J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien. A complete and matching leather bound set. The frontispiece art in these books has been designed by the acclaimed fantasy illustrator Michael Hague.
Volumes included in this collection:
- The Children of Hurin
- The Hobbit
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
- The Silmarillion
Six luxurious leather bound volumes that will bring you hours of entertainment. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by the English philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. Although intended as a single-volume work, it was originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955, due to post-war paper shortages, and it is in this three-volume form that it is popularly known. It has since been reprinted numerous times and translated into many different languages,becoming one of the most popular and influential works in 20th-century literature.
Features
Each volume contains the classic qualities you can expect from Easton Press:
- Premium Leather
- Silk Moire Endleaves
- Distinctive Cover Design
- Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
- Satin Ribbon Page Marker
- Gilded Page Edges
- Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper
- Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
- Beautiful Illustrations
About The Author
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewisthey were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
After his father's death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term legendarium to the larger part of these writings. While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy.
In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Forbes ranked him the 5th top-earning "dead celebrity" in 2009.
- Publisher:
- Easton Press
- Edition:
- Limited Edition, 6 Vol. Complete Set
- Binding:
- Full genuine leather
- Illustrator:
- N/A
- Dimensions:
- 9" x 6" x 1.5"
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