The Lord of the Rings
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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.