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Thornton's extends special pricing on 3-volume HOME edition - Lord of the Rings news - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

November 12, 2000 at 02:17:54

On September 7 Xenite.Org reported that Thornton's Bookstore was offering a special discount to customers who ordered the three volume edition of The History of Middle-earth by the end of September.

We have now learned that Thornton's is extending the special pricing on the leather-bound three volumes (the first of which came out in October 2000, the second of which is due out in April 2001, and the third in October 2001).

Thornton's tells us the special pricing has been extended indefinitely. The full retail price of the collection is 100 UK pounds.

Thornton's Bookstore is offering this set at a special price of 90 pounds per volume. For further information, see http://www.thorntonsbooks.co.uk. Thornton's specializes in rare and collectors' editions and often sells high-quality Tolkien merchandise.

The History of Middle-earth series depicts in 12 volumes how J.R.R. Tolkien came to write The Lord of the Rings and the source materials that his son Christopher Tolkien used to compile the published Silmarillion. The series is a must-have for any serious Tolkien researcher. The special 3-volume leather-bound collection includes the full text of the 12 original hardback books published from 1984 through 1996.