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Check out Don's new book: simonandschuster.com/books/J-R-R-Tolkien/Don-Marshall/Pocket-Portraits/9781507224175
Check out Don's new book: simonandschuster.com/books/J-R-R-Tolkien/Don-Marshall/Pocket-Portraits/9781507224175








![Alan Lee talks LOTR Clamshell Edition, Movie Cameos, & more!
Check out The Lord of the Rings Clamshell Boxed Set: https://harpercollins.co.uk/pages/lord-of-the-rings-clamshell-boxset
(Note: Ships worldwide, except the United States)
Also, check out the previously released Deluxe Edition*!
UK: https://amzn.to/3KMN695
US: https://amzn.to/4saGHFJ
*Small correction to the interview. It was this edition for which The Forging of the Ring was made.
Product Description:
Since it was first published seventy years ago, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, this work of sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. No edition has proved more popular than the Centenary edition illustrated by award-winning artist, Alan Lee.
Now, for the first time since its publication in 1992, it has been revised and expanded with new paintings and illustrations, and is presented in a stunning three-volume boxed edition, numbered and signed by the artist and with many unique and exclusive features.
Product Specs:
Binding: Fully bound in grey cloth with silver gilt edges
Paper: Munken Lynx with burgundy endpapers
Illustrations: 60 watercolour paintings + 50 B&W chapter illustrations
Clamshell Box: Grey Cloth stamped in silver foil & Plum Wibalin, with full-colour illustrated interior and 2 fully lined removable drawers. Clamshell is wrapped in tissue paper which is closed with a numbered sticker.
Extras: 3 x removable full-colour art cards, 1 x removable art card housed in a separate envelope stamped in silver foil, and 2 x foldout maps by Christopher Tolkien in black and red.
Shipping carton: Custom-built double-walled cardboard carton placed inside an outer shipping carton.
ISBN: 9780008700218
Dimensions: 27.1 x 17.8 x 16.8 cms; [carton] 35.2 x 26.7 x 26.2 cms
Weight: 6.1kg
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