The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: BCA Book Club Associates, 1996. Reprint . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Alan Lee. 1996 Book club associates, reprinted. Size quarto, 9.75" tall, 1193 pages. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt vignette of the initials JRRT to the front cover, same vignette and gilt titles to the spine, pale peach end-papers then extra end-papers printed with Tolkien's maps to rear, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good plus, edges a little bit curled otherwise fine, not clipped, no price stated.
Synopsis
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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Reviews
On Aug 15 2020, a reader said:
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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Details
- Seller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 017903
- Title
- The Lord of the Rings
- Author
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Illustrator
- Alan Lee
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- BCA Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 1193
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- FICTION FANTASY MIDDLE EARTH HOBBITS BAGGINS ONE RING THIRD AGE FIRST AGE SECOND AGE WAR OF THE RING SAURON MYTHOLOGY FOLKLORE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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