Second Edition, Revised. Handsome black clothbound hardcovers with gilt spine titles and multicolor metallic stamping to front covers. 3 folding maps, one each attached to the recto of the rear free endpaper. Reprint number is stated, but these are BOOKCLUB EDITIONS with unpriced dust jackets, and the tell-tale small blind-stamp to the lower right ...more
Tolkien's masterpiece, and arguably the greatest fantasy work in Western literature, is a massive and complex epic simultaneously about the history of the imaginary kingdom of Middle Earth and the difficult quest of a group of adventurers as they strike out against the dark forces of Sauron, the Dark Lord.