• Publication: The Maps of Tolkien's Middle EarthPublication Record # 205361
• Authors: John Howe, Brian Sibley
• Date: 2003-00-00
• ISBN: 0-00-716970-1 [978-0-00-716970-2]
• Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
• Price:
  £20.00^?£: UK pound
• Pages: 80+iv
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Cover: The Maps of Tolkien's Middle Earth by John Howe and J. R. R. Tolkien
• Notes: A two volume slipcased edition, with an 80-page book by Sibley (illustrated by Howe) detailing the history of Tolkien's maps and the genesis of his vision of Middle Earth; and a hardcover portfolio volume of 4 maps. The portfolio contains loosely inserted full-colour reproduction maps of Wilderland, Middle Earth, Beleriand, and Numenor, based on Tolkien's own originals. The contents are an amalgamation and expansion of previously published material from 1994, 1995, and 1999, including Howe's previouly published map of The Hobbit (Wilderland). (The revisions are undated.) Each essay also includes a gazetteer of placenames from each map. See also Library of Congress description and notes, with linked Publisher description and LC subject headings (LCCN, below).
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 2016-587449
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 53397392

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • About the Mapping of Middle Earth • essay by Brian Sibley
• 8-9 •  Bag End • interior artwork by John Howe
• 11 • There and Back Again: About the Map of the Hobbit • essay by Brian Sibley
• 24-25 •  Rivendell • (2001) • interior artwork by John Howe (variant of cover art for The Fellowship of the Ring 2002)
• 27 • The Road Goes Ever On and On: About the Mapping of Middle Earth • (1994) • essay by Brian Sibley
• 44-45 •  Beleriand • interior artwork by John Howe
• 46 • West of the Mountains, East of the Sea: About the Map of Beleriand • (1999) • essay by Brian Sibley
• 68-69 •  Numenor • interior artwork by John Howe
• 70 • The Land of the Star- About the Map of Numenor • essay by Brian Sibley