The Lord of the Rings (Movie Art Cover)

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Overview

The Lord of The Rings as it was intended to be published by J.R.R. Tolkien, in one beautiful volume. This deluxe collector's edition is boxed and bound in red leatherette with gold, green, and blue... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618260242
• ISBN13: 9780618260249
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 1216 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

One Ring to Rule Them All… and in the Darkness Bind Them.

Sometimes this three-part story is mistakenly marked as a trilogy, which means three stories, not three parts of one story. ------------------------------ “The Fellowship of the Ring” Most people coming to this review already have a good idea of what the story is all about from either other readers or people who have seen the movies made from this three-part story. This story is not a trilogy; It is a three-part story, so you can buy the individual books, but it might be prudent to buy all three at the same time or a combined volume. The reason I say buy the complete "Lord of the Rings" now is that you will just be picking up speed and getting everything straight in your mind, and you will come to the end of this volume. Talk about a cliffhanger. This animal leaves you with several questions. Even though the adventure takes place six years after the adventures in Tolkien's "The Hobbit or There and Back Again", the writing style is also a little more in-depth. I am not going to paraphrase the story. J.R.R. Tolkien himself tells you what you need to know in the prologue. Many people have read things into this story, thinking it was maybe an allegory of things like the bomb, but Tolkien says that this is not an allegory. Tolkien creates a rich world in which the reader will feel as if they are part of the adventure. If you've only seen the movies, then you've only seen a synopsis, and you will not be disappointed in this book. A note for the serious collectors: Owning both the pre‑1965 and post‑1965 texts is the “complete Tolkien” move. The 1965 Revised Edition (Tolkien‑approved corrections) corrected chronology standardized Elvish fixed typos and inconsistencies cleaned‑up dialogue punctuation updated map details The corrected Ithilien paragraph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The Two Towers” This book picks up where "The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings, Part I)" left off. The fellowship is dispersed. We are lucky in the fact that J. R. R. Tolkien will completely follow each path from beginning to end. All the wars are covered in detail, and the progress of the ring bearer is chronicled. New creatures and old vermin reveal themselves. The adventures are much darker, and character growth is revealed. As you know, this is not part of a trilogy, but this is the second part of one ongoing story. Take note of Sam's vision of the future of the Shire in peril when he looks in the Mirror of Galadriel in Lothlorien. As with “Ramayana” by William Buck, we find that every creature has its function and that there is no black and white in this purpose. Frodo alludes to this when he thinks of Gandalf, Aragorn, and Gollum. Even Gandalf tells them not to hurt Gollum, as he may play a larger role in the story than one could imagine. After The Lord of the Rings, read “Ramayana” ~ by William Buck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The Return of the King” So, prepare to enter the Crack of Doom. The greatest stories never end. Assuming you read the first two-thirds of this story, which is sometimes mistaken for a trilogy, you will notice that it has been divided a little differently than the movie. We find that Shelob in this book is where she belongs. Meanwhile, back at the ranch. Oops, Minas Tirith prepares for a major battle. Aragorn sees dead people. We see a flaming Denethor. If they survive the battle, then they must prepare to confront Sauron of Mordor to distract him from his real threat (Frodo). In the Scouring of the Shire, missing from the movies, we have a story. “The Scouring of the Shire” appears near the end of The Return of the King, showing that even after the Ring’s destruction, evil has reached the hobbits’ homeland. Tolkien denied that the chapter was an allegory for Britain in the aftermath of World War II.

A masterpiece!

There are reasons why this epic has withstood the test of time. This is a journey through enmity and friendship, fear and danger, light times and the darkest of times. A must read! JRR Tolkien was deserving of a Pulitzer which unfortunately he never received. Strongly advise reading the Hobbit first as it sets the LOTR in motion.

The Lord of the Rings in one volume.

This is one of them greatest books of all time. Everyone should read this book. These books constantly show and display manliness and virtue at it's best. Very encouraging and easy to read.

Gorgeous

This edition is spotless. It came very quickly and is absolutely beautiful. Its not entirely what I was expecting but it is still a beautiful book!!!

The entire story AND more, all in one book...

This is, and shall always be one of my favorite books. I like it because it's all three parts in one - more manageable. Although the story is in itself an incomparable epic, the other main reason I like this copy is because of the excellent appendices: my favorites were the concise guide to elvish and dwarvish languages - which got me interested in them. If you're not into gimmicks and showy covers, this is possibly the best copy you could find - the entire story for a great price.

The finest edition of LOTR ever published

While the price of this book is steep, this is easily the best version of this book in existance. The gilded pages and high-quality leather look, smell and feel wonderful. This is not the questionable quality leather used on previous versions, this is the real deal. More importantly, this version has, as J.R.R. recorded in letters, reproductions of the Book of Marzubul. These are the pages from the Dwarven book found in the Mines of Moria by Gandalf and the Fellowship. In the begining and ending of the book are also included maps that fold out to render Middle-earth for the reader, again as the author originally wanted. This is the book that Tolkien dreamed of having published but couldn't due to the realities of post-WWII publishing costs and questions about a 400,000 word publication. For me, there is an emtoional response to this book for two reasons. One, it is as fine or better than the book the author originally wished to have published and two, it is a beautiful piece of art all on its own, suitable for display. If you love books or love Tolkien or both, this is a must have and the centerpiece of any worthy collection.

well...

This is excellent, the way the Lord of the Rings should always have been published. It was the way it was intended to be published as well. If you don't have the trilogy, what are you waiting for?

Review on Editions

Houghton Mifflin Co published three editions of the one-volume LOTR, all of which include the complete text and the appendices:This 1991 centennial edition has largest text. It includes durable binding, smooth white pages, glossy illustrations, an illustrated cover jacket, and an red ribbon bookmark sewn into the binding. However, the book is the largest LOTR book I've ever seen in my life -- It's quite hefty.There is a red, faux-leather collector's edition published in 1974. It is slightly smaller in dimensions compared to the centennial edition and weighs considerably less. The cover is beautiful and unmatched in elegance. Chapter headings and margin headings are in orange red. The pages are slightly tinted yellow, as smooth as the centennial edition, and seem to emit a pleasant flagrance. However, there is "broken type" on nearly every page because the text is not conventionally set, but rather a photo offset from another edition. (Conventionally set text would read like a Word document printed with a laser printer. Photo offset would be as if one had scanned that laser-printed World document into a JPEG, and reprinted out that JPEG.) The binding of this edition also seems to be of lesser quality than the 1991 centennial edition.There is also the LOTR Movie Art Cover edition printed in June of 2001. Like the centennial edition's cover illustration, this edition's movie art is also on a cover jacket. I am not too familiar with this edition, but from casual browsing, I've found that the text, though smallest, looks the most "conventionally set," and the pages are of the same quality as the centennial edition. The book is smaller in height and width but thicker than the collector's edition. The binding looks solid enough, but there is no movie art in the book.My personal favorite is the centennial edition.

MASTERFULL..GREAT ADVENTURE..

I have never read a more incredible story about fantasy, every page has more adventure and is all perfectly filled with power.Tolkien knows how to make us feel in harmony and in darkness too, this story goes from the most beauty and peacefull to the last places of doom and shadows. A must read story that will always remain among the fantasy classics.