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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/ The Two Towers/ The Fellowship of the Ring Slipcased Three Book Set
by Tolkien, J. R. R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618260587
- ISBN 13
- 9780618260584
- Seller
-
Lewisville, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Book. Illus. by Alan Lee. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/ First Print. A square solid tight clean un-read un-opened virtually new Slip-cased set of the trilogy. The pictorial slipcase has some very light rubbing wear else fine, the individual books are first printings, unread unopened unused. Illustrated endpapers. A beautiful gift quality set. THIS BOOK IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY..
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.
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
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046812
- Title
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/ The Two Towers/ The Fellowship of the Ring Slipcased Three Book Set
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R
- Illustrator
- Alan Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/ First Print
- ISBN 10
- 0618260587
- ISBN 13
- 9780618260584
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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- New
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- Fine
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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