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The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth #6) by J.R.R Tolkien - January 5, 1989
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The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth #6)
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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 enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot.
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story 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.
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 enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot.
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story 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.
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- Date Published January 5, 1989
- Pages 497
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The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings Part 1 (The History of Middle-Earth Volume VI)
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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
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RETURN OF THE SHADOW THE HISTORY OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS PART ONE
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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
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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)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Full number line down to and incuding 1.In black cloth with gilt to spine. With publisher's press release material laid in. Pale foxing to page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with light wear to heel of spine.
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by Tolkien, J. R. R.; Tolkien, Christopher
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