The Lord of the Rings – Complete 3-Volume Set (Second Edition, Revised 1965 Text, Later Printings) – Houghton Mifflin, with Dust Jackets, Maps, and Slipcase – J.R.R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0395082544 / ISBN 13: 9780395082546

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1978

About this Item

A complete three-volume set of Tolkien?s classic The Lord of the Rings, published by Houghton Mifflin. This is the Revised Second Edition (1965 text), later U.S. printings, housed in the original slipcase. Each volume retains its original white dust jacket featuring Tolkien?s facsimile signature and the iconic Eye of Sauron/Ring design. Black cloth boards stamped in color (green, gold, and pink) with Tolkien motifs. Each volume contains its fold-out map at the rear (Mordor, Gondor, Rohan, etc.), all present, crisp, and intact. Decorative title pages and illustrations including ?The Doors of Durin.?
Condition: Books Very Good ? tight bindings, clean interiors, minimal age toning. Dust jackets Good+ with some edge wear and light shelf rubbing, but unclipped and bright. Slipcase Good, showing some rubbing and wear at edges but fully intact and functional.

A handsome vintage set, increasingly scarce complete with all maps, jackets, and slipcase.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1755717725095

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lord of the Rings ? Complete 3-Volume Set (Second Edition, Revised 1965 Text, Later Printings) ? Houghton Mifflin, with Dust Jackets, Maps, and Slipcase ? J.R.R. Tolkien
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395082544
• ISBN 13: 9780395082546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition, Special Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 10 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Complete Trilogy

About this title

Synopsis

Considered to be J.R.R. Tolkien's great masterpiece of imaginative fiction - in the invented world of Middle-Earth, Tolkien created a new mythology and a vast epic story which has proved timeless in its appeal.

From the Back Cover

The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning. New York Times
J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892 1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
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