A Guide to Middle-earth (1971)

A Guide to Middle-earth
Robert Foster
1971 First Paperback Edition
Mirage Press
Baltimore, Maryland
ISBN: None
Mirage Anthem Series A-1009
Trade paperback
xiv, 298 pp.
Cover illustration by Tim Kirk
Hammond Page Ref.: None

Notes
Edited and compiled by Robert Foster, this encyclopedic reference book (among many other entries) incorporates material previously published in the science fiction fanzine Niekas (some of which was revised for this publication).

1st Printing: 1971 – 1,250 copies
2nd Printing: November, 1971 – 743 copies*

The illustration on page 145 was removed for the 2nd Printing to incorporate the missing entry for the letter ‘J‘.

RRP: $4.00.

*Although the last page of the 2nd Printing states that approximately 5,000 copies were printed, the management of Mirage Press (Chalker and Owings) have stated that “1,202 copies were bound in cloth, with 743 as a trade paperback”. (ISFDB.com)


A Guide to Middle-earth (1971)