The Return of the Shadow

J R R Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0044401620 / ISBN 13: 9780044401629

Published by Unwin Hyman, 1989

About this Item

Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Clean pages. Firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has a small repaired tear to the rear top edge. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Professional seller. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of the Shadow
• Publisher: Unwin Hyman
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0044401620
• ISBN 13: 9780044401629
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The return of the shadow: the history of the Lord of the Rings part 1

From the Back Cover

'The Return of the Shadow' is the first part of the history of the creation of 'The Lord of the Rings', a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.

In 'The Return of the Shadow' (the abandoned title of the first volume of 'The Lord of the Rings') we see how Bilbo's 'magic' ring evolved into the supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; and the precise, and astonishingly unforeseen, moment when a Black Rider first rode into the Shire. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed, though his true identity seems to be an insoluble problem. Frodo's companions undergo many changes of name and personality; and other major figures appear in unfamiliar guises: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, and a ferocious, malevolent Farmer Maggot.

This book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages from the earlier manuscripts.

”The pure imaginative power of J.R.R.Tolkien shines through...an excellent example of the creative imagination at work.”
BALTIMORE SUN