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J.R.R. Tolkien The Return of the King, Part Three of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Ballantine Books c.1965 B000N2DCR8 PAPERBACK Good
B000N2DCR8 Mass market paperback, Ballantine Books publishers, copyright pages indicates this is second printing, 1965. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Slight yellowing of pages, booksellers mark on first page, typical used book wear around edges of cover, but no major wear or creasing. Where available, a scanned picture of the actual cover has been provided. This is the very edition carried by myriads of loyal followers of Tolkien in the golden days of the 60s when this was obligatory reading for college students and hippies across the nation. From the first page: J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - of which this book is the final part - is a chronicle of the great War of the Ring, which occurred in the Third Age of Middle-earth. At that time, the One Ring, the Master of all the Rings of Power, had been held for many years by the hobbits, but was eagerly sought by the Enemy who made it. To its wearer, the One Ring gave mastery over every living creature, but since it was devised, by an evil power, in the end it inevitably corrupted anyone who attempted to use it. Out of the struggle to possess and control the One Ring, with all its ominous power, there arose a war comparable both in magnitude and in the issues involved to the great wars of our own time, And in that war, the Third Age of Middle-earth came to an end.... THE RETURN OF THE KING completes the story told thus far in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and THE Two TOWERS. Aware of the dangers of the One Ring, and determined that it must not fall into the hands of thie Enemy, Frodo and his companions of the Ring have entered the ghastly land of Mordor where Sauron guards the Fire in which the Ring of Power has forged and which alone can destroy it. In the battle that follows, the Ring is destroyed and the power of evil is broken. But the triumph of good is never absolute. The Hobbits can return to their Shire, but a price is exacted and the Third Age of Middle-earth comes to a close.
Price:
19.97 USD
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