<p>THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels of the Ring Cycle.</p> <p>The first trade paperback edition of the second volume in Tolkien's Book of Lost Tales series. </p>