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THE LORD OF THE RINGS (and) THE HOBBIT (4 volumes)
de Tolkien, J. R. R
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Ballantine, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Original or early paperback editions uniformly custom-bound in blue leather with silver titles on the spine, with the invoice for rebinding in French and English from an unidentified Saigon bookbinder circa late 1960s. HOBBIT is stated fifth Ballantine paperback printing Dec 1965. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Part I of THE LORD OF THE RINGS) is the first Ballantine paperback edition Dec 1965; TWO TOWERS (Part II) is the unauthorized Ace paperback edition; and, RETURN OF THE KING (Part III) is the first Ballantine paperback edition Dec 1965. There is an owner name in the prelims of each volume, and the leaves are toned as expected in "pulps" of this nature. The covers are NOT bound-in. The hinges of the covers are variously revealed, and the corners worn a tad. Curiously, the binder, erred in numbering the Parts of Lord of the Rings on the spine, assigning III to Hobbit and leaving Fellowship of the Ring unnumbered, instead of III. One-of-a-kind Tolkien set all around.
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
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 013361
- Título
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS (and) THE HOBBIT (4 volumes)
- Autor
- Tolkien, J. R. R
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Ballantine
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1965
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- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Sobre el vendedor
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Salisbury, Connecticut
Sobre Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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