The Lord of the Rings

Overview:

  • Title: The Lord of the Rings
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0395193958
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Price: $50.00
  • Pages: viii+423+352+440
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Notes:
    • First printing of this "Collector's Edition" was November 1974 at a price of $35.00. See J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Hammond & Anderson.
    • 16th undated printing per number line: HAL 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16.
    • Single volume, bound in imitation red leather with gold, blue, and green gilt, in cardboard slipcase also bound in imitation red leather.
    • Fold-out map of Middle Earth, printed in black and red, pasted onto the last page.
    • Pages printed in black and red throughout. Chapter titles, page numbers, and running volume/chapter headings on each page are in red.
    • Page numbering restarts for each of the original three volumes. Numbering appears to be taken from the original three-volume publication; for instance, The Fellowship of the Ring ends on page 423, followed by five unnumbered pages, and The Two Towers text begins on page 15.