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The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Best-Selling Classic

The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Best-Selling Classic

The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Best-Selling Classic
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The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Best-Selling Classic

by Tolkien, J. R. R

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ISBN 10
0618260250
ISBN 13
9780618260256
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About This Item

Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine. Large, sturdy, very thick softcover, glossy wrappers with a color-photograph from film of Gandalf in Bilbo's home on front wrapper, raised gold title and author, purple background to spine and back wrapper with four movie stills of characters along top back wrapper, 1137 pages plus maps. Light creae at top front tip. Near Very Fine.

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
Callaghan Books South US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
57961
Title
The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Best-Selling Classic
Author
Tolkien, J. R. R
Format/Binding
Soft cover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Thus
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0618260250
ISBN 13
9780618260256
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Published
1994
Keywords
Fantasy English Literature Hobbits

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