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The Lord Of The Rings [De Luxe Illustrated Ed]
by Tolkien, J.R.R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0008471290
- ISBN 13
- 9780008471293
- Seller
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 2022. Deluxe Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Beautiful De Luxe Edition illustrated by Tolkien. New copy [HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2022]; 1248 pages; red quarter-leather over black cloth, all edges gilt, in matching slipcase, wrapped in publisher's plastic & housed in a map-illustrated cardboard box. Contains the complete text of all three books, fully corrected and reset, printed in red & black. Thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien. Two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Middle-earth. ISBN: 978-0-00-847129-3 / 9780008471293
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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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
- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11074
- Title
- The Lord Of The Rings [De Luxe Illustrated Ed]
- Author
- Tolkien, J.R.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0008471290
- ISBN 13
- 9780008471293
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2022
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, art, bilbo, books, bookshops, bookstores, classic, classic books, deluxe, fantasy, fiction, gandalf, hobbit, literature, middle-earth, nostalgia, old books, orchard bookshop, sf
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- 0 kg
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