The Treason of Isengard (The History of the Lord of the Rings Part Two)

Tolkien, J. R. R.; Edited by Christopher Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0395515629 / ISBN 13: 9780395515624

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1989

About this Item

First Printing, with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine, slight push to cloth at top edge of spine, prior owner gift inscription front colored end page, in a Near Fine dust jacket, front flap price clipped. Scarce in the First American Edition. Book VII in The History of Middle Earth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Treason of Isengard (The History of the Lord of the Rings Part Two)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395515629
• ISBN 13: 9780395515624
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First American Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

About this title

Synopsis

Recounts the writing of the central section of the Lord of the Rings, and shows how Tolkien developed his maps of Middle Earth

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.

Christopher Tolkien, who formerly taught at Oxford University, is J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor. The editor of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales as well as the twelve-part series The History of Middle-earth, he lives in France.