The Lord of the Rings
Book by J.R.R. Tolkien
DETAILS
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin; 1st edition (November 1, 2002) Language : English Hardcover : 1216 pages ISBN-10 : 0618260587 ISBN-13 : 978-0618260584 Item Weight : 10.05 pounds Dimensions : 7.9 x 4 x 10.3 inches Best Sellers Rank: #33,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #267 in TV, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction #929 in Classic Literature & Fiction #1,629 in Epic Fantasy (Books) , Note: The font size of the book is 11pt. Three-volume boxed set edition lavishly illustrated in full color by Alan Lee 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 still 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 dissapeared 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, the hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. Read more
REVIEW
So, I had been considering this purchase for quite a while. I had the big red single-volume version of the trilogy I got as a gift 35 years ago, and which remains a treasured part of my library. However, I want to re-read Lord of the Rings and this time I wanted individual volumes. I settled on this set for several reasons: updated version of the texts, I like the dustjacket artwork (by Tolkien himself), and the reader's companion is a nice bonus. What I was completely surprised by was the high quality of this set. These binding are all nice and tight, and appear to be sewn. The boards are covered in a nice textured paper, not the smooth covering typical of a book club edition. The last new Tolkien book I bought was the standard edition of the Nature of Middle Earth last year. What I am getting at is these book are much nicer than that, in my opinion. The set I got was bound in Italy, as opposed to the China, where even some of the reprints of the slipcased Deluxe editions of other Tolkien works are bound. One reviewed felt the paper was thin, but I disagree. It is thin enough to keep the size of the volumes manageable, but not so thin that I could see through the page when reading it. The dustjackets are high quality as well, paper but backed on the inside by some kind of film that adds strength. The slipcase has a nice fit, but these was enough room to accomodate Brodart dustjacket protectors on each of the four dustjackets.
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