Pictures

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-16-2003, 09:33 PM

I just got the Letters of JRR Tolkien at the library, and in the notes at the back, it refers to Biography and Pictures . Biography is, I presume, Carpenter's biography of Tolkien's life. But what is Pictures?

Dúnedain · 01-16-2003, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
But what is Pictures?

I would assume Pictures of Tolkien and his life, hehe

cassiopeia · 01-16-2003, 11:08 PM

I think it refers to The Pictures by JRR Tolkien. I havn't read it, but I assume it has pictures of Middle-earth drawn by the master himself. I think its out of print.

Shadowfax · 01-16-2003, 11:36 PM

Yeah, they're talking about a book with a lot of Tolkien's illustrations of Middle Earth in it, but I've never been able to find it wherever I look. Maybe it is out of print like Cassiopea said.

***azalea*** · 01-17-2003, 12:20 AM

*smug smile* I have it.

I've been a Tolkien fan since childhood, and my dad was the one who got me into it. He bought me Pictures years ago (like, early '80s). It has a lot of ME stuff as well as other designs and drawings. There are notes on each one by Chrostopher Tolkien. I didn't know this when i got it, but I guess there were some calendars published way back when using JRRT's drawings, and I guess Christopher decided to publish the book because the calendars were so well received.

Shadowfax · 01-17-2003, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by azalea
*smug smile* I have it.

Ooooh...can you see the jealousy in my post? Prolly not...

Falagar · 01-17-2003, 07:49 PM

*wants that book...badly*
Anybody know where to get it?

Dúnedain · 01-17-2003, 07:55 PM

Goodluck finding it. I have been checking and it appears to be out of print. Also, people are selling used copies of it for hundreds of dollars, check this link out, here are 5 copies that are being sold, however look at the price....

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Oop...t=1&WID=518683

Dúnedain · 01-17-2003, 07:57 PM

Here is a copy on EBAY for a lot cheaper, however still expensive....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=2229

Elf Girl · 01-18-2003, 09:00 AM

*wastes away lusting over that book*

***azalea*** · 01-18-2003, 02:30 PM

Wow, I had no idea it was worth that much! I wouldn't sell mine anyway. Plus I think my dad got it at a used bookstore, so it has no slipcover, whatever that is (is it like a jacket?).

01-16-2003, 09:33 PM	#1
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Pictures I just got the Letters of JRR Tolkien at the library, and in the notes at the back, it refers to Biography and Pictures . Biography is, I presume, Carpenter's biography of Tolkien's life. But what is Pictures? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-16-2003, 11:08 PM	#3
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I think it refers to The Pictures by JRR Tolkien. I havn't read it, but I assume it has pictures of Middle-earth drawn by the master himself. I think its out of print. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. Last edited by cassiopeia : 01-16-2003 at 11:09 PM.

01-16-2003, 11:36 PM	#4
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Yeah, they're talking about a book with a lot of Tolkien's illustrations of Middle Earth in it, but I've never been able to find it wherever I look. Maybe it is out of print like Cassiopea said. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

01-17-2003, 07:49 PM	#7
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	wants that book...badly Anybody know where to get it? __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

01-17-2003, 07:55 PM	#8
Dúnedain High King of Númenórë Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Númenórë <--United States of America Posts: 1,947	Goodluck finding it. I have been checking and it appears to be out of print. Also, people are selling used copies of it for hundreds of dollars, check this link out, here are 5 copies that are being sold, however look at the price.... http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Oop...t=1&WID=518683 __________________ 'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen

01-17-2003, 12:20 AM	#5
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	smug smile I have it. I've been a Tolkien fan since childhood, and my dad was the one who got me into it. He bought me Pictures years ago (like, early '80s). It has a lot of ME stuff as well as other designs and drawings. There are notes on each one by Chrostopher Tolkien. I didn't know this when i got it, but I guess there were some calendars published way back when using JRRT's drawings, and I guess Christopher decided to publish the book because the calendars were so well received.

01-17-2003, 07:57 PM	#9
Dúnedain High King of Númenórë Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Númenórë <--United States of America Posts: 1,947	Here is a copy on EBAY for a lot cheaper, however still expensive.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=2229 __________________ 'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen

01-18-2003, 09:00 AM	#10
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	wastes away lusting over that book __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

01-18-2003, 02:30 PM	#11
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Wow, I had no idea it was worth that much! I wouldn't sell mine anyway. Plus I think my dad got it at a used bookstore, so it has no slipcover, whatever that is (is it like a jacket?).

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