RENOWNED artist Alan Lee is to visit Waterstones in Oxford to sign copies of The Fall of Gondolin by JRR Tolkien.

Mr Lee will be at the store in Broad Street on Friday, August 31 at 7pm.

He is the artist who has provided iconic artwork for titles in Tolkien’s Middle Earth series.

The Fall of Gondolin is one of Tolkien’s original Lost Tales, which formed the basis for a section of his book, The Silmarillion.

Mr Lee, who studied at the Ealing School of Art, has illustrated dozens of fantasy books.

For tickets telephone 01865 790212.