{"product_id":"the-lord-of-the-rings-westmarch-collectors-edition-first-edition-1975","title":"The Lord of the Rings: Westmarch Collector's Edition, First Edition 1974","description":"The Lord of the Rings\nComplete 3 Volume Collector's Edition First Edition\n by\nJ.R.R. Tolkien\n \nIn Original Slip Case \n \nFold out map in back\nPublished by \nHoughton Mifflin Company\nBoston \n1974\nStated First Edition of This Edition\n\nSet condition:  Near fine condition, red faux leather edition with gold and colored decorations on the front and back covers with the title in gold on the spine.  The covers clean with no signs of shelf wear and corners are sharp.  The lettering on the spine is bright and shiny.  The slipcase is in very good condition with just some shelf wear to the corners.  There are no marks or signs of prior ownership inside.   There is a large foldout map in the back which is free from any tears.   \n\nProduct Information\nA one-volume collector's edition boxed and bound in handsome red leatherette with gold, green, and blue foil stamping, two-color text setting, and large format fold-out maps containing the complete texts of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, and six appendices. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest -- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.\n \n\n\n*** International buyers should e-mail prior to purchase request a review of shipping costs.  I offer lower shipping costs when available.","brand":"BooksNmorestore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896326607026,"sku":null,"price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/8168\/7986\/files\/02ae6e42-il_fullxfull.3616414335_r6i9.jpg?v=1766434227","url":"https:\/\/booksnmorestore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lord-of-the-rings-westmarch-collectors-edition-first-edition-1975","provider":"BooksNmorestore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}