The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)

The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)
Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Released	October 21st, 2004
Format	Hardcover
Pages	1184
ISBN	978-0618517657

The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition) was published October 21st, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin.

[edit] Features

• Leather Bound
• Slipcase
• Gilded pages
• Two fold-out maps
• Ribbon bookmark
• Colored inserts of the Book of Mazarbul by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Dimensions 15.7 x 10 x 2.7 inches
• Weight 4.6 pounds

[edit] Changes to the text

Prologue

• Bandobras Took now is the grandson of Isengrim Took II according to Appendix C.
• The Westmarch was added to the Shire in S.R. 1452 according to Appendix B.

Appendix A

• Haudh en Gwanur becomes Haudh in Gwanûr.

Several dates in the Tale of Years

• Silmariën's birth: from S.A. 458 to S.A. 521.
• The events of T.A. 2852, like the death of the Dead Tree, have been corrected to T.A. 2872.
• Sam Gamgee's birth: from T.A. 2963 to T.A. 2980
• The Mirror of Galadriel sequence happened on 15 February intead of 16.

Appendix C is appended with two more Family Trees from The Peoples of Middle-earth

• Bolger of Budgeford
• Boffin of the Yale

[edit] External links

• Addenda and Corrigenda to the 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings