The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, J.R.R.; J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) Tolkien, CBE FRSL

ISBN 10: 0618129022 / ISBN 13: 9780618129027

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA & New York, 1994

About this Item

1137 pp. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Solidly and well bound copy with heavy and extensive overall wear and use. Copy with clean text. Slightly creased spine. Dog eared pages. Stains on fore-edge. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lord of the Rings
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA & New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618129022
• ISBN 13: 9780618129027
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Houghton Mifflin Company (Cover Design); New Line Cinema (Photos)
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction-Science Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
  • Fiction-Fairy Tales, Folklore, Myths
  • Fiction-Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel

About this title

Synopsis

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, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest --- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.

About the Author

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished career as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. He is the renowned creator of Middle-earth and author of the great modern classic, The Hobbit, the prelude to his epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Other works by J.R.R. Tolkien include The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.