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The Lord of the Rings. [Complete set comprising The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.]. [Second Edition, Second Impression.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE SECOND EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPERS
de TOLKIEN J. R. R
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Allen & Unwin,, [1967]. 3 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, Second Impression, with 3 folding maps in red and black, inscriptions on front free endpapers; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, an unusually bright, crisp set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrappers mildly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panels. FIRST REVISED EDITION. 'A number of errors and inconsistencies that still remained in the text have been corrected, and an attempt has been made to provide information on a few points which attentive readers have raised…This edition offers this Foreword, an addition to the Prologue, some notes and an index of the names of persons and places' (Author's Foreword). Hammond A5.e.i; A5.e.ii; A5.e.iii respectively (recording the first impressions).
Sinopsis
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by philologist and Oxford University professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1954, much of it during World War II. After the success of The Hobbit , Tolkien’s publisher asked that he produce a sequel. Although written as one big work comprised of six books, The Lord of the Rings was broken into three separate volumes because of post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. The print run of the first editions was very small: 3,000 copies for The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), 3,250 copies for The Two Towers (1954), and 7,000 copies for The Return of the King (1955). The Lord of the Rings went on to become one of the best-selling novels ever, with more than 150 million copies sold.
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El Aug 15 2020, un lector dijo:
This is one of the most engaging, enjoyable, and creative books I have ever read. The way Tolkien creates a new world from scratch, new languages, new races. It is a work of art. And the fact that this book can be enjoyed by young children and adults alike makes it stand out among the works of fiction that fill our libraries these days. I would recommend these books to anyone who has not already read them.
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- Librería
- Island Books
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- 46935
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- The Lord of the Rings. [Complete set comprising The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.]. [Second Edition, Second Impression.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE SECOND EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPERS
- Autor
- TOLKIEN J. R. R
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Allen & Unwin,
- Fecha de publicación
- [1967]
- Palabras clave
- modern first editions, modern firsts, tolkien, lord of the rings, fantasy, hobbits
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Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
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