The History of Middle-earth Boxed Set 4 (4冊合售)

精裝盒裝套書系列第四輯——向克里斯托弗．托爾金的文學成就致敬，特色為雙面書衣設計
本套第四輯收錄了《魔苟斯之戒》（Morgoth's Ring）、《寶鑽之戰》（The War of the Jewels）、《中土世界的族群》（The Peoples of Middle-earth）及《中土世界歷史索引》（The History of Middle-earth Index），完整呈現托爾金後期神話創作的發展。

《魔苟斯之戒》（Morgoth's Ring）

此書是兩冊《精靈寶鑽》（The Silmarillion）補遺卷之一，記錄了托爾金晚期對這部作品的重新構思，完整收錄《阿曼年表》（Annals of Aman），記述西方極遠處的「福地」。此外，托爾金晚期的新觀念與激進想法也在書中揭示，預示了舊有敘事將面臨的顛覆與變革。

《寶鑽之戰》（The War of the Jewels）

本書延續《精靈寶鑽》的後期歷史，故事回到中土世界，敘述高等精靈與其盟友人類對抗黑暗魔君勢力的毀滅性衝突。

《中土世界的族群》（The Peoples of Middle-earth）

此書為托爾金中土世界歷史的收官之作，呈現中土世界後期各時代的年表、哈比人家譜及通用語（Common Speech）的發展。此外，書中還收錄了托爾金晚年的珍貴手稿，包括記述第四紀剛鐸的《新陰影》（The New Shadow）與描寫努曼諾爾艦隊來臨的故事《塔爾-埃爾瑪》（Tal-elmar）。

《中土世界歷史索引》（The History of Middle-earth Index）

此索引集成了《中土世界歷史》十二卷本的所有索引，為讀者提供了關於《精靈寶鑽》與《魔戒》中涉及的重要人物、地點及其他關鍵詞條的寶貴參考資源，是中土世界研究的必備工具書。

這四冊書首次集結出版，呈現了克里斯托弗．托爾金40年間精心編輯其父J.R.R. 托爾金未發表作品的珍貴歷程，這是一項獨特且非凡的成就，向奇幻文學中最偉大的虛構世界致敬。

Fourth in a series of hardcover boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 4 contains Morgoth's Ring, The War of the Jewels, The Peoples of Middle-earth and The History of Middle-earth Index.

Morgoth's Ring is the first of two companion volumes documenting the later writing of The Silmarillion. The text of the Annals of Aman, the ‘Blessed Land’ in the far West, is given in full; while further writings reveal the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology.

The War of the Jewels continues the account of the later history of The Silmarillion, as the story returns to Middle-earth, and the ruinous conflict of the High Elves and the Men who were their allies with the power of the Dark Lord.

The Peoples of Middle-earth is this capstone to Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, presenting a chronology of the later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: "The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Númenórean ships.

The History of Middle-earth Index This companion edition to the twelve-volume History now brings together all of the indexes in one place, and provides the reader with an invaluable sourcebook to all the peoples, places and other significant entries from The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings which appear in The History of Middle-earth.

Published together for the first time, these four books collect a fascinating period of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on Middle-earth, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature.