Dictionaries

	Day, David: Tolkien the Illustrated Encyclopaedia
	Foster, Robert: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

On the back of the book:
"A real beauty" - Los Angeles Times

The first encyclopedic illustrated guide to the word of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands, this book brings together every important aspect of Tolkien's vast cosmology. More than five hundred alphabetical entries cover five major subject areas: history, geography, sociology, natural history and biography.

The maps, genealogies and time-charts, together with the illustrations of characters, places and events, reveal to the reader the full dramatic sweep and splendor of Tolkien's world.

"A comprehensive guide to every important aspect of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands...a stunning tour de force" - Detroit Free Press

On the back of the book:
An A-Z guide to the names and events in the fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion.

J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy works, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted millions of readers over the years.
Middle-earth, the world in which the stories take place, is as real and complex as our own. Events, geography and names were created with care and loving attention by Tolkien, who wanted every single detail of his books to fit into their total pattern. A belief in perfection, the fun of the sub-creation and the desire to create something so totally convincing that the reader could believe in it (in a sense) as actual history, involved him in map-making, endless charts of dates and events and the development of his many invented languages.
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was designed to add to the enjoyment of the reader of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by bringing together in an A-Z sequence facts and information about names, languages, places and events from these central books which will provide an indispensable aid to every reader's discovery of Tolkien's world.

Personal comment:
Great. Buy it.