The History of Middle-earth: Part II – The History of the Lord of the Rings. Deluxe Limited India Paper Edition.
HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First printing of the Deluxe Limited Edition, limited to only 1000 copies worldwide.
This substantial collector’s volume brings together Volumes VI–IX of
The History of Middle-earth:
The Return of the Shadow,
The Treason of Isengard,
The War of the Ring and
Sauron Defeated, edited by Christopher Tolkien — the complete documentary history of the writing of
The Lord of the Rings.
Printed on fine India paper and quarter bound in black leather with gilt titling, publisher device and Tolkien monogram to the spine.
The front board carries the large gilt Tolkien monogram.
All edges gilt.
Housed in the original matching cloth slipcase, also stamped with the gilt Tolkien monogram, uniform with the HarperCollins Deluxe editions of
The Hobbit,
The Lord of the Rings and
The Silmarillion.
Condition: The book itself is mint and unread, still protected in the publisher’s original shrink-wrap. The shrink-wrap shows minor splitting at one edge and corner from age and storage, but the volume underneath remains in pristine condition.
An increasingly difficult deluxe volume to find in such preserved state.
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