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Ruth S. Noel.
The Mythology of Tolkien’s Middle Earth.

Frogmore: Granada Publishing/Panther Books, 1979 (previously issued by Thames & Hudson, 1977).
ISBN 0586046690.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Cox & Wyman, London, Fakenham & Reading.
Size: 110×176×14mm.
Page count: 188pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks rather battered, covers scuffed and creased, some wear at the edges and corners; spine creased and faded, binding starting to split internally, but no pages are detached; pages and inside covers very yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £5.00
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within the UK
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Weight without packaging: 129g.

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No particular medieval emphasis. Examines various elements in Tolkien’s mythology and traces their relationships with other mythologies, such as Celtic, Scandinavian, Sumerian and Egyptian.

Contents: Themes; Places; Beings; Things.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes 

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