The Return of the Shadow

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Overview:

Title: The Return of the Shadow
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
Year: 1988
ISBN-10: 0395498635
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Price: $19.95
Pages: x+497
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Return of the Shadow
Notes:
- Date from J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Hammond & Anderson.
- With dustjacket; price on inside front flap.
- Jacket artist credited on rear flap.
- First printing per printer's key: S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
- Color plate of Tolkien artwork appears before the numbered pages.
- Indexed.
- First volume of the conceptual and textual history of The Lord of the Rings. Contents divided into four parts: "The First Phase," "The Second Phase," "The Third Phase," and "The Story Continued." Each text is accompanied by extensive notes and analysis by Christopher Tolkien.