The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 Easton Press Edition
Easton Press
Norwalk, Connecticut
ISBN: N/A
PBN: 0147 (The Lord of the Rings)
PBN: 0193 (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit & The Silmarillion)
Hardcover
5-444 pp.
Frontispiece by Michael Hague
Hammond Page Ref.: p. 141
Notes
Typeset as for the Houghton Mifflin 1967 Second Edition but with an added frontispiece by Michael Hague and map laid in (as opposed to tipped in).
Sold continuously since 1984 with each printing being virtually identical. Available new.
The runes on the front and back covers read: ‘STAND BY THE GREY STONE WHEN THE THRUSH KNOCKS DURIN’S DAY WILL SHINE UPON THE KEYHOLE, TH (Thrór)’. (The rune for the letter H in ‘when‘ is lacking its crossbars; this was corrected in 2009).
RRP: Sold in a set with The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Hobbit (optionally) and (since 1999) The Silmarillion. Five volume set: $265 (2002); $370 (2016); $395 (by 2020).
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