ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF TOLKIEN

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'You won't need to be an expert in Elvish to find your way around Middle-earth and the Undying Lands.' 'I am pleased to be able to reveal a treasure trove of illustrations of Tolkien's world that has grown and gathered over the last four decades. The aim is to reveal something of the imaginative sweep and splendour of Tolkien's epic world' says our dear friend David. We have here a gallery of some of the finest Tolkien-inspired art collected by the author right back to his 1979 publication 'A Tolkien Bestiary'. Enjoy idyllic watercolours, great lakes in utopian visions, convincing images of angelic spirits of Ainur, Valar and Maiar created by a talented Czech artists, the Trees of Valar by Michael Foreman, Gandalf the White by Victor Ambrus, The Astral Traveller by Ian Miller and the exquisitely portrayed Hobbits, small, hairy footed brought to life by the remarkable Dutch artist Lidia Postma with her magnificent illustration Shire Society portraying Bilbo Bagins's Eleventy-First birthday paying tribute to Bruegel in the crowded peasant village scene. This visual celebration covers vast lands, epic battles, formidable beasts, heroes, peoples and armies gathered together in one magnificent collection of artworks and essays from expert illustrators, painters and etchers and with fascinating and scholarly writing from Tolkien expert David Day. Beasts and dragons, castles and fortresses, kingdoms and seas, wars and warriors, enjoy a visual feast, beautiful typography, colour illustration and design

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