The History of Middle-earth (HoMe) is a monumental 12-volume study of J.R.R. Tolkien's creative process, edited and compiled by his son, Christopher Tolkien. Published between 1983 and 1996, the series provides a chronological look at the evolution of Tolkien’s legendarium, from the earliest sketches of the 1910s to the final essays written just before his death in 1973. Rather than a single narrative, the collection is a scholarly examination of draft versions, abandoned concepts, and the linguistic development of Middle-earth. Foundations and Early Mythology
The transitional phase. Includes the earliest maps of the world, the "Ambarkanta" (The Shape of the World), and the first Annals of Valinor and Beleriand. the history of middle earth volumes 1-12 pdf