The History of Middle-earth: Part 1A new one volume hardback edition of the first five books in The History of Middle earth. J. R. R. Tolkien is famous the world over for his unique literary creation, exemplified in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. What is less well known, however, is that he also produced a vast amount of further material that greatly expands upon the mythology and numerous stories of Middle earth, and which gives added life to the thousand year