"The War of the Ring: The History of Middle Earth Volume VIII / The History of the Lord of the Rings Part Three" by Christopher Tolkien and J.R.R. Tolkien. 1990 Houghton Mifflin. Apparent first US edition, first printing (printer's key has a 1 as low number). ISBN 039556008X. 488 pages with one color 2-sided frontispiece and maps and drawings throughout. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The further background of the Lord of the Rings world. JRR Tolkien's son sorts through his father's notes to put this series together.
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