An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings

Authorized & Revised Edition, Dolphin Edition, American Edition

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An edition of The Return of the King (1950)

The Return of the King

Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings

Authorized & Revised Edition, Dolphin Edition, American Edition

by

  • ★★★★ 4.35 ·
  • 83 Ratings
  • 412 Want to read
  • 21 Currently reading
  • 167 Have read

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, “The Lord of the Rings.”

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, “The Lord of the Rings” – that special world of beauty and terror and meaning – holds a secure place among the books that will live.
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Ballantine Books
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Elves, Hobbits, The Lord of the Rings, hope, fear, magic, Fiction, Fantasy, English Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fantastic fiction, Textual Criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Chinese language materials, Adventure, Fantasy fiction, Frodo Baggins (Fictional character), Frodo Baggins (Fictitious character), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Translations into French, Children's fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Wizards, Large type books, Spanish language edition, Roman, Français (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Bolsón, Frodo (Personaje literario), Novela, Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario), Historia de aventuras, Novela fantástica, Literatura inglesa, Novela inglesa, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, fantasy, general
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Aragorn, Elendil, Dwarves, Frodo Baggins, The Dunedain, Gandalf, Sauron, Pippin, Meriadoc, Umbar, Denethor, Boromir, Faramir, Saruman, Legolas, Gimli, Beregond, Eorl, King Théoden, Gollum, Shelob, Rosie Cotton, Gríma, Bombadil, Shadowfax, Éomer, Merry, Éowyn, Samwise, Arwen, Elrond
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Barad-dur, Minas Tirith, Lorien, Erebor, Middle Earth, Edoras, Isengard, Fangorn Forest, Mordor, Gondor, Rohan, Ithilien, Osgiliath, Mount Doom, Rivendell, the Shire, Bree, Bag End
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The End of the Third Age

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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, FollettBound
library binding in English - printing (10)
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1991, Grafton
paperback in English - Second edition
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1977, Unwin Paperbacks
paperback in English - Unwin Books edition, fourth impressiion
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1973-09, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized edition, thirty-ninth printing
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1973, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized edition, thirty-ninth printing
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1972-01, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Authorized & Revised Edition, Dolphin Edition, American Edition
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-03, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized Edition, twenty-third printing
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The Return of the King
1967, Houghton Mifflin Company
hardcover in English - Revised edition
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1966-08, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized Edition, fifth printing
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1966-10, Ballantine Books
mass market paperback in English - Authorized edition, seventh printing
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The Return of the King: Being the third part of The Lord of the Rings
1963, George Allen & Unwin Ltd
hardcover in English - tenth impression

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New York, USA

Edition Notes

With a new forward by the author.
Thirty-second printing.
No ISBN.

Series
The Lord of the Rings, #3
Copyright Date
1965

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
xii, 544p.

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Open Library
OL24374051M
OCLC/WorldCat
906656856, 476173878
Goodreads
22462427

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THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings."

In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by such writers and poets as W. H. Auden, Richard Hughes and C. S. Lewis, "The Lord of the Rings" - that special world of beauty and terror and meaning - holds a secure place among the books that will live.


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