Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth is a 2018 art book exploring images of the artwork, illustrations, maps, letters and manuscripts of J. R. R. Tolkien. The book was written by Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkie
Cover of first edition, showing Tolkien's painting "Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-Elves"
"Bilbo woke up with the sun in his eyes": a double-page spread from the book, showing the combination of detailed text, Tolkien's artwork, and a spacious layout
Tolkien's first prose fiction was the 1914 The Story of Kullervo, inspired by the Finnish Kalevala. Painting Kullervo Rides to War by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1901
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
…Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth is a 2018 art book exploring images of the artwork, illustrations, maps, letters and manuscripts of J. R. R. Tolkien. The book was written by Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien archivist at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was timed to coincide with an exhibition of the…
Tolkien c. 1925–1926
1892 Christmas card with a coloured photo of the Tolkien family in Bloemfontein, sent to relatives in Birmingham, England
Birmingham Oratory, where Tolkien was a parishioner and altar boy (1902–1911)
King Edward's School in Birmingham, where Tolkien was a pupil (1900–1902, 1903–1911)