The Return of the Shadow - Part 1: The History of the Lord of the Rings - Volume VI: The History of Middle-Earth by Tolkien, J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien (Editor) - 1988

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9" X 5 3/4". x, 497pp. Creasing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Rubbing, toning and bumps to corners and edges of black cloth over boards. Bumps and spot of dampstaining to top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Front hinge is cracked at half-title page. Binding remains sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The… Read More

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Houghton Mifflin - Mariner Books. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395498635 . Tight unmarked book with just a touch of spotting to the foreedge; in clean bright dust jacket. ; The History Of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6; 5.75 X 1.75 X 8.75 inches; 512 pages .

Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Second printing of U.S. edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, apparently unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Color map frontispiece 497 pp. with index. Additional black and white map integral at p. 439, "The earliest map of the Lands south of the Map of Wilderland in 'The Hobbit'". With the sixth volume of The History of Middle Earth the story of The Lord of the Rings. Christopher Tolkein describes, with full citation of his father's earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of The Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that formed what J.R.R. Tolkein long believed would be a far shorter book, "aequel to The Hobbit

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1988. FIRST. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A FEW PHOTOS. THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EARTH VOLUME 6 EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN A TRUE FIRST BOOK COMES WITH ORIGINAL PACKING SLIP DATED 11/15/88 CLEAN SOLID AND BRIGHT SOME LIGHT SPOTTING ON FRONT AND BACK COVERS ONE CORNER BUMPED A GREAT REFERENCE WORK

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New/New. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book. 8vo; 9 inches tall; 497 pages with an index.  First Edition, First Printing.. The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story of what became The Lord of The Rings for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!