内容简介
ClassichardbackeditionofthefirstvolumeofTheLordoftheRings,featuringTolkien'soriginalunuseddust-jacketdesign.Includesspecialpackagingandthedefinitiveeditionofthetextwithfold-outmapandcolourplatesection.Sauron,theDarkLord,hasgatheredtohimalltheRingsofPower--themeansbywhichheintendstoruleMiddle-earth.AllhelacksinhisplansfordominionistheOneRing--theringthatrulesthemall--whichhasfallenintothehandsofthehobbit,BilboBaggins.InasleepyvillageintheShire,youngFrodoBagginsfindshimselffacedwithanimmensetask,ashiselderlycousinBilboentruststheRingtohiscare.FrodomustleavehishomeandmakeaperilousjourneyacrossMiddle-earthtotheCracksofDoom,theretodestroytheRingandfoiltheDarkLordinhisevilpurpose.Now,tocelebratethe50thanniversaryofitsfirstpublication,thetexthasbeenfullyrestoredwithalmost400corrections--withthefullco-operationofChristopherTolkien--makingitthedefinitiveversion,andascloseaspossibletotheversionthatJ.R.R.Tolkienintended.AlsoincludedistheoriginalredandblackmapoftheShireand--forthefirsttime--aspecialplatesectioncontainingthepagesfromtheBookofMazarbul.This50thanniversaryhardbackfeaturesTolkien'soriginalunuseddust-jacketdesign,whichhasbeenreworkedtocelebratethisspecialanniversary.