 Dust jacket of 1978 edition | |
| Author | Robert Foster |
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| Cover artist | The Brothers Hildebrandt |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
| Genre | Reference |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 573 pp |
| ISBN | 0-345-44976-2 (2001 edition) |
| OCLC | 48541956 |
| Preceded by | A Guide to Middle-earth, Mirage Press, 1971 |
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, compiled and edited by Robert Foster. It was first published in 1971 under the title A Guide to Middle-earth. A revised and enlarged edition under the title The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was published in 1978. It received a third edition in 2001.