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History of Middle Earth THE RETURN OF THE SHADOW Tolkien First Edition /2nd HC 1
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    Item specifics

    Condition
    Very Good
    A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
    Seller Notes
    “Pre-owned but great condition. See photos”
    Signed
    No
    Ex Libris
    No
    Narrative Type
    Fiction
    Original Language
    English
    Inscribed
    No
    Edition
    First Edition
    Vintage
    Yes
    Personalize
    No
    Type
    Novel
    Era
    1980s
    Personalized
    No
    Features
    Dust Jacket
    Country/Region of Manufacture
    United Kingdom
    ISBN
    9780395498637

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
    ISBN-10
    0395498635
    ISBN-13
    9780395498637
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    1048912

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Return of the Shadow
    Number of Pages
    512 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    1989
    Topic
    Science Fiction & Fantasy, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fantasy / Epic
    Genre
    Literary Criticism, Fiction
    Author
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    Book Series
    History of Middle-Earth Ser.
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.4 in
    Item Weight
    28.6 Oz
    Item Length
    8.7 in
    Item Width
    5.6 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    88-022986
    Dewey Edition
    21
    TitleLeading
    The
    Series Volume Number
    Vol. 6
    Dewey Decimal
    823.9/12
    Synopsis
    Christopher Tolkien describes the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring. He has skillfully brought together his father's early notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, providing a picture of the creative process behind The Lord of the Rings., In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot. The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.
    LC Classification Number
    PR6039.O32L6374 1988

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      • by misch-7023
        May 05, 2022

        The return of the shadow

        Awesome and and is in excellent shape. It even included a bookmark that I found along the way.

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        Jan 12, 2016

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