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London: Collins, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition thus 2001. Seven volume set of slipcased boxed paperback books. Books are tight clean and square. Covers clean, and sharp. Text blocks clean, with white edges. Spines straight without reading creases. The first book is obviously read, has reading creases and tape to spine. Other volumes look unread with small rubs to spines. Slipcase has bumping to top panel that also has sunning. The rear panel has partial sunning and some rubs. Overall a good/very good set. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. Please note : this set of book is very heavy (1350g) overseas purchasers may be charged additional shipping. Please contact bookseller for exact price. A solid reader copy of this set of seven volumes of the Lord of the Rings. To browse the rest of our…
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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.
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.
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.
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- Title The Lord of the Rings
- Author Tolkien, J. R. R
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Film tie-in edit
- Pages 1538
- Publisher Collins, Scarborough, ON, Canada
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9780007124015
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The Lord of the Rings
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HarperCollins. First edition-2nd printing of this seven-volume edition. Paperback. Near fine. Near fine condition.HarperCollins,2001.First edition-2nd printing of this seven-volume edition(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Seven books with a slipcase.Paperbacks(a couple of small nicks and dent on the edges of the covers and spines) with an illustrated slipcase(small nicks and scratches on the slipcase),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w maps.Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice and clean 7 volume set.1558pp including Appendices,the tale of years,family trees (Hobbits),calendars,indexes.Heavy boxset(approx 1.4 Kg).
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