All titles are by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by Houghton Mifflin Company.The Book Of Lost Tales Part One
The Book Of Lost Tales Part Two
The Lays Of Beleriand
The Shaping Of Middle-Earth
The Lost Road
The Return Of The Shadow
The Treason Of Isengard
The War Of The Ring
Sauron Defeated
Morgoth's Ring
The War Of The Jewels
The Peoples Of Middle-Earth
The over-arching title of this series of books is The History of Middle-Earth. Between 1984 and 1996 I could expect a new Tolkien title every year or so (there was a longer lag before Sauron Defeated and The Peoples of Middle-Earth were published). Most volumes had the rather plain cover you see exemplified here by the first volume of The Book of Lost Tales, but in different colors; the four books dealing with the writing of The Lord of the Rings had covers with pictures by Alan Lee. I remember you could never tell when the series might end until it was actually over, and each book would announce the next work or works "in preparation." It's hard to believe that it's now been more than ten years since it was completed.
Book Count: 1640.
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