The History of the Lord of the Rings Three Volumes: the Return of the Shadow; the Treason of Isengard; the War of the Ring;

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)

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Three Volumes of the American Edition of the History of the Lord of the Rings - Three of Four volumes of the History of the Lord of the Rings. All three Volumes are First American Editions with full number lines. The books are all in Near Fine condition and have Near Fine dust jackets, with the exception of Volume One - which is in Very Good+ condition (strictly because there is a former owner's inked notation on the front endpaper - otherwise the book is in Near Fine condition) . The books are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackets are crisp and clean. These three books were printed between 1988 and 1990. The books are VI, VII, and VIII of the History of Middle-Earth series which was edited by Christopher Tolkien. "The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published between 1983 and 1996 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and by Houghton Mifflin in the US. They collect and analyse much of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, compiled and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien. The series shows the development over time of Tolkien's conception of Middle-earth as a fictional place with its own peoples, languages, and history, from his earliest notions of "a mythology for England" through to the development of the stories that make up The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. It is not a "history of Middle-earth" in the sense of being a chronicle of events in Middle-earth written from an in-universe perspective; it is instead an out-of-universe history of Tolkien's creative process." (from Wikipedia); Pictured 5/27/26.

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Title
The History of the Lord of the Rings Three Volumes: the Return of the Shadow; the Treason of Isengard; the War of the Ring;
Author
Tolkien, J. R. R. (edited by Christopher Tolkien)
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First American Edition; First Printing.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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