The Children of Húrin (The first book in the Great Tales of Middle-earth series) Hardcover - 2007

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. -----012601 - The scan you see is the book you get. Blue boards with gilt on spine (roughly) 9" by 6" (inches), headband, 313 pages plus fold-out map at rear and 8 full colour full page paintings, with b & w illustrations through-out, (with number "2" on copyright page) and (original $34.95 price on lower front flap), Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condlition, now in Mylar. "The Children of Húrin, begun in 1918, was one of three "Great Tales" J.R.R. Tolkien worked on throughout his life, though he never realized his ambition to see it published. Though familiar to many fans from extracts & references within other Tolkien books, it has long been assumed that the story would forever remain an "unfinished tale." Now reconstructed by Christopher Tolkien, painstakingly editing together the complete work from his father's many drafts, this book is the culmination of a tireless thirty-year endeavor by him to bring J.R.R. Tolkien's vast body of unpublished work to a wide audience." Check out the scans. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wrap-around cover art and illustrations by Alan Lee. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.