“One of the points of interest is how much of a hand Tolkien had in the poster map all of his suggestions, and there are many, are reflected in Baynes’ version. “Before going on display in the shop this week, this had only ever been in private hands,” Henry Gott, modern first editions specialist at Blackwell’s, said. Blackwell’s says the map shows “the exact nature” of Tolkien’s vision.
The map is on display and up for sale at Blackwell’s Rare Books for £60,000. To name a few, he notes that Hobbiton is on the same latitude as Oxford, England, and hints that the Italian city of Ravenna could be the inspiration behind the city of Minas Tirith. The document offers glimpses into many of Tolkien’s observations on the fictional world, which hosts the action in “The Lord of the Rings” and “ The Hobbit” (and their subsequent film adaptations). Tolkien has been discovered in a copy of “The Lord of the Rings” owned by illustrator Pauline Baynes.
A map of Middle-Earth annotated by J.R.R.
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