THE ROAD GOES EVER ON: A Song Cycle Poems, Notes, Translations and Decorations by J.R.R. Tolkien. Music and Foreword by Donald Swann. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Second edition, Revised, first printing. First printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page. This first revised edition bears a new foreword with a personal obituary to Tolkien, by Swann. Also exclusive to this second edition is a newly scored island melody song with a solo chorus, written to Tolkien's poem of farewell for Bilbo at Grey Havens. Comprises the new song plus the seven songs from the first edition of Tolkien's poems set to music by Swann, complete with chords for guitar and for piano, all illustrated with script decorations by Tolkien, and followed by Tolkien's scripts, translations, and comments. The original seven songs were recorded on Caedmon #TC1231. Fine, square and tight in crisp green linen with gilt embossed titles and Tolkien decorative art script border to the front cover and with gilt embossed titles to the spine, golden-sand end-papers; in a very good faintly foxed dust jacket with a mild, small sticker-shadow and a few tiny surface abrasions to the front panel, a one-inch tear and two minor nicks to the lower front edge, and some very small holes at the flap folds; original printed $10.00 price and date code 0478 still intact to the front inner flap. Quarto; 76 pages; 12 pages of Tolkien notes and translations; plus musical notes for performers; plus 5 page foreword. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT COLLECTIBLE FANTASY BOOKS THANKS! Created by eBay Seller's Assistant Basic.