Lord Of The Rings

Product Description

Classic hardback edition of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings featuring Tolkiens original unused dust-jacket design.

Includes:: special packaging & the definitive edition of the text with fold-out map & colour plate section. 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 & make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom there to destroy the Ring & foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Now to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first publication the text has been fully restored with almost 400 corrections
- with the full co-operation of Christopher Tolkien
- making it the definitive version & as close as possible to the version that J.R.R. Tolkien intended. Also included is the original red & black map of the Shire &
- for the first time
- a special plate section containing the pages from the Book of Mazarbul. This 50th anniversary hardback features Tolkiens original unused dust-jacket design which has been reworked to celebrate this special anniversary.