Unfinished tales of Nâumenor and Middle-earth / by J. R. R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1980.

Of Tuor and his coming to Gondolin -- Narn i hîn Húrin -- A description of the island of Númenor -- Aldarion and Erendis -- The line of Elros : Kings of Númenor -- The history of Galadriel and Celeborn -- The disaster of the Gladden Fields -- Cirion and Eorl and the friendship of Gondor and Rohan -- The quest of Erebor -- The hunt for the Ring -- The battles of the Fords of Isen -- The Drúedain -- The Istari -- The Palantíri.

This is a collection of narratives ranging from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and comprising such various elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End.