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The Lord of the Rings (3 Volume Set) - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King
by Tolkien, J.R.R
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Second Edition/Various Printings. Hardcover. Fair/Good. A complete set of the Second/Revised Edition without slipcase. All books ex-lirbary with black illustrated cloth with gilt/colored foils and tinting to top page ends. The Fellowship of the Rings states Ninth Printing, but no price on jacket so book club. Book has vertical crease to spine, some rubbing through cloth at bottoms of boards, hinge repairs at endpapers with paper scarring and usual stamps. No map. Soiling to page ends. Jacket has some chips at spine ends/corners and tape reinforcement to inside of spine and flap creases/corners, and outside at head and heel - Poor/Good. The Two Towers states Twelfth Printing. Book has some rubbing through cloth to bottoms of boards, pocket to ffep and stamps/stickers, tape stains and some moisture stains to endpapers. Map attached to inside of rfep. Soiling to page ends. Jacket is unclipped($9.95) with tape reinforcement to top and bottom inside of spine, moisture stain to top inside of spine, some scratches, nicks, abrasions and a short tear - Fair/Good. The Return of the King states Fourth printing. Book has pocket to ffep with paper scarring to same, paper residue from old jacket protector to pastedowns and a few library stamps. No map. Some spots to top page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($6.50) with just a few marks/spots of residue to inside of front flap and a little sticker removal scarring to spine - Fair/Very Good.
Synopsis
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by philologist and Oxford University professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1954, much of it during World War II. 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.
Reviews
On Aug 15 2020, a reader said:
This is one of the most engaging, enjoyable, and creative books I have ever read. The way Tolkien creates a new world from scratch, new languages, new races. It is a work of art. And the fact that this book can be enjoyed by young children and adults alike makes it stand out among the works of fiction that fill our libraries these days. I would recommend these books to anyone who has not already read them.
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Details
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- LPB007613JT
- Title
- The Lord of the Rings (3 Volume Set) - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King
- Author
- Tolkien, J.R.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition/Various Printings
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Tolkien;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Epic Fantasy
- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Contemporary Fantasy
- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Tolkien
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