The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5

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1) Paperback Book The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by Del Rey. My husband loves Tolkien and will enjoy reading from this set of books. Price was good and shipping was fast.¤

2) Paperback Book The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by Del Rey. I was extremely disappointed in the whole set of books. I wouldn´t recommend them to anybody. Lord of the Rings was so good that I assumed anything written by the same author would be good and worth reading but I got an unpleasant surprise.¤

3) Paperback Book The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by Del Rey. It´s been a while since I was able to read the original trilogy, so after I did, I bought this boxed set. I like boxed sets, especially for serial material, as it looks better on the shelf.¤

4) Paperback Book The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by Del Rey. I bought this set of the first five volumes of Tolkien´s history of Middle Earth and while all the content is there, the quality of the publications is mass paperbook at its worst. Dry scratchy paper, type that is too small for my tired eyes to read and cheap bindings that were I to continually use would no doubt fall apart before the paper turned yellow. But then what do you expect for $20? As I became more interested in Tolkien and realized that I would use these books both for pleasure and reference and would doubtless return to them again and again, I decided to spring for the Harper Collins three volume set (published in 2002) that includes all twelve books of the histories in an attractive and efficient three volume set. It cost close to $200 for the set because I had to order them from AMAZON.UK but I´m happy when I see them on the shelf and pick one up to read. They are a substantial presence as befits the content. (I would also recommend buying the History of Middle Earth Index to go along with these books as it ties them all together with one common index rather than the the separate ones for each of the twelve volumes.)¤

5) Paperback Book The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by Del Rey. I started to read the Silmarillion, and then I read these. I had never liked poetry beforehand, I had actually rather detested it, but I loved the poetry in here. I many respects, I actually prefer these to the Silmarillion because these are longer and more in depth. However, if you don´t feel like reading 50 pages of something with tons of footnotes and endnotes, you probably shouldn´t read these.¤

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