The War of the Ring

Overview:

  • Title: The War of the Ring
  • Author: Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1990
  • ISBN-10: 039556008X
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Price: $21.95
  • Pages: xi+476
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The War of the Ring
  • Notes:
    • Date from Amazon.
    • With dustjacket; price on inside front flap.
    • Jacket artist credited on rear flap.
    • First printing per printer's key: HAD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
    • Two-sided color plate of Tolkien artwork and manuscript appears before the numbered pages. Also various sketches and reproductions of manuscript throughout the book.
    • Indexed.
    • Contents divided into three parts: "The Fall of Saruman," "The Ring Goes East," and "Minas Tirith." These three parts cover the material that became Books III, IV, and V of The Lord of the Rings. Each text is accompanied by extensive notes and analysis by Christopher Tolkien.