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| The Road Goes Ever on | 
 enlarge | Authors: J.r.r. Tolkien, Donald Swann
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
Buy Used: £8.99
You Save: £11.01 (55%)
New (11) from £9.77
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 17633
Media: Hardcover
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0007136552
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007136551
ASIN: 0007136552
Publication Date: October 21, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: as new, unwanted gift. includes free CD
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a good buy for the Tolkien fan June 16, 2003
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a good addition to a tolkien collection even if you have the original edition as it as some extra information. I bought it really for the CD as I have the original edition but not the LP. Probably not one for the general reader unless you can read music.
New edition of a classic JRRT book November 2, 2002
73 out of 73 found this review helpful
This is a new 3rd edition of Donald Swann's song cycle based on J.R.R. Tolkien's poems. Old-timers like me still treasure the first two editions (1968 and 1978) because JRRT approved of this work and actually contributed to it! In addition to Swann's musical score, the volume includes some of JRRT's Elvish calligraphy, his discussion of Elvish words not published anywhere else, and his own translations of two Elvish songs from The Lord of the Rings: A! Elbereth Gilthoniel and Namarie (Galadriel's Lament). In addition, this new edition includes a setting to music of Beren's song for Luthien, some of JRRT's most beautiful lines...Finally, the book even comes with the old recording of these songs on compact disk for the first time! Finally, a replacement for the old LP.One amusing detail in this book appears in the song Errantry (also printed in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil). In that song, written long ago, JRRT used the name "Dumbledore." Did R. K. Rowling think no one would notice? The old editions of this book have always been treasures for serious JRRT collectors, and it's great to have the new edition and the recordings on CD. Highly recommended.
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