The Lays of Beleriand by J R R Tolkien published by Harper Collins in 1991.
First edition second UK impression in fine condition, no markings, pages clean, binding firm, jacket in removable protective sleeve.
About
The Lays of Beleriand, published in1985, is the third volume ofChristopher Tolkien’s 12-volume book series,The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyzes the unpublished manuscripts ofJ.R.R. Tolkien.
This book includes the five poems that Tolkien began to write shortly afterThe Book of Lost Talesphase. Only two of them were continued beyond the beginning, theLay of the Children of Hrinand theLay of Leithian, the latter being the longest poem Tolkien ever composed, although he didn’t finish it.
