before, in 1931, Tolkien gave a talk to a literary society entitled 'A Hobby for the Home', where he unveiled for the first time to a listening public the art that he had both himself encountered and been involved with since his earliest childhood: 'the construction of imaginary languages in full or outline for amusement'.



This talk would be edited by Christopher Tolkien for inclusion as 'A Secret Vice' in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays and serves as the principal exposition of Tolkien's art of inventing languages. This new critical edition, which includes previously unpublished notes and drafts by Tolkien connected with the essay, including his 'Essay on Phonetic Symbolism', goes some way towards re-opening the debate on the importance of linguistic invention in Tolkien's mythology and the role of imaginary languages in fantasy literature.

★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

★权威托学专家关于中洲世界灵感来源的重量级考据
★一项最有趣的“不可能的任务”，一场经得起考验的托尔金创作研究
★中洲世界的灵感是怎么来的？原因何在？托尔金是如何对现实世界进行乾坤大挪移的？
★全书收录超100张图片
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托尔金读过的书，行过的土地，见到的人世风景与自然风光，成了罗瑞恩、晶辉洞、末日山……他挚爱的西米德兰兹和牛津，他童年的天堂萨尔霍，他无法割舍的山与湖、古迹与人烟，成了夏尔、幽谷、海尔姆和范贡森林……
托学专家约翰·加思结合外部景观与心灵景观，以高度严谨却不乏逗趣的姿态追索托尔金的创作灵感。它是托尔金非凡创造力的过程展现，也是世纪作家生平经历的有力佐证。
全书收录超100张图片，包括托尔金自己创作的插图、其他艺术家的作品、档案图片、地图和壮观的现代照片。
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【评论】
每一页都散发着J.R.R.托尔金作品的哀伤基调，令人难以抗拒。——《泰晤士报》
五星佳作，收藏必备。书中收录了插图、地图、古今照片，堪称艺术性学术著作。这本书不仅揭示了托尔金的故事，而且令人感动，它表明托尔金的书中仍然隐藏着惊喜。——Weekend Sport
约翰·加思为日益增多的托尔金相关研究增添了细致的观察和稳健的步伐。他在这本书里探讨了我们所在的现实世界与托尔金“传奇”世界之间的交集。他追溯了作者所见所闻的灵感来源，以及这些灵感如何演变成可以从他的故事、信件、草稿和草图中收集到的东西……无论是初涉中洲世界还是资深朝圣者，都能从本书中学到很多。——New York Journal of Books
当代著名托学专家加思在这本新书中，以精美、华丽的地图和照片，将托尔金真实世界和幻想世界的盎然生机展现得淋漓尽致，给读者带来极大的视觉享受，同时深入探讨了托尔金的创作技巧。——Choice

The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 13 stunning paintings inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s THE FALL OF NÚMENOR. Featuring breathtaking artwork by Alan Lee, with two new 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.
This year’s calendar features 13 full-colour paintings of scenes from across the Second Age of Middle-earth. Famously described by Tolkien as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’, 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. Now presented for the first time in calendar form, with two new paintings from the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee, and with an insightful introduction by Brian Sibley, Tolkien fans can discover the Second Age in greater depth than ever before.

不读卡彭特，不识托尔金
迄今为止托尔金最权威的官方授权传记
克里斯托弗·托尔金逐字逐句校对的严谨传记
很多托尔金研究都会引用的重量级传记
包含大量生动细节的有趣传记，“托尔金母亲对他的创作影响深远”“中洲故事是献给英格兰的神话”“霍比屯源于托尔金对英格兰乡村的热爱”等说法最初即来自本书

★《魔戒》《霍比特人》之父J.R.R.托尔金经典奇幻短篇及罕见诗歌，叙事天才尽显
★托尔金独特奇幻创作观《论仙境奇谭》4万5千字全收录，
★同时了解世纪作家信奉的创作理论和与之呼应的创作实践，只要这一本！
★国际插画大师、奥斯卡得主艾伦·李50幅插图精彩呈现
★壳面精致图案双色烫金
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在托尔金的创作世界里，有笔落惊风雨的《魔戒》和庞大瑰丽的中洲世界，也有凝聚了他超凡想象力、学者幽默感和痛切人生体验的短篇小说、诗歌和影响深远的著名讲演。
本书采用了独树一帜的托尔金作品编选法，由两大部分组成：前半正文是他的仙境奇谭创作实践，由4部经典短篇小说和16首诗歌组成；后半附录是他的仙境奇谭理论，对后世影响深远的托尔金最著名讲演《论仙境奇谭》4万5千字全收录，令人一窥当代奇幻鼻祖独一无二的奇幻观、童话观。
这些创作时间横跨40年的经典短篇虽然“身”处中洲世界的边缘，却是托尔金叙事天才的浓缩。它们或源于对遗失了玩具狗的孩子的安慰，如1920年代的《罗弗兰登》；或为了娱乐自己和子女，在深厚学养的基础上垒起一个令人捧腹的故事，如1930年代的《哈莫农夫贾尔斯》；或来自他对人生最深的恐惧和对创作最美的理解，如1940年代的《尼葛的叶子》；或是一个迟暮老人对仙境之门终将关闭、仙境钥匙终要交还的深沉悲伤，如1960年代的《大伍屯的铁匠》。
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【评论】
一个老派故事，但如今听来依然新鲜。当把它大声读给孩子听时，它会变得栩栩如生。——《独立报》
近乎天才的创作。——《听众》
八岁时读过这本书的人，到八十岁无疑会再读一遍。——《新政治家》
令人难忘且成功展示了仙境特质的作品。——《纽约时报》

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, was one of the most prolific letter-writers of this century. Over the years he wrote a mass of letters – to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends, and to 'fans' of his books – which often reveal the inner workings of his mind, and which record the history of composition of his works and his reaction to subsequent events. A selection from Tolkien's correspondence, collected and edited by Tolkien's official biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, and assisted by Christopher Tolkien, was published in 1981. It presented, in Tolkien's own words, a highly detailed portrait of the man in his many aspects: storyteller, scholar, Catholic, parent, friend, and observer of the world around him. In this revised and expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, it has been possible to go back to the editors’ original typescripts and notes, restoring more than 150 letters that were excised purely to achieve what was then deemed a ‘publishable length’, and present the book as originally intended. Enthusiasts for his writings will find much that is new, for the letters not only include fresh information about Middle-earth, such as Tolkien’s own plot summary of the entirety of The Lord of the Rings and a vision for publishing his ‘Tales of the Three Ages’, but also many insights into the man and his world. In addition, this new selection will entertain anyone who appreciates the art of letter-writing, of which J.R.R. Tolkien was a master.

The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 13 stunning paintings inspired by the Three Ages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Featuring breathtaking paintings and drawings by John Howe, with new 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.
This year’s calendar features 13 full-colour paintings by the world-renowned Tolkien artist, John Howe, depicting scenes from across the panoply of tales contained within the History of Middle-earth. From the legendary First Age when the Valar shaped the world, and the Second Age which saw the fall of Numenor, through to the Third Age which culminated in the War of the Ring.
Now presented for the first time in calendar form, and accompanied by a brand new painting and numerous pencil drawings, and with an insightful introduction by Brian Sibley, Tolkien fans can enjoy these dramatic depictions of the Three Ages of Middle-earth Age in greater depth than ever before.

★《纸上中洲》姐妹篇，文学插画大师、奥斯卡得主艾伦·李的《霍比特人》插画集及电影三部曲设定集，展现电影概念设计全过程
★逾百张素描和水彩，包括为本书全新创作的十数张插画，再次唤醒整个视觉中洲！
★插画大师与文学大师的跨时空合作，与文字语言全然对等的视觉语言。
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为托尔金的作品画插画意味着什么？
意味着忠诚地追随、适度地对抗，以及谨慎地无中生有。
意味着——不折不扣的冒险。
从为托尔金的《霍比特人》小说绘制插图到因缘际会为彼得·杰克逊的《霍比特人》三部曲电影开展为期七年的概念设计，文学插画大师、奥斯卡得主艾伦·李在这本书里记录了自己的又一场视觉创作冒险全过程和由此而来的各种关于艺术、插画、灵感、技法的思考。灵感如何闪现，构思如何变为成品，文字的想象世界如何变成具体而贴切的图景。全书收录了100多幅素描和水彩，还有十数张专为此书全新创作的插画作品。
这是艾伦·李与托尔金共同发出的，又一次进入中洲、重新探索中洲的邀请。
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【专业评论】
艾伦·李的画作有一种美和诗情。他的画捕捉到了我希望用电影捕捉下来的东西。——彼得·杰克逊
他是古代艺术的素描与水彩画大师。—— 伊恩·麦凯伦爵士

◆ 插图典藏版《霍比特人》（精灵版，the Elven Edition）悦目问世
◆ 青年插画师、资深托迷Norloth耗时近3年，倾心绘制150余幅精美插图
◆ 大32开（145㎜×210㎜）精装版，浩瀚中土，跃然纸上
◆ 现代奇幻文学的开山之作，一本打怪升级的人生之 书，献给不甘平庸的你
◆ 85后青年译者全新译本，文笔流畅，考据翔实，更贴近当下语言习惯
◆ 暗藏玄机：“瑟罗尔的地图”和“大荒野地图”首度汉化为简体中文，全部19章标题仿“月亮如尼文”匠心设计
◆ 内文选用80克顺纹彩画纸，细腻丝滑，阅读轻松无压力
◆ 装帧典雅大方，封面覆进口触感膜，手感舒适
◆ 随书附赠：主题明信片4张
◆ 同步推出：平装口袋本《霍比特人》（矮人版，the Dwarven Edition）
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《霍比特人》于1937年首次出版，中土世界的传奇故事就此拉开序幕。主人公名叫比尔博·巴金斯，是一个霍比特人（身材矮小但心地善良的种族），原本过着与世无争的乡野生活，直到巫师甘道夫带着十三个矮人冷不防地出现在他家门口，邀他入伙，前往遥远的孤山，夺回被恶龙史矛革严加看守的宝藏。比尔博半是抗拒、半是期待地踏上了这趟冒险之旅，一路上斗智斗勇、出生入死，见证了种种奇观和趣事，遭遇了巨怪、半兽人、精灵和人类，还收获了一枚将要改变整个世界的魔戒……这个曾经安于一隅的小家伙，终于成长为一名闯遍天下的勇士。

World first publication of the collected poems of J.R.R. Tolkien, spanning almost seven decades of the author’s life and presented in an elegant three-volume hardback boxed set.
J.R.R. Tolkien aspired to be a poet in the first instance, and poetry was part of his creative life no less than his prose, his languages, and his art. Although Tolkien’s readers are aware that he wrote poetry, if only from verses in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, its extent is not well known, and its qualities are underappreciated. Within his larger works of fiction, poems help to establish character and place as well as further the story; as individual works, they delight with words and rhyme. They express his love of nature and the seasons, of landscape and music, and of words. They convey his humour and his sense of wonder.
The earliest work in this collection, written for his beloved, is dated to 1910, when Tolkien was eighteen. More poems would follow during his years at Oxford, some of them very elaborate and eccentric. Those he composed during the First World War, in which he served in France, tend to be concerned not with trenches and battle, but with life, loss, faith, and friendship, his longing for England, and the wife he left behind. Beginning in 1914, elements of his legendarium, ‘The Silmarillion’, began to appear, and the ‘Matter of Middle-earth’ would inspire much of Tolkien’s verse for the rest of his life.
Within The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien almost 200 works are presented across three volumes, including more than 60 that have never before been seen. The poems are deftly woven together with commentary and notes by world-renowned Tolkien scholars Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond, placing them in the context of Tolkien’s life and literary accomplishments and creating a poetical biography that is a unique and revealing celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien.