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Celebrating the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien, this centenary edition of the classic volume is illustrated with fifty specially commissioned paintings by an artist whose vision matches Tolkien's own. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest --- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100395595118
ISBN-139780395595114
eBay Product ID (ePID)117439
Product Key Features
Book TitleLord of the Rings
TopicFantasy / Epic
Publication Year1991
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
Book SeriesThe Lord of the Rings Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.8in.
Item Length1.1in.
Item Width1.1in.
Item Weight82.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN91-010298
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning." The New York Times "Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." --- Sunday Telegraph, A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning.
Dewey Edition22
Grade fromSeventh Grade
Age Range12-Up
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal823/.912
Lc Classification NumberPr6039.O32l6 1991
Illustrated byLee, Alan
Number of Pages1216 Pages