THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0395489318 / ISBN 13: 9780395489314

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1988

About this Item

First book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or writen inscriptions on pages. Front flap of Dust jacket has a crease. Minimal wear to jacket. Jacket is NOT price-clipped. Fold-out map at rear of book. Number line reads from "22" to "31". Last copyright date noted is 1987. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 423 pp.

Seller Inventory # 6985

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395489318
• ISBN 13: 9780395489314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth - home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of ths world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis - a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms.

About the Author

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over sixty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.