• Publication: The Shaping of Middle-EarthPublication Record # 47022
• Authors: Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien
• Date: 1986-09-00
• ISBN: 0-04-823279-3 [978-0-04-823279-3]
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
• Price:
  £14.95^?£: UK pound
• Pages: 380
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: Date from J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Hammond & Anderson. Information on this book from The Whole Science Fiction Data Base 8, ABE and WorldCat.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 310871395
  • Reginald-3: 35705

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Preface (The Shaping of Middle-Earth) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 3 • Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 11 • The Earliest 'Silmarillion' (The 'Sketch of the Mythology') • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 41 • Commentary on the 'Sketch of the Mythology' • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 76 • The Quenta • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 166 • Commentary on 'The Quenta' • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 215 • The Horns of Ylmir • poem by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 219 • The First 'Silmarillion' Map • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 235 • The Ambarkanta • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 241 • Commentary on the 'Ambarkanta' • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 262 • The Earliest Annals of Valinor • (1986) • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 274 • Commentary on the 'Annals of Valinor' • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 294 • The Earliest Annals of Beleriand • (1986) • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 333 • Commentary on the 'Annals of Beleriand' • essay by Christopher Tolkien