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A guide to Tolkien

Presents definitions in alphabetical order of the imaginary beasts, monsters, races, nations, duties, fauna, and flora of the worlds of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands.

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Main Author:	Day, David, 1947-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Chancellor Press, 2001, ©1993.
Subjects:	Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Characters > Dictionaries.
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Summary:	Presents definitions in alphabetical order of the imaginary beasts, monsters, races, nations, duties, fauna, and flora of the worlds of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands.
Item Description:	"Some of all of the material in this book originally appeared in A-Z of Tolkien, The Tolkien bestiary and/or Tolkien the illustrated encyclopedia, copyright Octopus Publishing Group 1979, 1991, 1993"--Title page verso. Includes indexes.
Physical Description:	272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:	0753705621 9780753705629
Author Notes:	David Day was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 1947. He worked in logging camps before receiving a degree from the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Victoria in 1976. He has written over 40 books of poetry, ecology, history, fantasy, mythology, and fiction for both adults and children. His first collection of poems, The Cowichan, was published in 1975. His other books include A Tolkien Bestiary, The Doomsday Book of Animals, Castles, The Emperor's Panda, The Quest for King Arthur, Nevermore: A Book of Hours, and Tolkien: A Dictionary. Through the 1980's and 1990's, he was also an environmental columnist for Britain's Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Sunday Times, and Punch magazine. (Bowker Author Biography)