TOLKIEN Children of Hurin Deluxe Ed. New SIGNED 1st Ed! Start Price GBP 149.95 Current Price GBP 149.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, September 27, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Location New Romney See more about 'TOLKIEN Children of Hurin Deluxe Ed. New SIGNED 1st Ed!' Description Item: THE CHILDREN OF HURIN by J.R.R. TOLKIEN - SIGNED DE LUXE EDITION.   1st Edition!!!   SIGNED BY THE BOOKS ILLUSTRATOR; ARTIST ALAN LEE!!!   Unread. Mint Condition. New!!!   320 page hardback book (23.5cm x 15.5cm) with matching slip-case published by Harper Collins 2007.   Content: This is a highly collectable Signed 1st Edition of the Deluxe Edition of The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien.   This book is the first 'standalone' tale of Middle-Earth since 1977, and is the first complete version of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Great Tales'.   Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.   Turin is born into a Middle-earth crushed by the recent victory of the Dark Lord, Morgoth, and his monstrous army. The greatest warriors among Elves and Men have perished and Turin's father, Hurin, has been captured. For his defiance, Hurin's entire family is cursed by Morgoth to be brought down into darkness and despair. But, like his father, Turin refuses to be cowed by Morgoth and as he grows so does the legend of the deadly hero. In a land overrun with marauding Orcs, Turin gathers to him a band of outlaws and gradually they begin to turn the tide in the war for supremacy of Middle-earth. Then Morgoth unleashes his greatest weapon: Glaurung, Mightiest of Dragons, and he proves an unstoppable foe. As the Dragon carves a fiery swathe through Middle-earth there remains only one man who can slay him, but to do that he will first have to confront his destiny. Children of Hurin is a tragic tale of adventure, heroism, suffering and forbidden love.   This fantastic De Luxe Edition features: Drawing together J.R.R. Tolkien's original manuscripts, using many sources spaced out over decades, Christopher Tolkien has constructed a narrative without any editorial invention. Includes a brand new red & black map of Beleriand specially drawn by Christopher Tolkien, which appears as a fold-out sheet. Contains 8 colour paintings and 25 pencil sketches, specially commissioned from award-winning artist, Alan Lee. Features an exclusive colour frontispiece painting by Alan Lee. Includes a specially written introduction and appendix on the history and writing of the tale by Christopher Tolkien. Quarter-bound in blue with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of the Helm of Hador created by Alan Lee, and housed in a matching custom-built slip-case. Printed on superior quality paper and including a silk ribbon marker. This edition is available for a limited time only!!! John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor who is best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language (1925 to 1945) and Merton Professor of English language and literature (1945 to 1959). He was a devout Roman Catholic. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis; they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. In addition to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's published fiction includes The Silmarillion and other posthumously published books, which taken together is a connected body of tales, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle-earth (derived from the Old English word middangeard, the lands inhabitable by humans) in particular, loosely identified as an "alternative" remote past of our own world. Tolkien applied the word legendarium to the totality of these writings. The posthumously published books were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. While fantasy authors such as William Morris, Robert E. Howard and E. R. Eddison preceded Tolkien, the great success and enduring influence of his works have led to him being popularly identified as the "father of modern fantasy literature". In any case, Tolkien has had an indisputable and lasting effect on later works, as well as the genre as a whole. Alan Lee (born August 20, 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer. He has illustrated several fantasy books such as the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, Faeries (with Brian Froud), Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock (as well as the cover of an early print of this book), The Mabinogion, Castles and Merlin Dreams. He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration in 1993 for Black Ships Before Troy and the Best Artist Award at the World Fantasy Awards of 1998. Lee has also illustrated the latest addition to the Middle Earth mythology, The Children of Hurin. Lee and John Howe were the lead concept artists of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies. He illustrated many of the scenarios for the movies, including objects and weapons for the actors. In 2004, he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on the third film in the trilogy, The Return of the King. Lee has also worked as a conceptual designer on the films Legend, Erik the Viking and King Kong and the television mini-series Merlin. Lee recently released a portfolio of his conceptual artwork for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, entitled The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook. Recommeded Retail Price UK £60.00 (unsigned) Condition: Unread. Mint Condition. New!!! (please note: the book is slightly lighter shade of blue with matching slipcase & grey/blue boards than shown in the photographs - the differentiation has been caused by the lights used when the book was photographed). Additional photographs available upon request.   Extremely Collectable SIGNED 1st Edition Deluxe Edition!!!      WE SELL WORLD WIDE     SHIPPING INSURANCE This book is insured during shipping for its full purchase value. 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