The Lord of the Rings Paperback - 2005
by J. R. Tolkien
In time for the golden anniversary of the arrival of part one of Tolkien's epic masterpiece on these shore comes a spectacular new edition of "The Lord of the Rings." The text is fully correctedQunder the supervision of Christopher TolkienQto meet the author's exacting wishes, and includes two large-format fold-out maps, a ribbon placemarker, and exceptionally elegant packaging. 0-618-51765-0$100.00 / Houghton Mifflin
About this book
After the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien’s publisher asked that he produce a sequel. Although written as one big work comprised of six books, The Lord of the Rings was broken into three separate volumes because of post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. The print run of the first editions was very small: 3,000 copies for The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), 3,250 copies for The Two Towers (1954), and 7,000 copies for The Return of the King (1955). The Lord of the Rings went on to become one of the best-selling novels ever, with more than 150 million copies sold.
Summary
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.
From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.
When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.
This new edition includes the fiftieth-anniversary fully corrected text setting and, for the first time, an extensive new index.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but while he studied classic works of the past, he was creating a set of his own.
First Edition Identification
The Lord of the Rings was published in three parts by George Allen and Unwin, and in the US by Houghton Mifflin.
The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), The Two Towers (1954), and The Return of the King (1955).
The Uk editions have 21s net to the front flap.
The first American edition has cover illustration by Walter Lorraine.
Details
- Title The Lord of the Rings
- Author J. R. Tolkien
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 0050-Anniversary
- Pages 1216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-10-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780618640157 / 0618640150
- Weight 2.62 lbs (1.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.51 x 1.74 in (21.01 x 14.00 x 4.42 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005020460
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 88
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