Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

Notes

Edited by Christopher Tolkien

• Title page states "Edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien".
• Cover and spine of the book titles it simply Unfinished Tales while the title page gives the complete title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth.
• The map of Númenórë is inserted on an unnumbered page between page 168 and 169.
• Price from publisher's sticker on the front flap of the dustjacket (A&U £7.50)
• "© George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, 1980"
• "First published in 1980" stated on the copyright page.
• The cover design represents a Númenorean helmet (karma), and is taken from the original coloured drawing by J. R. R. Tolkien, which he entitled: 'Helmet of a captain of the Uinendili, helm made of overlapping plates of metal, the 'fish-crest' of leather embossed and coloured' printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
• Includes a fold-out map of The West of Middle-Earth at the End of the Third Age, attached to the inside of the back end paper.
• The collection is divided into four parts: Part One: The First Age (pages 15-162), Part Two: The Second Age (163-268), Part Three: The Third Age (269-374), and Part Four (375-415). There is also an Index (416-472).
• Each selection is followed by notes written by Christopher Tolkien.