Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. This is the second edition. With a new forword by the Author. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King. ISBN0395082544 0395082552 0395082560. Djs are price clipped. The Return of the King has a 1/8 inch chip lacking from top of spine of dj (all djs now in mylar protectors). light foxing to interior of box and on some front and rear covers. The Fellowship of the Ring shows slight disturbance to the paper at the bottom of the first page. shipping will be extra for this set, please inquire. International shipping will be expensive.; Three Volume Boxed Set; 6 x 9

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.

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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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Bookseller: Chequamegon Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 94643
Title: The Lord of the Rings
Author: Tolkien, J. R. R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN 10: 0395082544
ISBN 13: 9780395082546
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston MA
This edition first published: June 1967
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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