PICTURES BY TOLKIEN REV CL (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Rev Sub edition (October 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395606489
• ISBN-13: 978-0395606483
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,726,667 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the fantastic pictures Tolkien ever made!!!, June 8, 1997

By A Customer

The only book with all the paintings and drawing by J.R.R Tolkien. Discover visually the author's own idea about his world. Moreover, it's a very beautiful book : the cover is nice and the drawings are awesome

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but "Artist" is a good alternative, June 14, 2006

A Kid's Review

This is a great book with many of Tolkien's most wonderful pictures (those used in a series of LOTR calendars featuring his art), but rather than pay the usually very high price for it (it is long out of print), I would recommend "JRR Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator" (also found on amazon.com), which contains nearly all of the paintings, etc. from "Pictures by JRR Tolkien" in addition to a great many of Tolkien's pictures not included in "Pictures" (200 total, as opposed to "Pictures"'s 47). "Artist" is still in print, so is much more affordable. The only advantage of "Pictures is that it has many of the colored versions of Tolkien's pen-and-ink drawings (colored by H. E. Riddet) not included in "Artist". While the most obsessive Tolkien fans will want both "Pictures" and "Artist", most will be content without the far more expensive (and less inclusive) "Pictures."