History of Middle-earth, Hardcover by Tolkien, Christopher; Tolkien, J. R. R., ISBN 0358381746, ISBN-13 9780358381747, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<strong>This very special collector&#8217;s edition brings together all twelvs into three hardback volumes&#8212;over 5,000 pages of fascinating Tolkien material&#8212;and places them in one matching box.</strong><br><br>. Tolkien is famous the world over for his unique literary creation, exemplified in <em>The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings,</em> and <em>The Silmarillion.</em> What is less well known, however, is that he also produced a vast amount of further material that greatly expands upon the mythology and numerous stories of Middle-earth, and which gives added life to the thousand-year war between the Elves and the evil spirit Morgoth, and his terrifying lieutenant, Sauron.<br><br> It was to this enormous task of literary construction that Tolkien&#8217;s youngest son and literary heir, Christopher, applied himself to produce the monumental and endlessly fascinating series of twelve volumes, <em>The History of Middle-earth</em>.<br> &#160;