The Children of Hurin

New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Lee, Alan. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2007 Hard Cover. 313 pp. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4. Illustrated by Alan Lee. The Children of Hurin, begun in 1918, was one of three 'Great Tales' J.R.R. Tolkien worked on throughout his life, though he never realized his ambition to see it published. Though familiar to many fans from extracts and references within other Tolkien books, it has long been assumed that the story would forever remain an unfinished tale. Now reconstructed by Christopher Tolkien, painstakingly editing together the complete work from his father's many drafts, this book is the culmination of a tireless thirty-year endeavor by him to bring J.R.R.Tolkien's vast body of unpublished work to a wide audience.