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The Lord of the Rings : 50th Anniversary Edition

J R R Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin
9780618517657
0-618-51765-0

The Fellowship of the Ring, part one of J.R.R. Tolkiens epic masterpiece, first reached these shores on October 21, 1954, arriving, as C. S. Lewis proclaimed, like lightning from a clear sky. Fifty years.

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and nearly one hundred million American readers later comes a beautiful new one-volume collectors edition befitting the stature of this crown jewel of our list. With a text fully corrected under the supervision of Christopher Tolkien to meet the authors exacting wishes, two large-format fold-out maps, a ribbon placemarker, gilded page edges, a color insert depicting Tolkien's own paintings of the Book of Mazarbul and exceptionally elegant and sturdy overall packaging housed within an attractive slipcase, this edition is the finest weve ever produced.