After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.įrom Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. 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. Includes the 50th anniversary fully corrected text setting and an extensive new index"An extraordinary work - pure excitement." - New York Times Book ReviewOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them But even if we had never gotten Robert Jordan's The Path of Daggers and the whole fantasy genre Tolkien inadvertently created by bringing the hobbits so richly to life, Tolkien's epic about the Ring would have left our world enhanced by enchantment. Lewis dreamed up in the Chronicles of Narnia, though he knew Lewis had spun a page-turning yarn.) It has been estimated that one-tenth of all paperbacks sold can trace their ancestry to J.R.R. (He disapproved of the relative sparseness of detail in the comparable allegorical fantasy his friend C.S. The book's characters-good and evil-are recognizably human, and the realism is deepened by the magnificent detail of the vast parallel world Tolkien devised, inspired partly by his influential Anglo-Saxon scholarship and his Christian beliefs. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which the hobbit Frodo and his elfish friends get swept up in a mighty conflict with the dark lord Sauron (who owes much to proud Satan in Paradise Lost), the monstrous Gollum, the Cracks of Doom, and the awful power of the magical Ring. This is a single-volume edition of J.R.R. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Tolkien's The Children of Hurin, the definitive 50th Anniversary text, fully restored with almost 400 corrections - with the full co-operation of Christopher Tolkien - is reissued with a striking new cover. Now, to coincide with the publication of J.R.R. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Since it was first published in 1954, 'The Lord of the Rings' has been a book people have treasured. There he must destroy the Ring forever and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. He must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. Features brand new packaging, the definitive edition of the text, fold-out flaps with the original two-colour maps, and a revised and expanded index. The box is sturdy and in very good condition save bumped top rear corner.All three parts of the epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings' in one paperback. The dust jackets are in good condition save some ware to spine ends, book corners and minor tear to top of The Return of the King and The Fellowship of the Ring. All pages crisp and clean save previous owner's name on first blank page of every book (see picture). Middle Earth tipped inside the rear cover of each volume.Īll three books are in very good condition save slight shelfwear to spine ends and bumped top corner on the front board of Return of the King. Illustrated with a one-color fold-out map of Gilt, red and gilt, and violet and gilt decoration on front cover of each volume. The books are bound in full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, orange and Original dust jackets, all with an original price if $10.95 on the unclipped dust jackets. Three volumes in white slipcase hardcover books in Stated 15th printing of The Fellowship of the Ring, 14th printing of The Two Towers, and 14th printing of The Return of the King. THE LORD OF THE RINGS Box Set, comprising "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King" Revised Second Edition by J.R.R. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1965) Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY Revised Second Edition Box Set - HC/DJ Hobbit Vintage Fantasy
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