1984 1st Edtn (Thus)/9th Prnt Deluxe THE LORD OF THE RINGS By J.R.R. Tolkien Illus. J.R.R. Tolkien Very Good Tolkien

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1984. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). J.R.R. Tolkien. 9th Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - 1 Volume Edition in Original Publishers Box, which has sone damage and has been poorly repaired with sellotape (see photos). Indian paper edition. The book itself is in very good+ condition, looks unread. Folding maps complete as called for. Please see photos as part of condition report 1984 1st Edition (Thus) 9th Printing, Deluxe THE LORD OF THE RINGS By J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. Illustrated By: J.R.R. Tolkien Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: George Allen & Unwin, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 1193 ISBN: The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel[a] by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. SKU: BTETM0002335 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg