Tolkien Years: Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

Greg Hildebrandt, Gregory Hildebrandt. Watson-Guptill Publications, $24.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-8230-5124-3

When the tall, bearded, wild-eyed man showed up for the photo shoot, Gregory Hildebrandt Jr. knew that his ""father and uncle were in league with the greatest wizard of all time."" In Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years, the author recalls his childhood days in the studio of the creators of the wildly popular 1970s Lord of the Rings calendars and features 122 color and 75 b&w illustrations.

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