The Return of the Shadow The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6)
by J.R.R Tolkien; Christopher Tolkein
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395498635
- ISBN 13
- 9780395498637
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, apparently unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Color map frontispiece 497 pp. with index. Additional black and white map integral at p. 439, "The earliest map of the Lands south of the Map of Wilderland in 'The Hobbit'". With the sixth volume of The History of Middle Earth the story of The Lord of the Rings. Christopher Tolkein describes, with full citation of his father's earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of The Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that formed what J.R.R. Tolkein long believed would be a far shorter book, "aequel to The Hobbit
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E29482
- Title
- The Return of the Shadow The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6)
- Author
- J.R.R Tolkien; Christopher Tolkein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395498635
- ISBN 13
- 9780395498637
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- middle earth, bilbo baggins, fantasy, hobbit, frodo,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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