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Apr 23, 2020 today, the lord of the rings is considered the most influential fantasy novel ever written. The fellowship of the ring, the two towers, the return of the king. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Spiral binding at top, colour illustrated upper cover, cream card lower cover, publishing information and notes. Tolkiens the lord of the rings hardcover october 12, 1978.
Tolkien 30 a nice set of the hobbit and the lord of the rings, with the scarce blue slipcase with tolkiens art. Unfollow lord of the rings book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The hobbit and the lord of the rings, four paperback book boxset from 1991. The trilogy of the lord of the rings set includes the fellowship of the ring, the two towers, and the return of the king. Lord of the rings trilogy by tolkien sealed hardcover box set towers return king.
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Published by houghton mifflin company, boston 1978. Tolkien 1892 1973, beloved throughout the world as the creator of the hobbit and the lord of the rings, was a professor of anglosaxon at oxford, a fellow of pembroke college, and a fellow of merton college until his retirement in 1959. Buy the lord of the rings book online at low prices in india. The books are in very good condition brown leatherbound boards with gilt lettering and bordering to front and spine with no significant wear apart from light staining to the top edges of both books, though no pages or text are.
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