Brand new, plastic sealed 4 volume hard cover set in slipcase. Set includes all three "Lord of the Rings" titles plus "The Lord of The Rings: A Readers Companion" by Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull. Corners of the slipcase are sharp and the plastic wrap is unbroken. Pictures of an opened copy are for display only.
You will receive a brand new securely boxed set. This Diamond Anniversary reissue of the prized boxed set marks 60 years since the first publication of The Fellowship of the Ring. These hardback editions feature Tolkien? S original unused dust-jacket designs from the 1950s, reworked for this edition, and some additional text corrections. The four-volume boxed set includes The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, a unique annotated guide to the text, fully updated since its first publication in 2005, and is a book which will enhance the reader's enjoyment and understanding of one of the most influential books of the 20th century.
This four book set will prove irresistible to collectors and new fans alike. Now, together with the long awaited "A Reader's Companion", this set is truly a celebration!
Next to the notes "The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion" offers us even more! For example, it starts with a brief history of "The Lord of the Rings", which is very interesting on its own already. It gives us a short, but fascinating, article on the maps of "The Lord of the Rings", a complete chapter about the moon cycle used by Tolkien, extracts from maybe the most interesting letter Tolkien ever wrote (to Wilton Waldman, previously published by Michael Devaux in French) and also the Nomenclature by J. Of the terms stated above.
This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Origin: United Kingdom
- Title: Lord of The Rings
- Condtion:: Brand New Sealed
- Special Attributes: Collector's Edition
- Binding: Hard Covers
- Subject: Literature & Fiction
- Format: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Author: J. Tolkien
- Genre: Fantasy
- Topic: Adventure
- Publication Year: 2001
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Age Level: Young Adults
- Series: The Lord of the Rings
- Language: English