J.R.R. Tolkien, collection of 9 titles by or relating to him...

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J.R.R. Tolkien, collection of 9 titles by or relating to him, including 'Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien', Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1979, 1st US edition, 1st impression, colour portrait frontis + mainly colour plates and ills. throughout, foreword by Christopher Tolkien, oblong 4to (32 x 30cm), original cloth gilt, Tolkien gilt monogram to front cover, original slipcase; 'The Silmarillion', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1977, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; J.R.R. Tolkien & Donald Swann: ''The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1978, 2nd edition, leaves illustrated with Elvish script by Tolkien throughout, glossary of Elvish terms used in the songs by Tolkien at end, large 4to (29 x 22cm), original printed paper covered boards, dust wrapper (by Tolkien illustrated with Elvish script, £4.75 price intact); 'The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays', ed. Christopher Tolkien, L, George Allen & Unwin, 1983, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Orfeo', L, George Allen & Unwin, 1975, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Timothy R. O'Neill: 'The Individuated Hobbit: Jung, Tolkien and the Archetypes of Middle-earth', L, Thames & Hudson, 1980, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Lyn Ritchie, Ruth Lacon & Angela Surtees: 'The History of the Northern Kingdom as Chronicled by the Scribes of Annuminas', [1991], limited edition, signed by the three authors and numbered 51 of 100 copies only, iv,55pp, illustrated throughout, large 4to (30 x 21cm), original wraps. A gen Tolkien anthology with the subtitle: "As Chronicled by the scribes of Annúminas", Annúminas was a local group or Smial of the Tolkien Society. Angela Surtees, Lyn Ritchie and artist Ruth Lacon collaborated on the "History" after speculating on the descent of Aragorn from Arvedui, and where and how the Rangers had lived in the centuries since the fall of Fornost in 1974 T.A. Detailing the fauna and flora of the north of Middle-earth as well as proposing a possible history this work is illustrated throughout and includes an epic poem and speculative original documents; plus 2 others similar (9)