J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), The first map of The Lord of the Rings, c.1937–1949, black, red and blue ink, pencil, colored pencil. Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien Drawings 103. © The Tolkien Trust 1992, 2015.

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), The first map of The Lord of the Rings, c.1937–1949, black, red and blue ink, pencil, colored pencil. Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien Drawings 103. © The Tolkien Trust 1992, 2015.

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J. R. R. Tolkien. The first map of The Lord of the Rings, c.1937–1949. © The Tolkien Trust 1992, 2015.

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), The first map of The Lord of
the Rings, c.1937–1949, black, red and blue ink, pencil,
colored pencil. Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien Drawings
103. © The Tolkien Trust 1992, 2015.

Marcel R. Bülles

A Tolkien fan for twenty-five years (and more to come...) Founding chairman of the German Tolkien Society, Co-Founder of Ring*Con, Co-Founder of the ITF, host, presenter and fantasy expert