This is the third volume of the history of middle-earth, which comprises here-tofore unpublished manuscripts that were written over a period of many years Before Tolkien's simlarillion was published. Volumes 1 and 2 were...This is the third volume of the history of middle-earth, which comprises here-tofore unpublished manuscripts that were written over a period of many years Before Tolkien's simlarillion was published. Volumes 1 and 2 were the book of lost tales, part one and the book of lost tales, part two.