"This is the only complete and authorized paperbound edition, containing all of the original text and maps and a new Foreword by the author, J.R.R. Tolkien"--P. [ii]. New Line Cinema renewed the copyright in conjunction with Del Rey and Ballantine Books, as evident from cover. "This edition published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company: -- T.p. verso. "Continuing the story of The Hobbit" -- Cover.
Summary:
After discovering the true nature of the One Ring, Bilbo Baggins entrusts it to the care of his young cousin, Frodo, who is charged with bringing about its destruction and thus foiling the plans of the Dark Lord.
Series:
The lord of the rings ; pt. 1 Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings (2001) ; pt. 1.
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