This used hardbound book is in good condition. The pages are clean and crisp. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out. the Lower left side edge of the back board has a 2" scrape. The trial is bumped. The dust jacket shows scuff marks on the back and front. There is a 1/8" tear at the top left side of the spine of the dust jacket. There are scuff marks of the lower corners of the dust jacket.

Synopsis

Alan Lee, the beloved illustrator of many of Houghton Mifflin’s Tolkien editions, and a talented team of other artists, including the renowned Tolkien illustrator John Howe, have spent more than three years creating the sets, props, creatures, and locations that truly bring Tolkien’s Middle-earth to life. Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Minas Tirith are no longer designations on the map. Literally hundreds of designers and craftspeople have been painstakingly adding authentic cultural details to each of more than 48,000 separate objects shown in The Fellowship of the Ring, from armor to props to architecture. All this and more is shown in Gary Russell’s lavishly illustrated book. Russell spent time on the set in New Zealand, conducting interviews with director Peter Jackson, special effects guru Richard Taylor, art directors Paul Lasainne, Dan Hennah, and Chris Hennah, costumer Ngila Dickson, and Alan Lee and John Howe. Featuring everything from pencil sketches to the finished objects, his book gives detailed descriptions of why and how this groundbreaking film looks as exciting as it does. The millions of fans dazzled by the results will find here everything they want to know about the genesis and evolution of the movie’s incredible look.

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Bookseller: Friends of Palm Desert Library (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20230402E011
Title: The Lord of the Rings
Author: Gary Russell
Format/Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0618430296
ISBN 13: 9780618430291
Publisher: Doughton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Pages: 254
Bookseller catalogs: Art/Graphic;

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Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.