Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak.
An edition of The Return of the King
(1950)
The Return of the King
Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
22nd printing
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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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.
A STATEMENT FROM THE AUTHOR ABOUT THIS AMERICAN EDITION "This paperback edition, and no other, has been published with my consent and co-operation. Those who approve of courtesy (at least) to living authors will purchase it, and no other." JRR Tolkien
--back cover
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
2020, Mariner Books | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback
in English
- 50th Anniversary ed.
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
2001, Collins
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1999, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1994, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Le retour du roi (Le Seigneur des anneaux, III)
1986, Presses pocket
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1978-12, Ballantine Books
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- First Ballantine Books Edition, Sixty-Second Printing
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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings
1970-01, Ballantine Books
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The cover painting "Barad Dûr", is by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he begins finally to despair.
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