A special unjacketed hardback edition of the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece,The Lord of the Rings. This edition features the complete story with a unique cover design embellished with gold foil and the iconic maps of Middle-earth appearing in red and black as endpapers.
Sauron,the Dark Lord,has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit,Bilbo Baggins.
In a sleepy village in the Shire,young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task,as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom,there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008567125Number of pages: 432Weight: 520 gDimensions: 222 x 141 x 38 mmEdition: Special Collector's edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
'The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.'- Sunday Times
'A story magnificently told,with every kind of colour and movement and greatness.'- New Statesman
'Masterpiece Oh yes,I've no doubt about that.'- Evening Standard
'Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.'- Sunday Telegraph
'Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron.'- C.S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
A legendary fantasy writer best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction asThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings,The SilmarillionandThe Children of Hurin.
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