The War of the Ring – 1990 UK Review Copy

J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Unwin Hyman, London. First British edition.

Volume VIII of The History of Middle-earth and part three of The History of The Lord of the Rings. The copyright page states first publication in Great Britain in 1990, with no later impression listed. ISBN 0-04-440685-1.

This copy retains an Unwin Hyman review sheet giving the publication date as 23 August 1990 and the hardback price as £17.95. It requests a copy of the resulting review or broadcast. The sheet has a horizontal fold, light age-toning and creasing at the upper right corner.

Green cloth-textured boards, in the dark green dust jacket with the gold Tolkien monogram. The front flap retains its £17.95 price. The photographed illustrations include Tolkien’s Dunharrow drawing and a manuscript page with a mountain sketch.

The binding shows light handling wear and slight creasing at the spine ends. The jacket has surface rubbing and light edge wear; its inner surfaces and the book’s page edges show some age-toning. The photographed interior pages appear generally clean.

Christopher Tolkien follows the evolving narrative from Helm’s Deep and Isengard through the journey towards Cirith Ungol and the war in Gondor, drawing on his father’s drafts and illustrations.

A first British edition with its publisher’s review sheet, preserving a tangible link to the book’s original reception.

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